Names and presence inscriptions, some military
created: Transcribed from photographs (Reynolds, Roueché).
source date: First - third century CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...] Caius Valerius [...] Reburus fuit [...]de suo hic

[...]O

[...]υσιισκ [...][...]ε [...][...]α

Βερνικεύϲ[...] γρηϲβεν[...]

[...]υστραι[...]

[...]εββατρωεια [...]ανδροϲ οϲιαι [...]Παραιβάταϲ κουράτωρ[...]Ἀρίμμαϲ Bεϲπωνοϲ[...]τ ω

[...]

[...]ϲκρου [...]λω[...] [...]

Βαζαϲ κο[...] τε [...] [...]

Translation

i: C(aius) Valerius [ . . . ] Reburus was here .... for his own. ii and iii: [Not usefully translatable]. iv: ? man of Berenike [ . . . v: [Not usefully translatable]. vi: . . .?Menan]dros [ . . ?Parai]batas cur[?ator . . .? Arim]mas [son of] Bespon [ . . . ]. vii and viii: [Not usefully translatable]. ix: ?Bazas

Commentary

For this group of texts see on M.45.

Earlier panels have been cut away and earlier texts erased to make room for later ones in the manner of graffiti; for the kind of layout see the surviving M.55. These may be dedications , or simple presence inscriptions.

i: Line 3: suo may be part of the erased inscription to the left; the end of the line can then be read as fui[t] hic, which is common in Latin presence inscriptions, or perhaps fui hic as an equivalent of the term ἥκω.

iv: It is possible that this text was cut away at the left to accommodate iii. It is tempting to see here an ethnic [Βε]ρνικεύς from Berenice.

v: Perhaps [---]ν στρατ[---] or a transliterated Latin name [---ε]νς Τραι[---]

vii: Apparently a list of names, some of which may well be local, if correctly restored ([Παραιβ]άταϲ, [Ἀρίμ]μαϲ). Βέϲπων[ος] - perhaps a patronymic: Βέϲπων is not attested in LGPN, but cf. Βεσπας in C.245. For κουράτωρ see on M.55.

ix: Bazas seems clear: presumably a version of the name Βάζης, attested in LGPN, V4-26236