The graffito is orthograde. It is placed at the center of a rocky surface near the entrance of the enclosed area, close to inscription no. 567.
Letters of the archaic alphabet of Thera: Iota: three curvilinear bars. Pi: hook-shaped. Upsilon: short oblique bars diverging and attached atop the vertical stroke.
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Hiller read Πολυ-; Inglese, during 2003 campaign, could recognize the pi, lambda, and upsilon. The graffito is the smallest among the others and aligned above them. As for the third letter, already uncertain to the editor, it appears to be a lambda, although its oblique stroke is difficult to distinguish because it is unclear whether the stroke is properly joined to the upper end of the vertical shaft via an acute or right angle. The terminal of this stroke appears to extend downward, but it is not clear whether the line is part of the letter's actual shape or a natural groove in the stone. Furthermore, reading is made even more difficult by the fact that this mark overlaps with the left oblique stroke of the upsilon. According to Hiller’s reading, three additional letters are visible: a upsilon, an epsilon, and an iota, located after a natural break in the rock and written in a descending ductus.