100 INSCRIBED SLING-BULLETS. 



sieged, *PET CVLVM OCTAVIA, i.e. pete culutn Octaviani; and 

 another, thrown by the besiegers, bears fLA CALVE FVLVIA 

 CVLVM PAN, i.e. Luci Antoni calve, Fulvia, culum pandite. 



(7) The legionary inscriptions appear on glandes found in Picenum 

 and also in Perusia, snch as LEG-* XX, L'XV, Legio vicesima, 

 Leyio qninta decima, L • V • M P EEL, Legio quinta Macedonica pia 

 felix It is especially worthy of observation, that amongst this class 

 are noticed some bearing epithets, which were certainly not used be- 

 fore the time of the Emperors — e. gr., 



L'XII 

 FVL 



Legio duodecimuX fulminata, and 



LEG-XXX 

 VV 



Legio tricesima Ulpia victrix. Suspicions are at once excited as to 

 the genuineness of glandes of this class, especially those regarding 

 which Mommsen observes, "non reperiri apud scriptores antiquiores, 

 eas que nuper demum emersisse omnes et maxime insinuasse se in 

 museum Minicianum," And yet there are some, regarding which 

 there can be no reasonable doubt. 



From the foregoing pages it appears that many of the inscriptions 

 on the Greek and Latin sling-bullets may be read and explained 

 without much difficulty. There are a few, however, particularly 

 those consisting of merely initial letters, of which no probable in- 

 terpretation can be oiFered. Of those, which are doubtful, the most 

 remarkable is one that has frequently been found at Perusia. It is 

 given by Mommsen, n.6S7, as LVEVIASIA, or, rather, LVFVLA- 

 SIA ; but on comparing Ritschl's, PI. ix. nn. 40, 41, 42, 43, 405, 

 and 425* it seems certain that the true letters are LVEINASIA, as 

 they are clearly written in n. 41. Erom a reading of the portion 

 after LV as INEMASA, De Minicis ingeniously suggested sine 

 masa, with reference to the want of provisions in Perusia. This is, 

 however, undoubtedly incorrect. Mommsen can offer no other ex- 

 planation than that LV stands for Lucius, scil. Lucius Antonius, and 



• Mommsen, nu. 682, 684. It is extremely difficult to decipher this inscription. The 

 readins; given above is behaved to have been suggested by the accomplished epigraphist, 

 Borghesi. 



t See Kellermann, Vigil. Bom. n. 249. 



