IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG PONT
MAX TR POT II IMP VI P P COS III DESIG
IIII VETERANIS QVI MILITAVERVNT IN
CLASSE RAVENNATE SVB SEX LVCILIO BASSO
QVI SENA ET VICENA STIPENDIA AVT PLVRA
MERVERVNT ET SVNT DEDVCTI IN PANNO
NIAM QVORVM NOMINA SVBSCRIPTA
SVNT IPSIS LIBERIS POSTERISQVE EORVM
CIVITATEM DEDIT ET CONVBIVM CVM
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VXORIBVS QVAS TVNC HABVISSENT CVM
EST CIVITAS IS DATA AVT SIQVI CAELIBES
ESSENT CVM IIS QVAS POSTEA DVXISSENI
DVM TAXAT SINGVLIS SINCVLAS NON APRIL
CAESARE AVG F DOMITIANO CN PEDIO CASCO COS
PLATORI VENETI F CENTVRIONI MAEZEIO
DESCRIPTVM ET RECOGNITVM EX TABVLA
AENEA QVAE FIXA EST ROMAE IN CAPITOLIO AD
ARAM GENTIS IVLIAE DE FORAS PODIO SINISTERIORE
TAB I PAG II LOC XXXXIIII
When you examine the outside of the document, you see that it just repeats the preceding text, except that different words got misspelled. At the bottom of the tablet, you see a list of names:
T IVLI RVFI | SALONIT EQ R |
P VIBI MAXIMI | EPITAVR EQ R |
T FANI CELERIS | IADESTIN DEC |
C MARCI PROCVLI | IADESTIN DEC |
P CAETENNI CLEM | ENTIS SALON |
P LVRI MODERA | TI RISINITAN |
Q POBLICI CRES | CENTIS IADEST |