SYLVA CRITICA CANADENgltTM, 77 



Gemelli c(ustodis) a{rmorum) Fl(avius) Hilario s(ecunclus) h{eres) 

 f(aciendum) c(uravit). 



The stone is figured in Lapidarium Septentrionale, n, 446, It is 

 expanded thus, and the following remarks are given : 



"DM Diia Manibus 



GEMELLI • • A • Gemelli carissimo amico (?) 



FL • HILARIO • S • H • FC * Flavins Hilario secundus heres faciendum 



curavit. 

 " Thia inscription has been variously expanded. For the reading here given 

 the editor is indebted to Professor Henzen, who in a private communication 

 says : ' Second heirs occur very frequently in military inscriptions ; and though 

 our inscription does not belong to a soldier, it must have belonged to a person 

 attached to the camp. Therefore I have little doubt about my explanation.' 

 The only remaining difficulty belonging to the inscription is the expansion of 

 0. A. at the end of the second line. Professor Hiibner thinks that the letters 

 'indicate a military charge,' Dr. McCaul proposes to read the line ^Gemelli 

 custodis armor 11771.' " 



In the Canadian Journal, Vol. XII., p. 122 (to which the learned 

 editor of the Lapidarium Septentrionale refers), the following are the 

 terms of the article on this inscription, in the Review of Dr. Bruce's 

 Roman Wall, 3rd Edition : 



' Id consequence of the incorrect representations of the inscription that have hitherto been 

 given, the last two letters of the word Gemellica being separated from the rest, and a full stop 

 after each, great has been the perplexity of those who have attempted to read it, and various 

 the interpretations that have been given of it. Gemellica, it must be confessed, is a name 

 which we have not previously met with. Diis Manibus. Gemellica Flavio Hilario sepulehrum 

 hoe fieri curavit. To the divine manes. Gemellica to Flavius HUarius caused this sepulchre to 

 be erected.' i 



"If the reading Oemellica be assumed as correct, I would read the inscrip. 

 tion thus : 'Diis Manibus. Gemellica. Flavius Hilario secundus heres faciendum 

 curavit.' Gemellica may be in the nominative, or may stand for Gemellicce. 

 Hilario is a name that occurs more frequently than Hilarius, and secundus 

 heres is not uncommon. See Orelli, nn. 3416, 348L The head, however, 

 which is carved below the inscription seems to be rather that of a man with a 

 beard, than of a woman with a head-dress. Hence I would suggest, instead 

 of Gemellica, GEMELLI • G ' A., i.e., Gemelli custodis armorum; and this I 

 regard as the most probable rendering." 



It appears, then, that the interpretation of C A. was originally 

 given in the Canadian Journal in 1868, 



3. The remark immediately following this in the Ephemeris Epigra 

 phica, 1877, is: "Ad n. 914. Y. 6 ad Solvam Norici oppidum 

 rettulit Buechelerus in censura, recte puto. Itaque solvendum 

 Mar{ti) Coc{idio) m{ilites) leg{ionis) II Aug{ustce) c(enturia) Sanc- 

 tiana c{enturia) Secundini d{omo) Sol{venses) e. q, s. 



