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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1503. Ostrakon: Military report

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.088 x h: 0.103 x d: 0.01).
Text: Letters painted on one side.
Letters: No measurements

Date: 253 - 259 (context)

Findspot: Bu Njem: Fort, in the Principia.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum. (Inv. no. 71-49)

Interpretive

XIII Kal(endas) [I]unịạṣ ṇ(umerus) +++
in his (sesquiplicarius) I
(equites) VI
optio I
5quintanari X+++
ad aqua<m> bal(nei) [..]
ad c̣ạmellos [..]
ạḍ preposit[um .]
faber [I]
10eger [I]
Cecil(ius) Rogatuṣ
reliqui repungen[t ...]
balneus VIII[---]
f̣ụṛnus [---]

Diplomatic

XIIIKAL[.]UN....···
INHISI
VI
OPTIOI
5QUINTANARIX···
ADAQUABAL[··]
AD..MELLOS[··]
..PREPOSIT[..·]
FABER[.]
10EGER[.]
CECILROGATU.
RELIQUIREPUNGEN[.···]
BALNEUSVIII[---]
...NUS.[---]

English translation

Translation by: Gabriel Bodard

13 days before the Kalends of June (= May 20). Unit of [---]: among which 1 on one-and-a-half pay; 6 cavalrymen; 1 second-in-command; 10+ training officers; [---] assigned to the baths; [---] assigned to the camels; [---] assigned to the commander’s office; 1 builder; 1 sick: Caecilius Rogatus; [---] available for redeployment; 8-9, bath-duty; 5-9, kitchen-duty [---]

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 3, whence HGV 73153, DDbDP o.bu.njem.3.