Local systems which do not come from abelian varieties

For each punctured curve over a finite field, we construct local systems which do not come from a family of abelian varieties. We do so by proving a criterion which must be satisfied by local systems which do come from abelian varieties, inspired by an analogous Hodge theoretic criterion in characteristic zero. Our tools include \(F\)-isocrystals and some \(p\)-adic Hodge theory.