Just published graffiti from the ancient of Aphrodisias, Turkey. Above, gladiators.
Menorah.
Head with a snake wrapped around it, perhaps drawn as part of a spell or curse.
Acrobat on a high wire.
More here.
Temple of Aphrodite from which the city seems to have taken its name; according to our sources it had once been known by other names.
And the Sebasteion, a shrine dedicated to Aphrodite and the Divine Augustus. (The Julian family claimed descent from Aphrodite.)
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