Papers of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (2.1883-1884(1888))

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AN EPIGRAPHICAL JOURNEY

aed(ili) curul(i), q(uaestori) Cret(ae) et C[yr](enarum),
trib(uno) leg(ionis) XXIII Primigen(iae),
triumvir(o) a(eri) a(rgento) a(uro) f(lando) f(eriundo)
Thiasus lib(ertus).

My copy and impression justify the restorations of Henzen, but
not Borghesi's conjecture of SOLLERTI in lines i and 2. While in
the presence of the stone I made a note to the effect that the end of
line 1 must be either SOD I or SOS I, and now an inspection of the
impression convinces me of the accuracy of my note. The letter
immediately following SO cannot possibly be an L, and while a D
might not be absolutely impossible, yet all the indications go to show
that the letter must be an S. The letters of line 1 are larger than
those of the following lines, and unfortunately no D occurs in it; but
nevertheless it is safe to assert that the fragmentary letter in question
is too narrow for a D, whereas it is of exactly the same size as the
corresponding part of the two S's in line 1 and resembles them in
every way.

The CAPPADOCIAE looked for by Mommsen in line 3 is certainly
wanting: evidently the administrations of Cappadocia and Galatia
were separate at this time.

Yalozvadj. In western cemetery. Ephemeris Epigraphies,
1884, /. 576, No. 1344. Copy and impression}

No. 99.

CNDOMlTl-AHENoBAR

5 bi.p-p-legxttfvlm-Praef

1 Ligatures occur: line 4, HE; line 5, AE; line 13, VM. For a discussion of
the inscription in its historical bearings, see the Ephemeris Epigraphica as cited