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Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna / [edited by] Roger S. Bagnall, Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Akin Ersoy, and Cumhur Tanriver ; with a contribution by Burak Yolaçan.
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English
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New York : Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University Press, 2016.
©2016
Description
x, 488 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
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Firestone Library - Classics Collection
DS51.I9 G73 2016
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Subject(s)
Graffiti
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Turkey
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İzmir
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Turkey
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İzmir
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İzmir (Turkey)
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Antiquities
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Editor
Bagnall, Roger S.
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Casagrande-Kim, Roberta
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Ersoy, Akın
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Tanrıver, Cumhur, 1964-
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Yolaçan, Burak
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Summary note
The graffiti published in this richly-illustrated volume were discovered during an excavation of the Roman basilica in the Ancient Greek city of Smyrna, known today as Izmir, which is situated on the Aegean coast of modern Turkey. The project, which began in 2003, has unearthed a multitude of graffiti and drawings encompassing a wide range of subjects and interests, including local politics, nautical vessels, sex, and wordplay. Each graffito artifact holds the potential for vast historical and cultural data, rescued in this volume from the passage of time and razing ambitions of urban development. Given the city's history, the potential wealth of knowledge to be gleamed from these discoveries is substantial: Smyrna has an uninterrupted history of settlement since the Neolithic-Copper ages, and remains today a major city and Mediterranean seaport at the crossroads of key trade routes. The present volume provides comprehensive editions of the texts, descriptions of the drawings, and an extensive introduction to the subjects of the graffiti, how they were produced, and who was responsible for them. A complete set of color photographs is included. -- Amazon.com.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-467) and indexes.
Contents
History of excavations in Smyrna
Description of building and phases
General characteristics of the graffiti
The pictorial graffiti
Dating of the graffiti
Palaeography
Language
Healing of eyes
Baite
Christianity
Pride
Isopsephisms of desire
Word-play: word squares and riddles
The graffiti: descriptions, texts, translations, and notes.
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ISBN
9781479864645 ((cloth))
1479864641 ((cloth))
9781479885886
1479885886
9781479870738
1479870730
LCCN
2016019141
OCLC
951563286
Other standard number
40026821223
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