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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1532. Ostrakon: Military report

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.10 x h: 0.066 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. 71-39)

Interpretive

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optio [---]
quintanari XV
ad aqua<m> bal(nei) VI
de speclis I
5ad signas I
ad prepositu<m> I
ad uirgas I
egri II
Cornelius Annibal
10Aurel(ius) Celest[inus]
reliqụ[i repungent ---]
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Diplomatic

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OPTIO[---]
QUINTANARIXV
ADAQUABALVI
DESPECLISI
5ADSIGNASI
ADPREPOSITUI
ADUIRGASI
EGRIII
CORNELIUSANNIBAL
10AURELCELEST[....]
RELIQ.[..........---]
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English translation

Translation by: Gabriel Bodard

[---] second-in-command; 15 soldiers on exercise; 6 assigned to the water supply for the baths; 1 on look-out; 1 assigned to the standards; 1 assigned to the commander’s office; 1 assigned to flogging; 2 sick: Cornelius Annibal, Aurelius Celestinus; [---] available for redeployment [---]

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 32, whence HGV 73182, DDbDP o.bu.njem.32.