Subject
Cippus of aqueduct with inscription found on 17 September 2019 during excavations for the replacement of the gas network at a depth of 1.10 m from the current road surface and at a distance of approximately 7.50 m. from the arches of the Felice Aqueduct which runs along this stretch of via del Mandrione.
Accession number 22.M322-1.1.
Travertine, chiseling/incision.
Height cm 140; width cm 44-45; depth cm 26 (first line of inscription). Hole: diameter cm 10; depth cm 25. Letters height: 1st line: 4.5; 2nd line: cm 6; 3rd line: cm 5; 4th line: cm 4-5; 5th line: cm 5; 6th line: cm 4.5; 7th line: letter “P”: cm 3.5; 7th numerable line: cm 4.
Prosopographical-based dating: Augustan age (probably 11-4 B.C.)
Provenance
Excavations in 35 via del Mandrione, 7th municipality
Placement
Tombe della via Latina
Credits
Archive of the Appia Antica Archaeological Park (pictures of Giulio Archinà)
References
A.S. Cugno, Cippo di acquedotto in Patrimonium Appiae: depositi emersi, exhibition catalogue curated by di F.R. Paolillo, M. Pontisso, S. Roascio, Mantova 2022, pp. 499-500.
