CIMRM 218 - Graffito with names. Ostia, Italy

CIMRM entry

Graffito scratched in the cult-niche. The reading is not certain: IIE M ULAS M*V BABENUS SMΛXS BECTON BINU XII PROCLUS BINU *II ERMES DUX *III FORTUNIU ADA NDA MAXIMUS BINU *II The first part apparently contains a number of proper names, the greater part of which are not Roman. The second part is inexplicable unless one accepts that BINU can be identified with vinum, in which case the numbers may indicate measures or cost (cf. Dura Europos Nos. 64; 65).

Vinum, i.e. "wine". B and V are often interchangeable in Greek. Note the Greek letter lambda for BABENUS.