GRAFFITI FROM SMYRNA - (R.S.) Bagnall, (R.) Casagrande-Kim, (A.) Ersoy, (C.) Tanriver (edd.) Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna. With a contribution by Burak Yolaçan. Pp. xii + 488, figs, b/w & colour ills, b/w & colour maps. New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World/New York University Press, 2016. Cased, US$85. ISBN: 978-1-479864-64-5.

Abstract

p. 271: The determinative 'lotus flower' after 'śnb', 'health', may foreshadow the development in Demotic. p. 272: for the textile 'bnš' cf. A.H. Gardiner, Hieratic Papyri in the British Museum, Third Series, Chester Beatty Gift (1935), p. 57 n. 8; F. Daumas, Les Mammisis de Dendera (1959), p. 417 n. 4. p. 318: the translation of 'tm.tw m ḏ.t=ś' should read 'who is whole in her body'. The book presents a convincing and thorough study. The philological challenges are mastered very well. The length of the commentary is fully sufficient. The volume can be recommended without hesitation.