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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1537. Ostrakon: Military report

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.11 x h: 0.055 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. 71-69)

Interpretive

[---]+++[---]
aṭ c̣enṣ++
missus ap̣ c. 4[---]
cum asinịs
5c. 9
c. 15 [XX]
balneus accipit XIIII
furnus VI

Diplomatic

[---]···[---]
A..EN.··
MISSUSA.····[---]
CUMASIN.S
5·········
···············[..]
BALNEUSACCIPITXIIII
FURNUSVI

English translation

Translation by: Gabriel Bodard

[---]; [---] new arrival; [---] sent from [---]; with the donkeys; [20 available for redeployment]: the baths received 14, the kitchens 6.

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 37, whence HGV 73187, DDbDP o.bu.njem.37.