Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w:
0.074 x h:
0.092 x d:
0.01).
Text: Letters painted on both sides.
Letters: No measurements
Date: Jan 14-24, 253 - 259 (context, internal date)
Findspot: Bu Njem: Fort, in the Principia.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum. (Inv. no. 71-163)
English translation
Translation by: Gabriel Bodard
[---] 9 (or 19) days before the Kalends of February (=Jan 14 or 24). Unit of 45 men; [---] 1 [---]; 1 [---]; 1 scout [---]
(perpendicular) [---] 15 available for redeployment [---]
Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 1, whence HGV 73151, DDbDP o.bu.njem.1.