WP 0005

IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

1650. Ostrakon: Fragment

Description: Fragment of wallplaster (w: 0.11 x h: 0.08).
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: Findspot
Last recorded location: Tripoli National Museum. (Inv. no. 71.203d)

Interpretive

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[---]c. 6 L ++[---]
+XX+++ [---]
[---] c. 14 [---]
[---] c. 14 [---]
[---] c. 5 COS+++[---]
5[---] c. 11 [---]
[---] c. 11 [---]
[---] ⟦COS⟧ c. 4 [---]
[---] c. 7 [---]
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Diplomatic

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[---]······L··[---]
·XX···[---]
[---]··············[---]
[---]··············[---]
[---]·····COS···[---]
5[---]···········[---]
[---]···········[---]
[---]⟦COS⟧····[---]
[---]·······[---]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(Not usefully translatable.)

Bibliography: O. Bu Njem 150, whence HGV 73300, DDbDP o.bu.njem.150.