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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1557. Ostrakon: Military report

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.045 x h: 0.04 x d: 0.002).
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. 71-134)

Interpretive

[---]++ n(umerus) p̣ụṛ(us) ḶXX+++[---]
[---] LXIII [---]
[---]+[.]+ I ++[---]
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Diplomatic

[---]··N....XX···[---]
[---]LXIII[---]
[---]·[·]·I··[---]
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English translation

Translation by: Gabriel Bodard

[---] net number 70+; [---] 63 [---]

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 57, whence HGV 73207, DDbDP o.bu.njem.57.