Description: Outcrop of natural rock, on which texts are cut more or less roughly,
in a series of different hands, with dates ranging from 15/16 to 52 CE: M.3, M.4,
M.5, M.6, M.7, M.8,
M.9, M.10, M.11, M.12,
M.13, M.14, M.15, M.16,
M.17, M.18, M.19, M.20,
M.21, M.22, M.23, M.24,
M.25, M.26, and perhaps M.27. They may be described as graffiti
although the surviving example and the photographs show that their production often involved much
more effort than the normal graffito.
Text: Incised on the surface (w:
1.25),
without a frame.
Letters: Square sigma, cursive omega, L for ἔτους.
Date: CE 49-59
Findspot: South of Berenike:
Beside the ancient road from Corniclanum/Ajdabia,
leading south to the oasis of Gialo; recorded in ?1923.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location:
Now covered by modern houses.
English translation
Translation by: Editors
Valerius (scil. son) of -doros, a Syrian, A[ - ]: I came here. Year 80 (or 80+: 49-59 CE).
Commentary
For general introduction see M.3.
Line 2: Διοδώρου would just fit.
Line 3: Ϲύρος was perhaps followed by an abbreviation for Ἀπαμεύς.
Line 4: 80 of the Actian era (49-50 CE) or any date to 89.
Bibliography: Ferri, 1926, 10, with photograph and drawing, p.378, whence SEG 9.782.
Text constituted from: From previous publications (Reynolds).
Images
None available (2020).