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LSA-1632 Base for statue of Sextus Cluvius Martinus, local notable and patron. From Ocriculum (Tuscia et Umbria). 341. Dedicated with LSA-1633.








PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City: Ocriculum Province: Tuscia et Umbria Region: Italy north of Rome, with Corsica and Sardinia
Details: Otricoli, uncertain provenance
Current Location: Vatican Museums, Galleria Lapidaria
OBJECT
Object: Base Material: Marble Re-Use? Unknown
Form: Rectangular Height(cm): Width(cm): Depth(cm):
Language: Latin Text Type: Prose
SUBJECT
Honorand: Sextus Cluvius Martinus Position: Provincial City Office-Holders Gender: Male
Awarder: Council and citizens (ordo et cives) of Ocriculum Position: Provincial Cities, their Institutions and Officials
DATE
Earliest: 341 Latest : 341
MAIN REFERENCE
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum; , XI, 4096 (+p 1363) = VI, 871 (p 3007)

INSCRIPTION
Text: Bonae originis suboli et sin/ceritate praecipua prae/dito, Sex(to) Cluvio Martino, / omnibus honoribus functo, /(5) laudabili viro, restauratori / thermarum hiemalium cum M(arco) / Caesolio Saturnino, fratre suo, / pro tantis meritis erga se, /(9) ordo et cives splendidis/simae civitatis Ocricola/nae statuam marmore/am patrono dignissimo / ad perenne testimonium / publice censuerunt /(15) feliciter. // Dedicata XVI Kal(endas) / Decembres / Marcellino et / Probino conss(ulibus).


Trans: To the offshoot of a good lineage and a man gifted with outstanding integrity, Sextus Cluvius Martinus, who performed all public magistracies, a laudable man, restorer of the winter baths with Marcus Caesonius Saturninus, his brother. On account of so many services towards them, the council and citizens (ordo et cives) of the most splendid city of Ocriculum publicly and auspiciously decreed [this] marble statue to its most worthy patron, as a perpetual memorial.
(On the right side): Dedicated on the 16th Kalends of December, under the consulship of Marcellinus and Probinus. (Transl. U. Gehn)
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