Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

φιλῶ ἧς [---]ΤΩΝ
ὁ ἀριθμὸ̣[ς] [---]+HN+[---]
ψλα [-------]+[---]

Symbol	Meaning
[abc]	Letters once present, now missing due to damage to the surface or support
[- - -]	Damage to the surface or support; letters cannot be restored with certainty
ABC	Letters whose reading is clear but meaning is incomprehensible
ạḅ	Characters damaged or unclear that would be unintelligible without context
+	Illegible/unclear character

Translation	“I love a (woman) whose number is 731.”
Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	charcoal
	Graffito Height: 18 Graffito Length: 54 Min Letter Height: 4 Max Letter Height: 7
Apparatus Criticus	3. The number 731 equates most probably to the name Ἄνθουσα (1 + 50 + 9 + 70 + 400 + 200 + 1). See Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 48, for isopsephisms referring to a woman.
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 236. Bagnall, R., Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (2011): 14-15. SEG 61.956.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYT00242, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00242> [accessed: 14 Dec 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03