Object: marble base for statue.
Measurements: h. 1.665, w. 0.70, d. 0.54, h. of letters 0.01-0.078.
Remarks: lines 3, 7, 12 and 14 were added in smaller letters between lines after the statue had been set up. Chisel marks on the upper part, lower part, and along the sides. On line 2 someone painted with large, red letters: TEM(plum?) SOL(is?) (CIL; Lanciani in NSc has TPM SOL).
Findspot: found in the theatre, now in the garden.
Date: 198-203 AD.
Literature: CIL XIV, 374; Lanciani 1880, 472ff.; Meiggs 1973, 561.
MARCO LICINIO
PRIVATO | TEM(plum?) SOL(is?)
DECVRIONATVS ORNAMENTIS HONORATO ET
BISELLIARIO IN PRIMIS CONSTITVTO
INLATIS REI PVBLICAE SESTERTIS
QVINQVAGINTA MILIBVS N(ummum)
QVAESTORI ET Q(uin)Q(uennali) CORPORIS PISTORVM OSTIENS(ium) ET PORT(ensium)
MAGISTRO QVINQVENNAL(i) COLLEGI
FABRVM TIGNVARIORVM LVSTRI
XXVIIII ET DECVRIONI EIVSDEM
NVMERI DECVR(iae) XVI DECVRIAL(i) SCRIB(ae)
PATRI ET AVO DECVRIONVM
LIBRARIO TRIBVLI TRIBVS CLAVDIAE
PATRI EQVITVM ROMANORVM
PATRVVM ET LIBERORVM CLIENTIVM
VNIVERSVS NVMERVS
CALIGATORVM
COLLEGI FABRVM TIGNVARIOR(um) OSTIENS(ium)
MAGISTRO OPTIMO OB AMOREM ET MERITA EIVS
L(ocus) D(atus) D(ecurionum) D(ecreto) P(ublice)