State of preservation:
very good, a single old and deep crack in the center of the monument threatens the integrity of the piece;
Dimensions:
50 x 46 x 35 cm, h (letters) = 5 cm;
Description:
the piece represents only the inscribed front part of the monument, the moldings of the quadrilateral border are simple and symmetrically made;
Inscription:
M (arco) Cl (audio) Ti (beri) Filio Quirin (a tribu) / Frontoni Co (n) s (uli) leg (ato) aug (usti) / pr (o) pr (aetore) trium Dac (iarum) et Moes (iae) Sup (erioris) / comoti divi Veri aug (usti) donat (o) / d (onis) milit (aribus) bello Armen (iaco) et Parth (ico) ab / imp (eratore) Antonin (o) aug (usto) et a divo Vero augus (to) / coron (a) mural (i) item vallar (i) item classic (a) / item aurea item hast (is) puris IIII item vexill (o) / curator (i ) oper (um) locorumq (ue) public (orum) leg (ato) leg (ionis) I Min (erviae) / leg (ato) leg (ionis) XI Cl (audiae) praetori aedili curuli abactis / senatus quaestori urbano decemviro stlitibus iudicandis / col (onia) Ulp (ia) Traian (a) Aug (usta) Dac (ica) / Sarmiz (egetusa) patrono / fortissim (o) duci amplissim (o) / praesidi Literary translation: To Marcus Claudius son of Tiberius, of the Quirina tribe, Fronto, consul, imperial legate of the three Dacians and of Upper Moesia, comes from the blessed emperor Verus, passed among the divis, rewarded with military donation in the war with Armenians and the Parthian War by Emperor Antoninus (Marcus Aurelius) Augustus and the Divine Verus Augustus with Corona Muralis and Vallaris and Classica and Aurea and with hastae purae IIII and Vexillum, Curator of Public Works, Commander of Legion I Minervia, Commander of the XI legion Claudia, praetor, senator, urban treasurer, decemvir who analyzes the applications for citizenship, Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa to its owner, the powerful commander of armies, the great governor (of the province - puts this monument).
Place of discovery:
the forum of the Sarmizegetusa Colony;
Observations, dating:
the famous governor of Dacia from the beginning of the Marcomanni wars also has a very similar inscription in Rome (CIL VI 1377) and dates from 168 - 170 AD;
Place of storage:
Banat National Museum Timisoara, inv.inv: (fni)
Bibliography and databases:
Selective bibliography and databases: Ioan Piso, Fasti prov. Daciae (I), Rudolf Habelt, Bonn, 1993, pp. 94-102; ILS 1097; UEL 15191; HD 46370
