Declaration of love

φιλῶ ἧς ὁ <ἀ>ριθμὸς
Ατη

Translation: “I love (a woman) whose number is 1,308.”
Findspot: Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1)
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Language: Greek
Writing Style: charcoal
  • Graffito Height: 8
  • Graffito Length: 34
  • Min Letter Height: 3
  • Max Letter Height: 4
Apparatus Criticus: 2. The number 1308 corresponds with near certainty to the name Τύχη (300+400+600+8). See introduction, p. 48, for other isopsephisms referring to a woman.
Bibliography: Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 267.
Bagnall, R., Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (2011): 14.
SEG 61.955.
Suggested Citation: AGP-SMYT00273, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00273> [accessed: 10 Jan 2025]
Contributions:

Editor: Roger S. Bagnall

Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall

Last Revision: 2016-10-03