637. Honours for M. Clodius Clodianus
- Description:
- Moulded base (w: 0.67 x h: 1.46 x d: 0.59) of pitted grey-brown limestone, much weathered, with an additional round moulding above.
- Text:
- Inscribed on the front face within a shallow molded panel (die, w: 0.29 x h: 0.57).
- Letters:
- Second to early third centuries A.D. capitals: 0.05-0.04.
- Date:
- Second to early third centuries A.D. (lettering)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Forum Vetus, in the South East portico of the Curia.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- Bibliography:
- Not previously published. 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>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
arco
</ex>
Clodio
Clo
<lb
n="2"
type="worddiv"
/>
diano
Clodi
<lb
n="3"
type="worddiv"
/>
ani
<expan>
<abbr>
fil
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
io
</ex>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="4"
unit="character"
extentmax="5"
/>
<lb
n="4"
/>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="2"
unit="character"
/>
<orig
>
m
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="6"
unit="character"
extentmax="7"
/>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<orig
>
d
</orig>
<gap
reason="lost"
extent="unknown"
unit="character"
/>
<lb
n="6"
/>
Cl
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
odius
</supplied>
Clo
<lb
n="7"
type="worddiv"
/>
dia
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
n
</supplied>
us
patri
<lb
n="8"
/>
piissi
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
m
</supplied>
o
<lb
n="9"
/>
ex
decreto
<lb
n="10"
/>
ordinis
Translation:
To Marcus Clodius Clodianus, son of Clodianus [·· ? ··]; Clodius Clodianus to a most dutiful father, in accordance with a decree of the city council.
Commentary:
No comment.
Photographs:
- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 934)
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- Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CLM 914)
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