WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1558. Ostrakon: Military report

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.057 x h: 0.05 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. 71-147)

Interpretive

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[---]c. 4
[---]
[---]
[---]
5[---]+
[---]eu balneus XVII
[---]IIII furnus VI
[---]++
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Diplomatic

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[---]····
[---]
[---].
[---]
5[---]·.
[---]EUBALNEUSXVII
[---]IIIIFURNUSVI
[---]··
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English translation

Translation by: Gabriel Bodard

[---] 17 in the baths[---] -4; 6 in the kitchens [---]

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 58, whence HGV 73208, DDbDP o.bu.njem.58.