Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

καρπο̣[---]

Symbol	Meaning
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context

Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	charcoal
	Min Letter Height: 4 Max Letter Height: 5
Apparatus Criticus	There is space at the left of the inscription for another four letters or so, but no traces survive. The final letter could also be omega. See the introduction, p. 47, for possible interpretation of this graffito, particularly a restoration of [Πολύ]καρπο[ς].
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 274. Bagnall, R. S., Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (2011): 23. SEG 61.976.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYT00284, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00284> [accessed: 03 Apr 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03