Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w:
0.08 x h:
0.07 x d:
0.009).
Text: Letters painted on one side.
Letters: No measurements
Date: 253 - 259; 26 October (context, internal date)
Findspot: Bu Njem: Fort, in the Principia.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum. (Inv. no. 71-63)
English translation
Translation by: Gabriel Bodard
7 days before the Kalends of November (= October 26). Unit of 46 men: among which: 1 on one-and-a-half pay; 6 cavalrymen; 1 second-in-command; 15 on exercise; 1 look-out; 1(?) [---]
Arabic translation
Translation by: Usama Gad
فى اليوم السابع قبل الكاليندايى من شهر نوفمبر (أى ٢٦ أكتوبر). الوحدة المكونة من 46 رجل : فرد منهم بأجر ونصف ؛ ستة أفراد فرسان ؛ فرد نائب قائد ؛ خمسة عشر فرد فى التدريب فرد إستطلاع [---]
Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 18, whence HGV 73168, DDbDP o.bu.njem.18.