Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

ΚΟ+ΤΗ
ΤΟ++Ο̣ΥΔΙΝ
Ἀσίας̣ τύχη
〚+++[--]Ω[--]Σ〛
ΦΥΛΑΞΕΥ+ΟΖΥ
ΓΟΚΑΜΕ̣+ΜΕ
τώπος (:τόπος)

Symbol	Meaning
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
[[abc]]	Letters intentionally erased in antiquity
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context
(:abc)	Gives standard spelling to explain non-standard text in an inscription (used by EDR and AGP)
+	Illegible/unclear character

Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	Graffito/incised
	Graffito Height: 16 Graffito Length: 14 Min Letter Height: 1.5 Max Letter Height: 1.5
Apparatus Criticus	3. Not much is visible of the second sigma of Ἀσίας, but it seems syntactically unavoidable. 4. A horizontal trench has been cut in the plaster to eliminate whatever was originally written here. 5–6. φυλάξε = φυλάξαι? Perhaps following that we should read ὑπ̣οζυ\|γόκαμε̣ν̣ (l. ὑπεζυγώκαμεν), requiring two phonetic errors to get an acceptable perfect form of the unattested compound ὑποζυγόω (the simplex is known).
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 424-426.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYTP1004, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYTP1004> [accessed: 19 May 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03