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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1632. Ostrakon: Fragment

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.05 x h: 0.04 x d: 0.011).
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. 71.153)

Interpretive

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[--- procul]cạtoṛ
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5CIḶ+++

Diplomatic

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[---......]C.TO.
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5CI.···

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ] scout [ . . .

Commentary

A late term for a military scout

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 132, whence HGV 73282, DDbDP o.bu.njem.132.