| Type of inscription | Explanation | Examples and possible specifications in the field "Commentary" |
| Acclamation | - Exclamations; invocations.
- Campaign slogans, congratulations, aphorisms.
- Not in the case of Defixio or Invocations to God (see Prayer).
| - vivas; spes in Deo
- salvo episcopo Marciano
|
| Adnuntiatio | - Proclamation; announcement (e.g. of munera).
- Not legal inscription (see Public / private legal inscription).
| |
| Assignation inscription | - Allocation of assembly places and land.
| - locus assignatus a
- campum dedit
|
| Boundary inscription | - Boundary marks of all types;
itinera privata. - Also in the case of grave cippi, as long do not contain an Epitaph
(cf. Cippus in the field "Inscription type"). - Not in the case of indications of distance (see Milestone).
| - fines posuit (AE 1985, 0730)
- Iter precarium
|
| Building / dedicatory inscription | - Also in the case of repaired monuments.
| - aedem cum signo fecit
- balneum restituit
|
| Calendar | - Permanent calendar;
list of all days of the year with indication of market days and holidays. - Not Fasti or Feriale (see List).
| |
| Defixio | | |
| Elogium | - Honorand in the nominative with list of deeds
(see Label, Honorific inscription). | |
| Epitaph | - Not in the case of grave cippi, which state the size of the grave area (see Boundary inscription).
| |
| Honorific inscription | - Honorand in the dative
(see Label, Elogium). | |
| Identification inscription | - Designation of objects / contents;
labelling necessary for daily use
(e.g. shop signs, tabulae lusoriae, sundials). - Notes, scrawlings, public writing exercises
(not necessarily originally involved with the object). - Not Acclamation, Label, Owner / artist inscription, Defixio, Prayer, Seat inscription.
| |
| Label | - Designation of the representation of a figure
(in the case e.g. of graffiti, mosaics, reliefs, herms or statues). - Not honorary in character (see Elogium, Honorific inscription).
| - Bassus avos(!) (AE 1991, 0667a)
|
| List | - Lists of all sorts;
Fasti (= magistrate lists; also annals, e.g. AE 1978, 0062) or
Feriale (= Celebrations of the past, sorted by year;
cf. on the other hand Calender);
Cadastral land register. | - List of sections of a route (CIL 02 (2. Aufl.) 14, 00038)
- Consul lists
- Acta fratrum Arvalium
|
| Milestone | - Also in the case of distance measured in leugae.
| |
| Military diploma | - Also privately issued tabulae honestae missionis.
| - tabulae honestae missionis
|
| Owner / artist inscription | - Name of the owner, the producer, the artist or the atelier;
Name in the nominative (sc. "fecit"), in genitivus possessivus or sometimes in the accusative. - Certificate.
- Also for the specifiaction of place or date of production;
Stamp of an eye specialist (so far as the doctor is mentioned). - Not in the case of Seat inscription.
| - P(ubli) Lur[i] Hedyla[li] (AE 1967, 0071b)
- ex officina
|
| Prayer | - Invocation to God
(see Acclamation). | - C(h)ristus Deus Dei filius custodiat artefices(!) (AE 1910, 0089)
|
| Private legal inscription | - Made by a private person and in private matters.
- Also contracts and agreements.
| |
| Public legal inscription | - Made by an institution or a person in that person's public function.
- Also contracts and agreements.
| - City law
- Senatus consultum
|
| Seat inscription | - Designation of the holder of a specific seat in e.g. the theatre
(cf. on the other hand Identification inscription and Owner / artist inscription). | |
| Votive inscription | - Dedication to a deity
(cf. on the other hand Prayer). | |
