Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

[φιλῶ] [ο]ὗ̣ ἀ̣ριθμὸς τνα

Symbol	Meaning
[abc]	Letters once present, now missing due to damage to the surface or support
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context

Translation	“I love a man whose number is 351.”
Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
	Min Letter Height: 1 Max Letter Height: 1.5
Apparatus Criticus	If the reading of upsilon is correct, as we think, this is the one example of a love-message among these graffiti in which the object is male. The two male heads adjacent (DP54.1) suggest that the writer is also.
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 338.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYT00422, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00422> [accessed: 09 May 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03