WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1644. Ostrakon: Game?

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.075 x h: 0.07 x d: 0.009).
Text: Letters painted on one side.
Letters: No measurements

Date: 253 - 259 (context)

Findspot: Bu Njem: in the Town; found in 1972.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum. (Inv. no. 72-30)

Interpretive

[---]GO+
[t]anto
Dido
tergo

Diplomatic

[---]GO·
[.]ANTO
DIDO
TERGO

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ]?so much [ . . . ] Dido [ . . . ] I clean (or) the rear.

Commentary

Perhaps a game, or a language exercise (Marichal).

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 144, whence HGV 73294, DDbDP o.bu.njem.144.