7—6 BCE. Inv. No. 756.Rome, Roman National Museum, Baths of Diocletian, Patio of MichelangeloPhoto by Ilya Shurygin
Inscription on the cippus of the aqueduct.
7—6 BCE.
Rome, Roman National Museum, Baths of Diocletian, Patio of Michelangelo
(Roma, Museo nazionale romano, Terme di Diocleziano, Patio of Michelangelo).
Material: tiburtine stone.
Inscription is made with scriber.
Language: latin.
<:in antica>
Ìmp(erator) Caesar dìvi f(ilius)
Augustus,
pontifex maximus,
tribunic(ia) potest(ate) XVII,
5 ex s(enatus) c(onsulto) terminavit.
R(igore) r(ecto) prox(imus) cipp(us) ped(es) XVI.
<:in postica>
R(igore) r(ecto) prox(imus) cippus ped(es) XLI.
<in front:>
Emperor Caesar, son of Divus,
Augustus
pontifex maximus,
having tribunician power for the seventeen time
according to the decree of the senate delimited.
The nearest mile stone along the straight line in sixteen feet.
<on the back:>
The nearest mile stone along the straight line in forty one feet.
© Text and description of the inscription: Eagle. Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy.
© 2016. Translation from Latin, Italian: S. Tariverdieva.