APPENDIX.—SEPULCHRAL REMAIN®. 139 
The most eurious and important part of this discovery is 
the inscription contained on a portion of the lid of the 
coffin, marked (I). This will help us to approximate to- 
wards the probable date of these interments. 
The Plate opposite is a correct drawing of the stone, 
which is engraved also in the last number of the Journal 
ofthe Archsological Institute, and to the kindness of the 
secretaries, I am iadebted for the engraving, which is very 
faithful, with a single exception. The word “ Antonini” 
at the commencement of the second line appears to have 
been written with two N’s, thus ANTONNINI, this 
seems afterwards to have been altered by the stone-cutter, 
and a small ı inserted above the N in the third sylla- 
ble, and the last N converted into PI, as there is a 
slight curved indentation in the stone. In the engraving, 
the P is given very marked, whereas in the stone, the N is 
most decided, and the curved part of the P comparatively 
faint, although distinetly to be traced. 
The inscription may be read as follows :— 
PRO SALUTE IMPERATORIS CAESARIS 
MARCI AURELII 
ANTONINI PU FELICIS INVICTI 
ADGUSTL nu sau NAEVIUS AUGUSTI 
LIBERTUS ADJUTOR PROCURATORUM 
PRINCIPIA 
RUINA OPPRESSA A SOLO RESTITUIT. 
and thus translated:— 
For the safety of the Emperor, Cxsar, Marcus Aurelius 
Antoninus, the Pious, Fortunate, and Invincible, Augus- 
ER «... Nevius, the Freedman of Augustus, and the 
Assistant of the Procurators, restored these chief military 
quarters which had fallen to ruin. 
