CIL VIII
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CIL VIII is the volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum that publishes and catalogs Latin inscriptions from Roman North Africa, especially the province of Africa Proconsularis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CIL VIII canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5890790 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CIL VIII Context triple: [Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, hasPart, CIL VIII]
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A.
CIL VI
CIL VI is the volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum that collects and publishes Latin inscriptions from the city of Rome.
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B.
CIL IV
CIL IV is the fourth volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, primarily cataloging Latin inscriptions from the ancient city of Pompeii and its surroundings.
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C.
CIL III
CIL III is a volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum that publishes and catalogs Latin inscriptions from specific regions of the Roman Empire.
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D.
CIL II
CIL II is a volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum that catalogues Latin inscriptions from the Iberian Peninsula.
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E.
CIL V
CIL V is a volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum that publishes and catalogs Latin inscriptions from a specific geographic region of the Roman world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CIL VIII Target entity description: CIL VIII is the volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum that publishes and catalogs Latin inscriptions from Roman North Africa, especially the province of Africa Proconsularis.
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A.
CIL VI
CIL VI is the volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum that collects and publishes Latin inscriptions from the city of Rome.
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B.
CIL IV
CIL IV is the fourth volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, primarily cataloging Latin inscriptions from the ancient city of Pompeii and its surroundings.
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C.
CIL III
CIL III is a volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum that publishes and catalogs Latin inscriptions from specific regions of the Roman Empire.
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D.
CIL II
CIL II is a volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum that catalogues Latin inscriptions from the Iberian Peninsula.
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E.
CIL V
CIL V is a volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum that publishes and catalogs Latin inscriptions from a specific geographic region of the Roman world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
epigraphic corpus ⓘ |
| belongsToSeries | Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum main series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogs |
Latin inscriptions from Africa Proconsularis
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Latin inscriptions from Roman North Africa ⓘ |
| contains |
building inscriptions
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dedicatory inscriptions ⓘ funerary inscriptions ⓘ honorific inscriptions ⓘ inscriptions on stone ⓘ military inscriptions ⓘ municipal inscriptions ⓘ religious inscriptions ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coversPeriod |
Roman Empire
NERFINISHED
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Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coversRegion |
Africa Proconsularis
NERFINISHED
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Mauretania NERFINISHED ⓘ Numidia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discipline |
ancient history
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Latin inscriptions
ⓘ
Roman epigraphy ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | CIL VIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
CIL VIII, pars I
ⓘ
CIL VIII, pars II ⓘ CIL VIII, pars III ⓘ CIL VIII, supplementa ⓘ |
| isReferenceWorkFor |
Latin language in Africa
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Roman North African onomastics ⓘ Roman military presence in North Africa ⓘ Roman provincial administration in Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| originalScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| partOf | Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | 8 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
archaeologists
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classical philologists ⓘ epigraphers ⓘ historians of Roman Africa ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: CIL VIII Description of subject: CIL VIII is the volume of the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum that publishes and catalogs Latin inscriptions from Roman North Africa, especially the province of Africa Proconsularis.
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