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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1646. Ostrakon: Letter?

Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w: 0.105 x h: 0.09 x d: 0.01).
Text: Letters painted on one side.
Letters: No measurements

Date: 253 - 259 (context)

Findspot: Bu Njem: Fort, in the Praetorium; found in 1973.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum. (Inv. no. 73-5)

Interpretive

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[---]bys[---]
[---isida]rim m(odii?) Uii[---]
[---]ia ((mid-dot)) fu ịghy fara++[---]
[---]ṇd chr+e+ion ((mid-dot)) LA++RA[---]
5[---]GYBYS
[---]ND+cḥṛ+s ((mid-dot)) th+ythymus+[---]
[---]lybos++ẹglymythuṃ[---]
[---]sarit lyganim[---]
[---]+++B+++ UẠṚ+++[---]
10[---]c. 5[---]
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Diplomatic

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[---]BYS[---]
[---.....]RIMMUII[---]
[---]IA · FU.GHYFARA··[---]
[---].DCHR·E·ION · LA··RA[---]
5[---]GYBYS
[---]ND·C..·S · TH·YTHYMUS·[---]
[---]LYBOS··.GLYMYTHU.[---]
[---]SARITLYGANIM[---]
[---]···B···U..···[---]
10[---]·····[---]
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Commentary

Latino-Punic

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 146, whence HGV 73296, DDbDP o.bu.njem.146.