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Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1592. Ostrakon: Letter

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.102 x h: 0.075 x d: 0.012).
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. 71-161)

Interpretive

[---]c. 27[---]
[---] Coṛṇẹḷ[ius] c. 4 -iolụṣ +++ C̣URỊO
[---]+ p(rae)p(osit ) c. 4 L c. 4 [c. 7]
[---]c. 16 S c. 9 [---]
5[---]+++ṇo+++ RỤS + Ṛ c. 5[---]
[---]equo- c. 7 R c. 5 [---]
[---]ụinus t- c. 4 -ạs- +++[---]
[---] c. 6 [---]
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Diplomatic

[---]···························[---]
[---]CO....[...]····IOL..···.UR.O
[---]·PP····L····[·······]
[---]················S·········[---]
5[---]···.O···R.S·.·····[---]
[---]EQUO·······R·····[---]
[---].INUST····.S···[---]
[---]······[---]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ] Cornelius [ . . . -]iolus [ . . . ] in command [ . . . ] horse?s [ . . .

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 92, whence HGV 73242, DDbDP o.bu.njem.92.


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