PERFICERE, CONSUMMARE, AMPLIARE… DIVERSI ASPETTI DEL NON-FINITO NELL’EPIGRAFIA LATINA

Abstract

Latin inscriptions can testify to incompleteness essentially in two ways: as incomplete works themselves, when
epigraphic texts are left incomplete for various reasons (mistakes, lack of information, the need for an empty space
for future additions); or as official documents of buildings (both private and public) only partially completed by
their founders, and brought to completion by other individuals, within the space of one or more generations.