Description:
Fragments of painted wall-plaster,
found in small pieces fallen from the wall of a room, with B.4, B.5,
B.6, B.7, B.8, B.9, B.10,
B.11, B.12, B.13, B.14, B.15, B.16, B.17,
B.18, B.19, B.20, B.21,
B.22, B.23, B.24, B.25,
B.26, B.27, B.28, B.29,
B.30, B.31, B.32, B.33,
B.34, B.35, B.36, B.37,
B.38, B.39, B.40.
Text: Scratched within a scratched rectangular panel, largely surviving, beside an
elaborate graffito figuring Tyche.
Letters: Neat Greek capitals; cursive iota and omega. Second half of the second or third century CE.
Date: Second half of the second or third century CE
Findspot:
Berenike:
Sidi Khrebish, Building H. At a date late in the life of the house the room must have been open to the public who scratched graffiti
on its walls; it seems probable that it had in fact become an hotel.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location:
Benghazi Museum.
English translation
Translation by: Editors
With good fortune for Kosmikos and those with him.
Commentary
, but The same man may well also appear in B.9.
This is a straightforward prayer by Kosmikos for good luck for himself and his suite.
Bibliography: Reynolds, 1974-1975, B.vii whence Robert, Bulletin Épigraphique, 1976.793; Reynolds, 1978, 6.vii, whence SEG 28.1556
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
None available (2020).