Grafenstein Inscription
The Grafenstein inscription, on a tile from the 2nd century AD that was discovered in a gravel pit in 1977, is incomplete, but the extant part has been transcribed as follows:
| “ | MOGE · ES[ P· II- LAV · EX[ OLLO · SO · ? [ |
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Here, Moge seems to be a personal name or an abbreviation of one, P· II- lav a Latin abbreviation indicating a weight, ne sadiíes a verbal form possibly meaning "you (singular) do not set", ollo so perhaps "this amount", and Lugnu another personal name. The text may therefore be a record of some sort of financial transaction.
Other readings of the inscription have also been proposed, including:
| “ | MOGE · ES+ PET(?) LAV · EX OLLO · SO ·+ |
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and
| “ | MOGV · CISS [--- PETILAV · IEX[--- OLLO · SO · VIA .[ |
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