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Monumentum

Greek graffiti from the Dura Europos Mithraeum

Greek graffiti scratched on wall plaster, recording a list of everyday expenses from Dura-Europos, Roman Syria.

The New Mithraeum

26 Jan 2026

Scratched on piece of wall plaster. L.H. 0.015–0.03.
Report, No. 862; Heichelheim, o.c., 207.

χρέας ∗ ι [θ’ υ ς?] / γαρέλει ∗ α’ / χάρτα να’ / ὕδω[ρ] ∗ α’ / χύλα ∗ α’ / δάνα ∗ κη’ υ
ια’ / ∗ να υ ια’.

“meat, den. 19 ass. 17; sauce, den. 1; paper, ass. 1; water, den. 1; wood, den. 1; jar of wine,
den. 28 ass. 11; total, den. 51 ass. 11”.

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