LJMgrB49 Latin inscriptions in Pannonia
Typology of Misspellings in Inscriptions
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1. 'Missing Letters' ('Fehlende Buchstaben')
1.1. sacum pro sacrum (RIU 1, 176: Silvano / sac(r)um / Ulp(ius) PCM / mil(es) leg(ionis) X /
v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)) [+] → sac<r>um
1.2. bone pro bonae (RIU 1, 78: Bon(a)e memori(a)e in Deo / vivas Aur(elius) Iodorus civ(is)
/ Graec(us) …) [-] → Bon<a>e memori<a>e
2. 'Superfluous Letters' ('Überflüssige Buchstaben')
2.1. Qavartus (RIU 3, 681, 6: Sept(imius) Secundi/anus ann(orum) L / et Sept(imiae)
Mun/n(a)e filiae / Septimii Hila/rio Q{a}uartus / et Primiti(v)us / liberti ex suo / f(aciendum)
c(uraverunt)) [+]
2.2. quattorvirus (RIU 3, 763, 10-11: D(is) M(anibus) // et perpetu(a)e sec/uritati Aeliae
Vita/lin(a)e coniugi / inconparabili / qu(a)e vixit anno/s XXXIII menses V di/es XVIIII
Suriacus S/ecu{i}ndinus dec(urio) / m(unicipii) M(ogentianae?) quatt(u)orviru/s(!) maritus
f(aciendum) c(uravit) ) [-]
3. 'Misspelled words' ('Falsch geschriebene Wörter')
3.1. eilios pro filios (RIU 3, 934, 10-11: D(is) M(anibus) / Sep(timius) Avvo / et Sep(timi) Atta
/ et Avva / fili(i) eorum / posueru/t Septimi(a)e Pa/ulin(ae) co(n)iugi / caris(s)im(a)e cum /
parbulos(!) eili/os eorum)) [+] <f>ili/os
3.2. aeres pro hērēs (RIU 3, 720, 9: D(is) M(anibus) / M(arcus) Aur(elius) Avitianus / milis(!)
leg(ionis) I ad(iutricis) milit(avit) / ann(is) XI vixi(t) annis / d(e)f(unctus) in Part(h)ia / XXXI
et Fla(via) Gemella / mater aeius(!) M(arcus) Aur(elius) / Genialis secundus / (h)aeres(!)
f(aciendum) c(uravit)) [-] <h>{a}eres
4. Phantom misspellings ('Phantomfehler')
4.1. aeiustate pro vetustate (RIU 3, 640, 10: I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) / pro salute /
Impp(eratorum) Caess(arum) / L(uci) Sep(timi) Severi Pii / Pert(inacis) Aug(usti) et M(arci) /
Aur(eli) Antonini <Aug(usti)> et / [[L(uci) Sep(timi) Getae C]]aes(aris) <f(iliorum)> /
Seve(ri) Aug(usti) to[tius]q(ue) / domus divinae / [a]ram aeiustate (!) / [c]onlapsam /
[Ae?]m(ilius) Pacat(i)anus / [praef]ect(us) c(ohortis) I(?) Thrac(um) / [a solo] r[esti]tuit /
[Nonio Muc]iano et / [Annio Fabian]o co(n)s(ulibus) // [V]ict(oria) Augg(ustorum))
'aeiustate' = a vetustate
LJMgrB49 Latin inscriptions in Pannonia
Typology of Misspellings in Inscriptions
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4.2. Fortunaus pro Fortunatus (RIU 4, 1012: Fortun- + 4, 1037: -aus; D(is) M(anibus) /
M(arcus) Tul(l)ius Fortuna(t)us / vet(eranus) c(o)[h(ortis)] D [Mau(rorum)] d(omo) Africa /
[vix(it) an(nos) LXX Sep(timiae) Dubita]/[tae con[iu]gi et fili(i)s eorum Fabius Baritio] /
[vet(eranus) coh(ortis) eiusdem heres ei(us) amico bene] / [merenti titulum] )
'Fortunaus' = Fortunatus
5. Misspellings of technical (i.e. extralinguistic) origin
5.1. mistake of ordination: fuciendum pro faciendum (RIU 3, 721, 7-8: D(is) M(anibus) /
Aur(elius) Firmanu/s mil(es) coh(ortis) I Ulp(iae) Pa/nnuniorum (!) et / Victorinus nepos /
eius Aurelia Surilli (!) / soror Firmani fuc/iendum (!) curavit) : f<a>c/iendum
5.2. peculiar abbreviations: curut pro curaverunt (RIU 3, 946, 11: D(is) M(anibus) /
Sep(timio) Dasio qu(o)/ndam militi leg(ionis) / II Ad(iutricis) st(i)p(endiorum) XIIII vixit /
an(n)os XXXVI Aelia / Sura mater eius / et Aur(elius) Severus / immunis leg(ionis) / eius(dem)
(h)eredes / titulum bene m(erenti) / faciendum cur(a)v(erun)t)
5.3. dittography: karissimimo pro carissimo (RIU 3, 557 : D(is) M(anibus) / C(aio) Iul(io)
Candidiano / q(ui) vix(it) ann(os) XVIII / m(enses) VII omnibus / stud(iis) liberalibu(s) /
erudito Iul(ius) Cres/cens fil(io) karissim/imo (!) et C(a)ecilia / Marcellina / f(aciendum)
c(uraverunt)) : karissim/{im}o
6. Misspellings of linguistic (i.e. not technical) origin
6.1. incomplete second-language acquisition: ala pro alae (RIU 1, 253, 2: Acrabanis /
Ababunis f(ilius) ala / Augusta Ituraior/um an(norum) XLV stip(endiorum) XII h(ic) s(itus)
e(st) / Hanicus frater / heres posiut (!))
6.2 Graecisms: AVRHL pro AVREL, RIU 5, 1161, 3: D(is) M(anibus) // Aureliae Barachae
[v]ixit / ann(os) XXXV et Aur<e>l(iae) Ger/ma[n]illae vixit …)
Ariagne pro Ariadne (RIU 938: Libero | p[at]ri | [e]t Ariagne)
6.3. Confusions on the level of text: RIU 3, 712, 3-4: D(is) M(anibus) / Aur(elio) Basso ex
regione Seu(g)ma / vico Odia curante Aur(elio) / Marinus(!) filius f(aciendum) c(uravit)
curante Aur Marinus filius f c < *curante Aurelio Marino filio + *Aurelius Marinus filius
faciendum curavit
6.4.1. Vulgar Latin phenomena: RIU 3, 889: D(is) M(anibus) / M(arcus) Aur(elius)
Domitianus vet(eranus) leg(ionis) / II Adi(utricis) domo Ancyra vivos / sibi fecit / adiutantibus
nepo/tes suos filies(!) filios Gregor/io et Laurentio fratres
(Reg. 106: filies pro filias; 119.: 'e pro a filies 889', LEP 81: filies pl. abl.).