Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w:
0.115 x h:
0.085 x d:
0.013).
Text: Letters painted on one side.
Letters: No measurements
Date: ca. 259 (context)
Findspot: Bu Njem: Fort, in the Principia.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum. (Inv. no. 71-78)
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English translation
Translation by: Caroline Barron
To Octavius Festus, [decurion, my commanding officer . . . ] good health [ . . . ] twenty [ . . . ] to transmit to me through/by [ . . .
Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 83, whence HGV 73233, DDbDP o.bu.njem.83.