Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

κοντροκυνή=
<:vacat> γις

Symbol	Meaning
〈:abc〉	Explanation of editor, either subaudible word or regarding the layout of the text, e.g.〈:col. I〉 (used by EDR and AGP)

Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	charcoal
	Graffito Height: 10 Graffito Length: 40 Min Letter Height: 4 Max Letter Height: 4
Apparatus Criticus	1–2. Presumably for *κοντροκυνήγιος, a wild-beast hunter with a pike. LSJ lists κοντροκυνηγέσιον, citing IGRR 4.1632 and SEG 6.608, where L. Robert refers to his discussion of IGRR 3.360 in Rev.Arch. 30 (1929) 29–31 = Opera Minora Selecta 1.696–698. There he comments on the use of σιδηροκόντρα. There are no literary occurrences recorded in TLG. Cf. the fragmentary T12.6 for another possible occurrence at Smyrna.
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 250. Bagnall, R., Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (2011): 16-17. SEG 61.960.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYT00255, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00255> [accessed: 05 Dec 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03