Description: Ceramic ostrakon (w:
0.088 x h:
0.12 x d:
0.01).
Text: Letters painted on one side.
Letters: No measurements
Date: 253 - 259 (context)
Findspot: Bu Njem: Fort, in the Principia.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum. (Inv. no. 71-71)
Interpretive
XVI Ḳạḷ(endas) [I]ul(ias) n(umerus) LX̣X̣X̣X̣VI
tirones n(umerus) LXIIII
in ḥis eq(uites)((mid-dot)) III
quintanari XXỊỊ
5ad balneu<m> VIII
de speclis Ị
ad prep̣ọṣịtu<m> I
ạḍ st(ationem) c̣amellaṛ(iorum) I
optio I
10item Rufus I
egri IIII
excusantụṛ XXVIII
reliqui munifices XXVI
ḅ[a]l[n]ẹ[us ac]c̣[ipit ...]
15[furnus?]
Diplomatic
XVI...[.]ULNL....VI
TIRONESNLXIIII
IN.ISEQ · III
QUINTANARIXX..
5ADBALNEUVIII
DESPECLIS.
ADPRE....TUI
..ST.AMELLA.I
OPTIOI
10ITEMRUFUSI
EGRIIIII
EXCUSANT..XXVIII
RELIQUIMUNIFICESXXVI
.[.]L[.].[....].[....···]
15[......]
English translation
Translation by: Gabriel Bodard
16 days before the Kalends of July (= June 16). Unit of 96: unit of new recruits 64, among which: 3 cavalry; 22 on exercise;
8 assigned to the baths; 1 on look-out; 1 assigned to the commander's office; 1 guarding the camel station; 1 second-in-command;
1 again assigned to Rufus; 4 sick; 28 exempt; 26 remaining available; the baths received [---], [the kitchens(?) ---]
Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 5, whence HGV 73155, DDbDP o.bu.njem.5.
