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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 SMYD00171 AGP AGP-SMYD00171 CharcoalPaintedDimensions: 120 167 ((:navis)) boat Smyrna 0180-0300 C.E. Basilica of the Agora of Smyrna, Izmir, Turkey

Julian calendar

Very long dipinto in thick black and red lines. The shape, narrow and elongated, tapers at the two ends. A packed series of parallel straight lines are drawn within the form’s outline. A long line, parallel to the lower margin, runs throughout the whole width. Other lines seem to have continued below the main outline, but they are now completely faded. The dipinto can be interpreted as a ship: two very faded lines at the center identify the tapering shape of a mast, decorated with two horizontal lines defining the ropes tied around it. This suggests that the upper portion of the drawing has to be understood as a furled sail. The bulwark and the keel are completely faded.

Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 204.

Drawing of a boat