{"content":"((:navis))","bibliography":"Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 194.<br/>                Pomey, P. 2006. “Les graffiti navals de l’agora. Etude preliminaire.” Anatolia Antiqua 14: 334–5, figs. 25–27.","apparatus":"","photos":[],"sourceFindSpot":"Basilica of the Agora of Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey","principleContributors":"Roger S. Bagnall","lastRevision":"2016-10-03","editor":"Roger S. Bagnall","commentary":"The ships in this bay have been previously published as Bay 15-T26 A, B, C in Pomey 2006: 334–5, figs. 25–27. \nDipinto of a ship, located at the center of the back wall of Bay 15. The ship is sailing on port tack and is possibly a merchant vessel. The large and irregular mast is slightly off center toward the prow. The upper part of the graffito is largely faded: some lines near the mast could suggest the presence of a sail and the yard, but the streaks are too fragmentary for a conclusive interpretation. At the stern is visible one πηδάλιον partially submerged in the water. No other oars are drawn on the ship’s hull. The bulwark is decorated with a lattice motif, possibly indicating a parapet or sidescreen, suggesting the ship was of the cataphract or semi-cataphract type. Above it, a line indicates a deck that extends all the way to the stern, where the elevated seat for the helmsman is found. A line running along the hull, toward the middle of it, indicates the ship’s waterway. The area of the prow is mostly faded; the stern is rounded and terminates in an oblique ἄφλαστον that projects outside the ship.","caption":"Drawing of a boat","writingStyleInEnglish":"charcoal","property":{"englishPropertyName":"Basilica","italianPropertyName":"Basilica","insula":{"shortName":"Agora","fullName":"Agora","city":{"name":"Smyrna","pleiadesId":"550771"}},"propertyTypes":[{"name":"Basilica","description":""}],"numberOfGraffiti":325,"uri":"Smyrna/Agora/1","propertyName":"Basilica","propertyNumber":"1"},"figuralInfo":{"drawingTags":[{"name":"Boats","description":"drawings of boats"}],"descriptionInLatin":"((:navis))","descriptionInEnglish":"boat"},"trismegistosNumber":null,"uri":"https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYD00153","agpId":"AGP-SMYD00153","citation":"AGP-SMYD00153, <i>The Ancient Graffiti Project</i>, &lt;https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYD00153&gt; [accessed: 29 Apr 2026]","graffitoHeight":"84","graffitoLength":"108","pleiadesId":"550771","locationMetadataLink":"properties/Smyrna/Agora/1"}