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 R.S. Bagnall R. Casagrande-Kim A. Ersoy C. Tanriver B. Yolaçan Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna First published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and the New York University Press, 2016. New York 2016 EDR SMYD00124 AGP AGP-SMYD00124 Charcoal Dimensions: 16 39 ((:galea gladiatoris ad sin.)) gladiatorial helmet facing left Smyrna 0180-0300 C.E. Basilica of the Agora of Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey

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Dipinto of a gladiator located at the eastern face of Pier A22, looking into Bay 22. The drawing, quite approximate and clearly not executed by a trained hand, depicts only the man’s head and the shoulders as seen from the back, in three-quarter, with the head partially turned toward the right. The brimmed helmet is surmounted by a curved element terminating in a bulbous head. Despite the poor rendering, this element possibly alludes to the rearing head of a griffon, a detail that characterized the helmets of the Thraeces. The thick, long, and straight line to the right could similarly depict the side plume that often decorated the helmet of this category of gladiators. An example of a funerary stele with a gladiator wearing a comparable helmet with griffon in Smyrna is published in Petzl 1974: 293, no. 12.

Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 164-165.<br/> Petzl, G. 1974. “Gladiatoren-Denkmäler aus den Skizzenbüchern von Josef Keil.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 14: 293, no. 12.

Drawing of a gladiator