Description: Fragmentary sandstone block
(w:
0.65 x h:
0.60 x d:
0.19).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: 0.23; very elaborate serifs. The height and the width of the trenches (0.02) seems to indicate monumental lettering.
Date: Probably first century CE
Findspot: South of Berenike:
Corniclanum/Ajdabia, re-used in the
Fatimid Mosque; found 1970 by Abdulhamid Abdussaid.
Original location: Perhaps from a fort.
Last recorded location:
Findspot: lying loose.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(Not usefully translatable)
Commentary
It is natural to expect some part of Αὐτοκράτωρ but there is no trace of Ο to the left, although the surface appears to survive to a sufficient extent.
Bibliography: Whitehouse, 1971-1972 RSIS III.14, but without texts.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds PN.I.8)
Fig. 2. Face (Reynolds PN.I.16)
Fig. 3. Face (Reynolds PN.I.17)