EPIGRAPHIC ANTECEDENTS

IMP[ERATORI] CAESARI DIVI NERVAE FILIO
NERVAE TRAIANO OPTIMO AUG[USTO]
GERMANICO DACIO PONT[IFICI] MAX[IMO] TRIB[UNICIA]
POTES[TATE] XVIII IMP[ERATORI] VII CO[N]S[ULI] VI P[ATRI] P[ATRIAE]
FORTISSIMO PRINCIPI SENATUS P[OPULUS]Q[UE R[OMANUS]
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NOMINA SACRA




THE COMMON MARK OF ABBREVIATION (TITULUS)
SUSPENSIONS . CONTRACTIONS . P-ABBREVIATIONS

SPECIALIZED MARKS OF SUSPENSION
LIGATURES VS. ABBREVIATIONS

DEGREE OF ABBREVIATION
ABBREVIATION BY ARBITRARY SIGN

SCHOLASTIC SCRIBBLES
