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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1527. Ostrakon: Military report

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.065 x h: 0.07 x d: 0.008).
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. 71-146)

Interpretive

ctr
[---] n(umerus) LVII
[--- ex is] ḷibrarius I
[proculc]ạtor I
[(equites)] «VIII»
5[quintan]ari XXỊỊ
[struct]or I
[---]++ I
[---] I
[---]+[..]+ I
------
md
10 [---] eg̣ṛi III
[reliqui repunge]nt XIIII ạc̣[cipit balneus ...]

Diplomatic

ctr
[---]NLVII
[---....].IBRARIUSI
[.......].TORI
[.]«VIII»
5[.......]ARIXX..
[......]ORI
[---]··I
[---]I
[---]·[··]·I
------
md
10[---]E..IIII
[..............]NTXIIII..[............···]

English translation

Translation by: Gabriel Bodard

(Main body) Unit of 57, [among which]:1 clerk; 1 scout; ⟦1⟧ 8 cavalrymen; 22 soldiers on exercise; 1 builder; [---]

(Right margin) 3 sick; 14 available for redeployment: [---] received by the baths.

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 27, whence HGV 73177.