What are the dimensions of this pomerium marker?

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This is not "the" or "a" pomerium, merely a stone marking it (Material: stone — cippus, part of pomerium) and it is found at Epigraphische Text-Datenbank: Detailansicht

Transkription: [Imp(erator) Cae]sar / [Vespasi]anus / Aug(ustus) pont(ifex) max(imus) / trib(unicia) pot(estate) VI imp(erator) XIV p(ater) p(atriae) / censor co(n)s(ul) VI desig(natus) VII / T(itus) Caesar Aug(usti) f(ilius) / Vespasianus imp(erator) VI / pont(ifex) trib(unicia) pot(estate) IV censor / co(n)s(ul) IV desig(natus) V / auctis p(opuli) R(omani) finibus / [pomerium ampliaverunt] / [terminaveruntq(ue)] // p(edes) [---]

Majuskeln: [ ]SAR [ ]ANVS AVG PONT MAX TRIB POT VI IMP XIV P P CENSOR COS VI DESIG VII T CAESAR AVG F VESPASIANVS IMP VI PONT TRIB POT IV CENSOR COS IV DESIG V AVCTIS P R FINIBVS [ ] [ ]

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Literatur Hilfe: AE 1900, 0102. AE 1901, p. 22 s. n. 77. AE 1901, p. 44 s. n. 157. CIL 06, 31538c. AE 1900, p. 35 s. n. 105.

And the Epigraphic Database Roma gives you the following measurements:

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Record Number: EDR103989

1 epigrafi su 87679 record totali 1 inscriptions found

Record Number: EDR103989 TM Number: 272597 Ancient Region: Roma
Current Region: I Ancient City: Roma TMGEO Modern City: Roma
Discovery Location: Roma, Trastevere, S. Cecilia, sotto la basilica
Current Location: Roma, S. Cecilia in Trastevere Object Type: cippus,
pomerium Material: lapis

Measuraments: Height: 65 –– Length: 62
Width./Diam.: 10 –– litt. alt.: 3,2-6,5

State of textual preservation: tit. integer Writing Technique: scalpro Language: latina
Inscription type: term. non sep. Type of persons mentioned: imp.
Bibliography: CIL 06, 31538c (1) cfr. pp. 3795 (2), 4359 (3) HD028285 (A. Scheithauer) (4)

This is from an Italian website that takes some liberties when switching to English language. But the measurements are the same on both – and metric.
The abbreviation litt. stands for litterae (letters) and alt. for alterum (the others).

(List of standard abbreviations: PDF)

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