WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1538. Ostrakon: Military report

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.05 x h: 0.08 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. 71-91)

Interpretive

[---]ạg̣ens [---]
[---]c. 7 I `+V+´
[---]c. 8 ⟦VI⟧
[---]c. 9 I
5[---]c. 5 VII
[---]c. 5 I
[---]c. 5 III +++[---]
[---]c. 5 I
[---]+++[.] II
10[---]c. 5 I
[reliqui repung]ẹnt XVI
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Diplomatic

[---]..ENS.[---]
[---]·······I`·V·´
[---]········⟦VI⟧
[---]·········I
5[---]·····VII
[---]·····I
[---]·····III···[---]
[---]·····I
[---]···[·]II
10[---]·····I
[.............].NTXVI
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English translation

Translation by: Gabriel Bodard

[---] 16 available for redeployment [---]

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 38, whence HGV 73188, DDbDP o.bu.njem.38.