WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1619. Ostrakon: Fragmentary letter?

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.028 x h: 0.054 x d: 0.009).
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. 67-65)

Interpretive

------
[---]SIT[---]
[---]usus +[---]
[---]+ milịt[---]
[---] c. 4 [---]
5[---]+++[---]
------

Diplomatic

------
[---]SIT[---]
[---]USUS·[---]
[---]·MIL.T[---]
[---]····[---]
5[---]···[---]
------

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ?for the ] use [ . . . ?of] soldiers [ . . .

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 119, whence HGV 73269, DDbDP o.bu.njem.119.