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:
3.00).
Letters: Lunate epsilon, sigma, cursive omega; L for ἔτους; small circle for stop.
Date: CE 51-52
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:
Last reported 1923; now covered by modern houses.
Commentary
For general introduction see on M.3.
Line 1:The same year as M.5.
Line 4: For the ethnic Ἀπαμεύς see also M.5.
Bibliography: Ferri, 1926, 4 and drawing, p.374, whence SEG 9.776
Text constituted from: From previous publications (Reynolds).
Images
None available (2020).