Description: Fragmentary sandstone block (w:
0.39 x h:
c. 0.52).
Text: Incised on the lower part of the face.
Letters: 0.065; lunate epsilon, lunate sigma.
Date: First to second century
Findspot: South of Berenike:
Corniclanum/Ajdabiya, re-used in the
Fatimid Mosque.
Original location: Although no military elements survive this may come from the fort
in which the soldiers responsible for the texts recorded under M.3 ff. were stationed.
Last recorded location:
Findspot: lying loose.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(Not usefully translatable)
Commentary
Line 1: apparently from a Roman nomen, perhaps Herennius.
Bibliography: Whitehouse, 1971-1972 RSIS III.14, but without texts.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Joyce Reynolds, II. 17)
Fig. 2. Face (Reynolds PN.I.2)
Fig. 3. Face (Reynolds PN.I.3)
Fig. 4. Face (Whitehouse, FILM4NG1LR)