22-10-2017, 12:39 AM
The bad thing is that carcer here is in singular, which does not align with multos if we would like to treat it as "gates of many prisons".
Well, the main issue with "carcere" is that there is a distinct, large space between "car" and "cere", which cannot be just neglected. Either, as JKP once suggested, the "car" is just a flawed inscription, having been abandoned, with "cere" providing a clean start, or we should treat "car" and "cere" separately, in which case I would inspect both "t" and "c" as options for the leading letters, and look for abbreviations, since "car" or "tar" is not a word at all, and "cere" as wax does not fit grammar. The important point here would be that "car" and "cere" are not separated by a cross, so they must be really closely tied, much like "anchiton" and "oladabas".
Well, the main issue with "carcere" is that there is a distinct, large space between "car" and "cere", which cannot be just neglected. Either, as JKP once suggested, the "car" is just a flawed inscription, having been abandoned, with "cere" providing a clean start, or we should treat "car" and "cere" separately, in which case I would inspect both "t" and "c" as options for the leading letters, and look for abbreviations, since "car" or "tar" is not a word at all, and "cere" as wax does not fit grammar. The important point here would be that "car" and "cere" are not separated by a cross, so they must be really closely tied, much like "anchiton" and "oladabas".