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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1544. Ostrakon: Military report

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.035 x h: 0.034 x d: 0.007).
Text: Letters painted on one side; palimpsest with vestiges of erased text visible beneath.
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. 67-58)

Interpretive

A
[---]+[---]
[---] ạd aqua<m> [balnei ---]
[---] missuṣ [---]
[---]++ [---]
B
[---]+R [---]
[---] ++ [---]

Diplomatic

A
[---]·[---]
[---].DAQUA[......---]
[---]MISSU.[---]
[---]··[---]
B
[---]·R.[---]
[---]··[---]

English translation

Translation by: Gabriel Bodard

[---]; [---] assigned to the water supply for [the baths]; sent to [---]

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 44, whence HGV 73194, DDbDP o.bu.njem.44.