WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1564. Ostrakon: Fragmentary list

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.045 x h: 0.05 x d: 0.01).
Text: Letters painted on one side.
Letters: No measurements

Date: 253 - 259 (context)

Findspot: Bu Njem: Fort, in the Baths.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum. (Inv. no. 70-48)

Interpretive

c. 8[---]
Ble++iu[---]
Bubeius[---]
Ipalaceṇ[---]
5------

Diplomatic

········[---]
BLE··IU[---]
BUBEIUS[---]
IPALACE.[---]
5------

English translation

Translation by: Caroline Barron

[ . . . ] Ble[-...] Bubeius [ . . . ] Ipalacen [ . . .

Commentary

Bubeius: perhaps from Bubeium, https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/355615

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 64, whence HGV 73214, DDbDP o.bu.njem.64.