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Submitted for award of PhD September 2006. - King's College London

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The longest Oscan inscription mentioning a pair <strong>of</strong> aediles, ST Po 1, Ve 8, Co 39,<br />

Bu 3 Pi 10, SE 45 (1977) 324 (see map VI), was found close to the Stabian Gate in<br />

1851, and records the marking out and construction <strong>of</strong> two streets. The inscription must<br />

have been placed somewhere in the vicinity <strong>of</strong> the oldest city-gate, close to the roads<br />

mentioned by the inscription. It is dated to the late third-early second century BC.<br />

m. siuttiis. m. n. püntiis. m[? ]. 2aidilis. ekak. viam. teremna 3[t]tens. ant.<br />

hunttram. 720 stafii4anam. viu. teremnatust. per(ekais). 5X. iussu. via. pümpaiiana.<br />

ter 6emnattens. perek(ais). III. ant. kai7la iüveis. meeilikiieis. ekass. vi8ass. ini. via.<br />

iüviia. ini. dekkvia9rim. medikeis. pümpaiianeis 1°serevkid. imaden. uupsens.<br />

iu''su. aidilis. prüfattens.<br />

M. Sittius son <strong>of</strong> M, Numisius Pontius son <strong>of</strong> M., aediles, laid out this road up to<br />

the lower Stabian bridge. The street is laid out to the width <strong>of</strong> 10 measuring rods.<br />

The same (magistrates) laid out the Pompeian street to the width <strong>of</strong> 3 measuring<br />

rods up to the building <strong>of</strong> Jupiter Meilichios. They built these streets and the<br />

Jupiter and the Dekkviaris under the authority <strong>of</strong> the meddix <strong>of</strong> Pompeii and they<br />

paved it (? ). The same aediles approved this.<br />

There are some words in the text whose meanings are not clear (such as kaila,<br />

dekkviarirn, iniaden), but it seems certain that the work <strong>of</strong> the aediles was supervised by<br />

the meddix Pompeianus. The aediles' responsibility also included the checking <strong>of</strong> the<br />

completion <strong>of</strong> the road works.<br />

The other road building inscription, ST Po 2, Ve 9+10, Co 40+1, SE 45 (1977)<br />

324-6, SE 47 (1979) 223-8, SE 49 (1981) 331-3, was reconstructed by Rix out <strong>of</strong> two<br />

720 Gulino has found archaeological and topographical basis <strong>for</strong> the reading <strong>of</strong> hunttram. stafii 4anam as<br />

puntram staffs 4anam meaning Stabian bridge in Gulino (1986) 394. The idea comes from Vetter (1953)<br />

48.<br />

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