WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1615. Ostrakon: Fragmentary military letter

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.024 x h: 0.07 x d: 0.008).
Text: Letters painted on one side.
Letters: No measurements

Date: 253 - 259 (context)

Findspot: Bu Njem: Fort; found in 1976.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum. (Inv. no. 76-34)

Interpretive

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[---]++[---]
plen(?)[---]
ullas +[---]
impẹṛ[---]
5illo +[---]
ẹṣt[---]
E+[---]
+[---]
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Diplomatic

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[---]··[---]
PLEN[---]
ULLAS·[---]
IMP..[---]
5ILLO·[---]
..T[---]
E·[---]
·[---]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(Not usefully translatable.)

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 115, whence HGV 73265, DDbDP o.bu.njem.115.