Flavius Aemilianus - ducenarius of Cornuti

[Renatus]

I don't think that what has been read as 'IO' can possibly be read as 'EQ'. The 'O' might just be read as a 'Q', although I think it unlikely. The photograph does not cover the whole inscription but there a couple of 'Q's visible and these do not have prominent tails. However, there are numerous 'E's and the horizontal elements of these letters are very clear. The 'I', on the other hand, shows absolutely no sign of such horizontals and the stone gives no indication of damage at that point that could have destroyed or obscured them. I believe that the reading 'IO' has to be accepted. Whether this can be interpreted as anything other than Ioviorum, I leave to those more skilled in epigraphy than I.