"dc-description","Type","Icon","dc-date","Id","Collection","Name","Redirect","dc-title","Chronology","UserLevel","dc-publisher","dc-creator","dc-subject"
"Hesperia","Publication","","1948","Agora:Publication:Hesperia 17","Agora","Hesperia 17 (1948)","","Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens","","","American School of Classical Studies at Athens","",""
"Over 3,000 informal inscriptions scratched or painted on pottery, lamps, or other clay fragments have been found in the excavations of the Athenian Agora. In this volume, 859 of these graffiti and dipinti (representing those with sufficient content to be meaningful) are presented in catalogue and drawings. The texts consist of messages and lists, love names and curses, rough calculations, dedications, commercial and tax notations—in short, all manner of fascinating, all-too-human trivia. An introduction to each category defines the type, indicates special characteristics and suggests parallels, purpose, etc. Each example is illustrated in a line drawing with the exception of the tax notations (dipinti); in this case photographs seemed preferable owing to the fugitive medium and the run-on cursive forms. This skillful presentation of an important body of material contributes significantly to the study of informal Greek, especially in regard to letter forms and spelling, as well as to an understanding of the varying commercial practices in ancient Athens.","Publication","Agora:Image:2009.09.0051::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0051.jpg::296::400","1976","Agora:Publication:Agora 21","Agora","Agora XXI","","Graffiti and Dipinti","","","American School of Classical Studies at Athens","Lang, M.",""
"“Return the stamnos to Philippa’s brother Philip,” “cheap wine,” “Alkaios seems beautiful to Melis,” “Of Tharrios I am the cup.” Like fragments of overheard conversations, the thousands of informal inscriptions scratched and painted on potsherds, tiles, and other objects give us a unique insight into the everyday life of the Athenian Agora. Some are marks of ownership, or the notes of merchants, but many are sexual innuendos, often accompanied by graphic illustrations. Using her wide contextual knowledge, the author suggests why these scraps of sentences were written, and what they can tell us about one of the first widely literate societies.","Publication","Agora:Image:2009.09.0017::/Agora/2009/2009.09/2009.09.0017.jpg::200::314","1974; 1988","Agora:Publication:Agora Picture Book 14","Agora","AgoraPicBk 14 (1974); AgoraPicBk 14 (1988)","","Graffiti in the Athenian Agora","","","The American School of Classical Studies at Athens","Lang, M.",""