> The reason I am writing is that I would like to know if of the members of ROMAETERNA / ROMARCH have or if you
> know of anyone who may have studied and / or compared the past discovery
of
> the inscription in the Forum of Trajan 1999-2000 = [CAE]SAR NERVA
TRAIA[NUS]
> [1] with a similar inscription attributed to Trajan (in the nominative
> case) from the Basilica of San Clemente (Rome) 1981 = [CA]ESAR DIVI NERVAE
> FIL[IUS]? [2]
> According to the report by Paul Lawlor, the lintel with the inscription
from
> the B. San Clemente is a block of povanazzetto marble with a visible
surface
> 241 cm in length, the slab with the inscription appears to have been cut
> from a larger block of
 Marble, during the restoration of the (12th
century)
> section of the Basilica Clemente. The letters of the inscription =
[CAE]SAR
> NERVA TRAIA[NUS] are generally 15.5 cm in height & each letter has a
number
> of pin-holes to hold some type of inlay. According the Lawlor this
> inscription in written the nominative case, and as of then (1981) there
are
> only five known inscriptions referring to Trajan in the nominative case
> [Lawlor p. 330 / footnote 2 cites: (C.I.L., VI 946, 942, 1260, 1275 &
> 2074)].
> Here too according to Lawlor, he writes the because of the pinholes to
hold
> the metal inlay and the size of the letters indicate that the building
from
> which the inscription was taken had a certain importance?
> He says one sources of the inscription could have come from the Imperial
> Mint or Moneta whose presence in region for several
 centuries.[3] Or the
> Baths of Trajan or another one of Trajan works in Rome?
> Do you both think that this earlier inscription is somehow part of the
> recently discovered inscription from the Forum of Trajan?
>
>
>
>
>
> [1] J. E.  Packer, TEMPLVM DIVI TRAIANI PARTHICI ET PLOTINA. A debate with
> R. Meneghini," JRA 16 (2003), pp. 115, footnote # 27. & E. La
Rocca, S.
> Rizzo, R. Meneghini, R. Santangeli Valenzani, Fori Imperiali. Relazione
> preliminare degli scavi eseguiti in occasione del Grande Giubileo del
> Duemila, in "RM", 108, 2001, pp. 171-283; p. 209 / fig. 27 &
fig. 13 / p.
> 263 / fig. 13.
>
> [2] Paul Lawyor O.P, Appendice II - An Inscription of Trajan in the XIIth
> Century Basilica [San Clemente], pp. 329- 332; p. (not numbered) / fig.
271
> - "Architrave dell' ingresso principale della Basilica [San
Clemente]
 del
> XII secolo dopo la remozione dello stucco che nascondeva l'iscrizione
/
> Lintel of the main entrance to the 12th century Basilica [San Clemente]
> after the removal of the stucco." [in] F. Guidobaldi (ed.), San
Clemente -
> Gli Edifici Romani, La Basilica Paleocristiana E Le Fe Altomedievali. San
> Clemente Miscellany IV. 1 (1992).
>
> [3] [This is a new article on Trajan and his Imperial Coinage] - P. A.
> Roche, Selling Trajan's Saeculum. Destiny, Abundance, Assurance.
ATHENAEUM
> (2006), 199-219.
>
> -----
>
> - Paul Lawyor O.P, Appendice II - An Inscription of Trajan in the XIIth
> Century Basilica [San Clemente], pp. 329- 332; p. (not numbered) / fig.
271
> - "Architrave dell' ingresso principale della Basilica [San
Clemente] del
> XII secolo dopo la remozione dello stucco che nascondeva l'iscrizione
/
> Lintel of the main
 entrance to the 12th century Basilica [San Clemente]
> after the removal of the stucco." [in] F. Guidobaldi (ed.), San
Clemente -
> Gli Edifici Romani, La Basilica Paleocristiana E Le Fe Altomedievali. San
> Clemente Miscellany IV. 1 (1992).
> ----------------------
> - L. Ungaro, Il Museo dei Fori Imperiali nei Mercati di Traiano (2007),
> Guide and Online Edition. 'Ricostruzione grafica del Foro di
Traiano.'
>
> - R. Meneghini & R. Santangeli Valenzani (edt.), I FORI IMPERIALI -
Gli
> scavi del Comune di Roma (1991-2007) [2007], p. 99 / fig. 101. =
> "...inscrizione al nome di Traiano..."
>
> - P. A. Roche, Selling Trajan's Saeculum. Destiny, Abundance,
Assurance.
> ATHENAEUM (2006), 199-219.
>
> - J. E.  Packer, TEMPLVM DIVI TRAIANI PARTHICI ET PLOTINA. A debate with
R.
> Meneghini," JRA 16 (2003), pp. 115, footnote # 27.
>
>
 - E. La Rocca, S. Rizzo, R. Meneghini, R. Santangeli Valenzani, Fori
> Imperiali. Relazione preliminare degli scavi eseguiti in occasione del
> Grande Giubileo del Duemila, in "RM", 108, 2001, pp. 171-283; p.
209 / fig.
> 27 & fig. 13 / 263 / fig. 13.
>
> Thank you
> Martin G. Conde
> Washington DC, USA
> mgconde@...
>
>
>
>