The article says...
"They aren't sure what the words mean, though they may be part of two names, the [research] team said...The letters in the first word can spell out 'slave', though this doesn't mean that the inscription refers to an enslaved person. The researchers noted that the surviving letters are likely part of longer words, and the combination of those letters that spell out "slave" are used in many other words."Well, that reference to "slave" is enough for me! Grind those fragments into dust. Our pastoral WOKE world cannot tolerate any references to slaves, slavery, or the people who owned slaves. White racism must be crushed wherever it is found!
When the word ‘slave’ disappears from our lexicon, we will ALL BE SLAVES.......................
OBD NPT = "slave of National Public Television" (they were way ahead of their time).