Let $K$ be an unramified $p$-adic local field and let $W$ be the ring of integers of $K$. Let $(X,S)/W$ be a smooth proper scheme together with a simple normal crossings divisor and fix positive integers $r$ and $f$. We show that the set of absolutely irreducible representations $\pi_1(X_{ \bar K})\rightarrow \mathrm{ GL}_r(\mathbb{ Z}_{ p^f})$ that come from log crystalline $\mathbb Z_{ p^f}$-local systems over $(X_K,S_K)$ of rank $r$ is finite. The proof uses $p$-adic nonabelian Hodge theory and a finiteness result due Abe/Lafforgue.
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