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Form. Substantially the same with Dragendorff, Bonner Jahrb, nos. 96/97, 

 Plate II, No. 29. 



Inscription. Copy and photographic enlargement (Plate CLXI). Length, 

 m. 0.014. Height of letters, about m. 0.002. In a deep oblong impression, the 

 length of which is m. 0.0175, the width, m. 0.003. The second impression of the 

 first part was a little above and to the left of the first impression. The lower part of 

 the second impression is deep, but the surface rises gradually toward the top and 

 toward the right. The letters are in relief. 



The first letter is fairly clear in the second impression, and 

 r.i /TVfci tne l° wer P ai "t * s a ^ so visible in the first impression. Next at 



the right an upright hasta I is clear. The side bars which make 

 it an F are but faintly visible. The last four letters VRII are 

 plain. Between F and V there are faint or doubtful traces of one or two letters. 

 A partial line close to the left hasta of V, and parallel to it, seems to be joined near 

 the top by a downward stroke to left. The A( = A), which would thus be formed, is, 

 however, very doubtful, as the left hasta, when magnified, does not look like an 

 intentional line. It seems more likely that the right hasta is a second impression 

 of the left side of V. Close to the F, on the right, there is a very faint S, which seems 

 to be a letter, especially as there is a scarcely visible parallel to it at its right, which 

 would be the first impression. The inscription would then read (1) OFSAVRII, or, 

 if the S be illusory, (2) OFAVRII (cf. ARII C. I. L. XIII, iii. 1. 10009, No. 41 a 2 

 from Graufenesque, Dechelette, op. cit. Vol. I, p. 82, or (3) OFSVRII (cf. C. I. L. 

 XIII, iii. 1. 10010, No. 3053, OF.SVRII, from Tongern). The last is preferable, but 

 it seems somewhat strange that the S should be crowded so far to the left. 



