Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w:
0.105 x h:
0.07 x d:
0.015).
Text: Letters painted on one side.
Letters: No measurements
Date: 259 (context, internal date)
Findspot: Bu Njem: Fort, in the Principia.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum. (Inv. no. 71-35)
Interpretive
[---] Emeritus et P̣oppidius U+[c. 13]
[---]o salutem scias nabes duas : β q+[c. 11]
[---]c. 5[ad?]uenerunt deuersas +[c. 10]
[. i]ṇ Lepci nacṭa et alias duas ++[c. 4]
5[c. 6]++bus et semịs onere qua[.]
[c. 9]+ad illos non occurrit ++
[c. 15] accipiat curas et
[c. 16 an]ṇo septimo
[opto te bene? bale]re
Diplomatic
[---]EMERITUSET.OPPIDIUSU·[·············]
[---]OSALUTEMSCIASNABESDUAS:ΒQ·[···········]
[---]·····[..]UENERUNTDEUERSAS·[··········]
[·.].LEPCINAC.AETALIASDUAS··[····]
5[······]··BUSETSEM.SONEREQUA[·]
[·········]·ADILLOSNONOCCURRIT··
[···············]ACCIPIATCURASET
[················..].OSEPTIMO
[..............]RE
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . . ] Emeritus and Poppidius V[- . . . ] greetings. You should know that two ships, 2 [ . . .] they arrived, turned aside
[ . . .? one] reached Lepcis and another two [ . . .] and a half by cargo [ . . .] does not come across them [ . . .] should
accept responsibility and [ . . .] the seventh year (i.e. of the emperors). [I hope that you fare well]
Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 89, whence HGV 73239, DDbDP o.bu.njem.89.
