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:
3.50 x h:
1.50),
without a frame. Line 4 is below and at an acute angle to the text above.
Letters: Lunate sigma, cursive omega, ligature of ΗΚ in line 2.
Date: First century CE
Findspot: South of Berenike:
Beside the ancient road from Corniclanum/Ajdabia,
leading south to the oasis of Gialo; recorded in 1923.
w
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location:
Now covered by modern houses.
English translation
Translation by: Editors
. . . (scil. son) of ...olukos, a soldier : I came here. [ . . .
Commentary
For general introduction see M.3.
In line 1 a name, patronymic or perhaps ethnic, is too damaged for interpretation.
Line 3: presumably another name or patronymic, with perhaps ἥκ̣[ω at the end.
Bibliography: Ferri, 1926, 12, with drawing, p.379, whence SEG 9.784.
Text constituted from: From previous publications (Reynolds).
Images
None available (2020).