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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1598. Ostrakon: Letter

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (h: 0.045).
Text: Letters painted on one side.
Letters: No measurements

Date: 253 - 259 (context)

Findspot: Bu Njem: Fort, in the Principia; found in 1967.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum. (Inv. no. 67-57)

Interpretive

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-a Lepc̣i[---]
uel i[---]
CẸ[---]
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Diplomatic

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··[---]
ALEP.I[---]
UELI[---]
C.[---]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(Not usefully translatable, but apparently a reference to Lepcis/Lepcitanians)

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 98, whence HGV 73248, DDbDP o.bu.njem.98.