Even when copying a line could be skipped. This is what happened in this document from Solin, where line 6 of the model was skipped and then added in small characters.

D(is) M(anibus) // Murrecius / Valentinus / se vivo posuit / sibi et coni/ugi Valeri(a)e Secundinae et Murr/ecio Valeri(o) / filio infeli/cissimo / def(uncto) anno(rum) XL (HD007927)
To the Gods below, Merrucius Valentinus set this up while still alive also for his wife Valeria Secundina and for his most unhappy son Marrucio Valerio, who died at the age of 40. (EAGLEWIKI11314)

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