872. Funerary inscription for C. Clodius Paulus
- Description:
- Block (w: 0.88 x h: 0.50 x d: 0.31) of grey limestone.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face within a tabella ansata (die, w: 0.49 x h: 0.31).
- Letters:
- Capitals: 1. 1, 0.08; remainder, 0.05.
- Date:
- No indication
- Findspot:
- Eastern Djebel: From the site of a tomb, now destroyed, 200 m. South of the large mausoleum at Gasr Doga (map ref. L 957220)
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Tripoli Castle.
- Bibliography:
- R. Cagnat et A. Merlin, Inscriptions latines d'Afrique (Tripolitaine, Tunisie, Maroc), Paris, 1923, 3. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
<ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
aius
</ex>
Clodius
<lb
n="2"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
C
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
aii
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ilius
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
Co
<unclear
reason=""
>
</abbr>
l
</unclear>
<ex>
</expan>
lina tribu
</ex>
Paulus
<lb
n="3"
/>
ueteranus
com
<lb
n="4"
type="worddiv"
/>
modis
honoratus
<lb
n="5"
/>
sibi
fecit
</ab>
Translation:
Caius Clodius Paulus, son of Caius, of the Roman voting tribe Collina, veteran soldier, honoured with rewards, had this made for himself.
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. A. 488)
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