NOTES ON LATIN INSCRIPTIONS FOUND IN BRITAIN. 291 
J. Y. Simpson, in his paper on the subject in the Proceedings of the 
Soe. of Antiq. of Scotland, vol.ii. p.i. p. 80. He reads the words, 
which form the verse,* thus : 
EPMOTENHS 
IATPOS BOMON 
TONAANE@HKA, 
ze. EPMOTENHS IATPO> BOMON TONA ANEOHKA. 
It is evident that the fourth letter in the third line is not A but A, 
and that the E, which follows it in TONAB, is here elided, Accord- 
ingly the verse should be: 
EPMOTENHS IATPOS BOMON TONA’ ANE@HKA. 
z.e. I, Hermogenes, a physician, dedicated this altar. 
23. In Mr. C. Roach Smith’s Collectanea Antiqua, yol. i. p. 135, 
a grave-stone, which was found some sixty years ago in Whitechapel, 
London, is figured ; and the following explanation is given of the 
inscription which is on it : 
“D.M. 
IVL. VALIVS 
MIL. LEG. XXVV 
AN.XL.H.S.E 
C.A.FLAVIO 
ATTIO. HER 
Dus Manibus. Julius Valius miles legionis vicesime valentis victricis, anno 
quadragesimo, hic sepultus est. Caio Aurelio herede.” 
There is no difference between this expansion and that proposed in 
the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. liv. p. 672, excepting the emendation 
of the number of the legion, which Mr. Smith correctly gives as xx, 
instead of xxx, and the accidental omission of Flavio Attio between 
Aurelio and herede. 
As there are obvious objections to this rendering, I would read the 
inscription thus: 
D-M: D{iis] M[anibus] ; 
IVL- VALIVS Jul[ius] Valius, 
MIL: LEG:XX*V°V Milles] leg[ionis] xx V[alerie] V[ictricis], 
AN: XL:H'S:'E Aun[norum] xl, hfic] s[itus] e[st], 
C:A-FLAVIO c[uram] a[gente] Flavio 
ATTIO: HER: Attio her[ede]. 
* The preceding words [SQT] HPSIN [YII] EPMENESIN seem to be a portion of an 
irregular pentameter. 
