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[---]ν Φιλεῖνος̣ ΤΗ[---]
[---]ην εἶπεν οφιλ[---]
[---] Ι̣ΛΕΙΠΟ +++++[---]

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
+	Illegible/unclear character

Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	charcoal
	Graffito Height: 23 Graffito Length: 30 Min Letter Height: 2 Max Letter Height: 3
Apparatus Criticus	1. φιλεῖν and Φιλεῖνος both seem possible in principle; the letter after omicron looks most like a tiny rho without tail, but sigma is more likely given its scale and position; it seems too curved for iota. 2. ὀφίλ[ειν, read ὀφείλειν, is possible. But φιλεῖνὁ Φιλ[εῖνος seems equally plausible
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 382.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYTP0771, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYTP0771> [accessed: 03 Apr 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03