Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna / / Roger S. Bagnall, Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Akin Ersoy, Cumhur Tanriver.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter NYUP / FUP eBook-Package 2016
• HerausgeberIn: Bagnall, Roger S.,; Casagrande-Kim, Roberta,; Ersoy, Akin,; Tanriver, Cumhur,
• TeilnehmendeR: Yolaçan, Burak
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: ISAW Monographs ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

An in-depth archaeological reportfeaturing graffiti found during a recent excavation at the Ancient Greek cityof Smyrna. 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.An in-depth archaeological reportfeaturing graffiti found during a recent excavation at the Ancient Greek cityof Smyrna. 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN INTRODUCTION -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Graffiti: Descriptions, Texts, Translations, and Notes. Part 1 -- The Graffiti: Descriptions, Texts, Translations, and Notes. Part 2 -- Bibliography -- Index of Greek Words -- Index of Subjects and Motifs of Drawings -- General Index -- Concordance of Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 61 with the Present Volume -- Concordance of Piers and Bays with the Present Volume