Ancient Graffiti Project :: Graffito Information

φιλῶ ἧς ὁ <ἀ>ριθμὸς
Ατη

Translation	“I love (a woman) whose number is 1,308.”
Findspot	Smyrna, Basilica (Agora.1) Location metadata ➜
Language	Greek
Writing Style	charcoal
	Graffito Height: 8 Graffito Length: 34 Min Letter Height: 3 Max Letter Height: 4
Apparatus Criticus	2. The number 1308 corresponds with near certainty to the name Τύχη (300+400+600+8). See introduction, p. 48, for other isopsephisms referring to a woman.
Bibliography	Bagnall, R. S. et al., Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna (2016): 267. Bagnall, R., Everyday Writing in the Graeco-Roman East (2011): 14. SEG 61.955.
Suggested Citation	AGP-SMYT00273, The Ancient Graffiti Project, <https://ancientgraffiti.org/Graffiti/graffito/AGP-SMYT00273> [accessed: 05 Dec 2025]
Contributions	Editor: Roger S. Bagnall Principal Contributor: Roger S. Bagnall Last Revision: 2016-10-03