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ANTIQUITIES IN THE MUSEUM AT PALERMO. 161
The " Lapidarium Septentrionale " gives only a single instance
of this peculiarity, viz. from Hunnum, Halton
Chesters.
CHO. VIII
> CAECILI
CLIIME 1
No. 80, an elegaic couplet, records in epigrammatic
terms the death of a centenarian.
D. M.
CAESIVSAEQUIDICUSIAM
CENTUMCLAUSERATANNOS
FELICESANNOSTOTTVLIT
HORABREVIS
P. P.
Csesius iEquidicus had completed his hundredth year; a
brief hour ended so many happy years—erected at the
public expense. 3
We come now to another class of inscriptions, quite
different from the preceding with respect to the nature of
their contents and the material on which they are stamped,
These historic documents refer to the potteries and were
impressed upon bricks, tiles, and other ceramic products.
They are in a high degree both difficult and interesting.
The obscurity results from three causes ; in the first place,
there is often no mark, like the cross in Saxon or Early
English coins, to show where the sentence begins;
secondly, there are many ligatures which may be interpreted
in different ways ; thirdly, mistakes were made by
the labourers who cut the stamps or dies. The substance
employed being comparatively of little value, we cannot
expect that the same care would be taken as when an inscription
commemorating an important event was engraved
on bronze or marble, and placed in a temple or basilica.
But the interest also is manifold : the chronologist finds
42, p. 160, in his note says that II is the
same as the Greek H, and refers to el.
xiii, No. 3, which ends with BHNH
IIHRHNTI FHCHK. The combination of the
two languages in the inscriptions at
Palermo bears witness to the mixed
character of the population that inhabited
Sicily in ancient times.
1 "Lapid. Septentr.," p. 55, No. 100 ;
Bruce, "Roman Wall," 4to. ed., p. 142 ;
in both cases a fac-simile is engraved.
Dr. Bruce observes that the substitution
CHO for COH is not uncommon. The
inscription maybe translated—the century
VOL. XXXVIII.
of Ca;cilius Clemens belonging to the
Eighth Cohort.
2 Torremuzza, "S.VI.." cl. xiv, No. 27,
p. 178 ; this epitaph is contained in
Gruter's collection and in the Latin
Anthology ; the latter has a various
reading, vixerat for clauserat. Torremuzza
is sometimes quoted as Castellus or
Castello ; his fall name and title are
Gabriele Lancillotto Castello, Principe
di Torremuzza. Eckhel, " Doct. Num.
Vet.," calls him Princeps T.M., i.e. Turris
Mutite.
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