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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1528. Ostrakon: Military report

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.055 x h: 0.08 x d: 0.009).
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. 71-67)

Interpretive

statiọṇạṛịị II
missus ((mid-dot)) cuṃ Garaṃanti[bu]ṣ [I]
adseruator I
egri III[I]
5Fabius c. 4 -s ⟦Ạụṛẹḷ⟧[---]
Aurel(ius) F[e]lix
Iul(ius) P̣riscus
Iul(ius) Optatus
[rel(iqui) repung]ẹnṭ ((mid-dot)) XXIIII
10[---]c. 4[---]
[---]++[---]
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Diplomatic

STATI......II
MISSUS · CU.GARA.ANTI[..].[.]
ADSERUATORI
EGRIIII[.]
5FABIUS····S⟦.....⟧[---]
AURELF[.]LIX
IUL.RISCUS
IULOPTATUS
[.........].N. · XXIIII
10[---]····[---]
[---]··[---]
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English translation

Translation by: Gabriel Bodard

2 on guard post; [1] sent with the Garamantes; 1 guard; 4 sick: Fabius [---]s ⟦Aurel⟧ [...], Aurelius Felix, Iulius Priscus, Iulius Optatus; 24 available for redeployment [---]

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 28, whence HGV 73178, DDbDP o.bu.njem.28.