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Some Problems concerning the Reading of the CIL 3, 12813

The author analyses the content of the CIL 3, 12813 (= 8513 = 1919) inscription set up by L. Artorius Castus and examines the way in which the text was composed and carved, especially the way in which his career was presented. The text itself deviates from epigraphic standards used in sepulchral inscriptions beginning with the dedicatory formula 'Dis Manibus'. In such inscriptions, after the dedicatory formula comes the name of the deceased, usually in the Dative case. The deceased's career and/or their personal qualities are also in the Dative case. Commemorator's name is usually in the Nominative case. Since this is the monument set up by Castus himself while he was still alive (vivus ipse sibi et su[is]), so his name is in the Nominative case. The same case should have been used for his career, but, instead, it is in the Dative case. The author shall examine that irregularity, which not only does deviate from the epigraphic standards but also ignores the rules of the Latin grammar. She will discuss the possibilities that we might be dealing either with a systematic error committed by the inscription's author, or with his ignorance of the Latin language or with something else.

Roman Dalmatia ; L. Artorius Castus ; Latin Epigraphy ; Sepulchral Inscriptions ; Epigraphic Standards

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