WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1600. Ostrakon: Letter

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.07 x h: 0.09 x d: 0.012).
Text: Letters painted on one side.
Letters: No measurements

Date: 253 - 259 (context)

Findspot: Bu Njem: Fort, in the Principia; found in 1971.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum. (Inv. no. 71-121)

Interpretive

[---]c. 10 ḄỤ++[---]
[---]++ỌMED++nọ Emil+ [---]
[---]++B+++EMIS++[---]
[---]+++OṢAṚ c. 6 M+[---]
5[---]+PROPERFERAS+[---]
[---]+ et comilitonẹṣ [---]
[---]+t prẹlumi++[---]
[---]numeri[---]

Diplomatic

[---]··········..··[---]
[---]··.MED··N.EMIL·[---]
[---]··B···EMIS··[---]
[---]···O.A.······M·[---]
5[---]·PROPERFERAS·[---]
[---]·ETCOMILITON..[---]
[---]·TPR.LUMI··[---]
[---]NUMERI[---]

6: corrected from comililones

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ] fellow-soldiers [ . . . ] detachments [ . . .

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 100, whence HGV 73250, DDbDP o.bu.njem.100.