WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1565. Ostrakon: Fragmentary list

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.045 x h: 0.052 x d: 0.01).
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. 71-119)

Interpretive

[---stationem? hab?]ẹnṭes b(eneficiarii)
[---]+el b(eneficiarii)
[---]fị
[---]+em
5------

Diplomatic

[---............].N.ESB
[---]·ELB
[---]F.
[---]·EM
5------

English translation

Translation by: Caroline Barron

. . . ] beneficiarii [ ?holding a station . . . ] beneficiarii [ . . .

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 65, whence HGV 73215, DDbDP o.bu.njem.65.