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AE: L'Année Épigraphique, 1888
CIL: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, Berlin, 1863-
ILTG: Wuilleumier, P., Inscriptions latines des Trois Gaules (France), (XVIIe Supplement à Gallia) Paris, 1963