WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1643. Ostrakon: Name

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.135 x h: 0.085 x d: 0.01).
Text: Letters painted on one side.
Letters: No measurements

Date: 253 - 259 (context)

Findspot: Bu Njem: Fort, found in 1974 (74-44).
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum.

Interpretive

[---]c. 4 ale Martiạ- [---]
[---] Romano ((mid-dot)) seṣ[quiplicario ---]

Diplomatic

[---]····ALEMARTI.[---]
[---]ROMANO · SE.[...........---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . From x,] of the Ala Martialis [to] Romanus, ses[quiplicarius (i.e. on one-and-a-half pay) . . .

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 143, whence HGV 73293, DDbDP o.bu.njem.143.