WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1590. Ostrakon: Letter

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.07 x h: 0.055 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. 71-83)

Interpretive

[---]+++[---]
[---]c. 11[---]-
-bio ((mid-dot)) salutem ḍ n(- - -)[---]
[---] publici nigri ṣen[---]
5[---]brum et COR+[---]
[---]+++ cum asilo[---]
[---]c. 8[---]
[---]+++[---]
------

Diplomatic

[---]···[---]
[---]···········[---]
BIO · SALUTEM.N[---]
[---]PUBLICINIGRI.EN[---]
5[---]BRUMETCOR·[---]
[---]···CUMASILO[---]
[---]········[---]
[---]···[---]
------

English translation

Translation by:

. . . tp -]bius, greetings ?Our lords [ . . . ] public slaves, black, [ . . . ] with ?asylum [ . . . ]

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 90, whence HGV 73240, DDbDP o.bu.njem.90.