We have in the present instance only the left side of one of the tablets. The right side, which had two holes for the metal rings attaching it to the other tablet, has been broken away. The inscription[6] is a copy of one originally engraved on bronze and set up on the wall behind the temple of Augustus _ad Minervam_ at Rome. It is headed with the names of M. Julius Philippus, the Emperor, and of his son, who had the title of Caesar. This is followed by the grant of full matrimonial rights to the soldiers of ten cohorts and by the date, equivalent to Jan. 7th, 246 A.D. Next comes the name of the individual soldier to whom this copy of the original inscription was given, one Neb. Tullius, a veteran of the fifth praetorian cohort of Philip at Aelia Mursa in Pannonia. The grant of full matrimonial privileges was a considerable one, for it meant that the veteran's wife and children gained the privileges of Roman citizens, if, as was often the case, the wife was not possessed of citizen rights at the time of marriage. The two holes in the middle of the tablet were used for the wire thread, which was passed round the tablets three times according to the usual official custom, and had the seals of seven witnesses affixed to it. Fig. 9_b_ is a restoration showing the original form of the document opened, the exterior of the two tablets being seen. This _diploma_ was found in Piedmont. Parts of similar documents will be seen exhibited in the Room of Roman Britain. Near the _diploma_ is a small bronze ticket (No. =19=), inscribed on either side. One side bears the name of Ti(berius) Claudius Priscus, the other records that he belonged to the fourth praetorian cohort and the _centuria Paterni_. [Illustration: FIG. 9_b_.--THE ABOVE _diploma_ RESTORED.]