584. Funerary inscription of M. Cornelius Saturninus
- Description:
- Rough rectangular stele (w: 0.55 x h: 0.78 x d: 0.30) of coarse grey sandstone.
- Text:
- Inscribed on one face within a smoothed area (die, 0.34).
- Letters:
- Rough capitals: 0.05.
- Date:
- First to third century A.D. (titulature)
- Findspot:
- Lepcis Magna: Mausolea East of the city. Found in 1926 (Bartoccini MS notes).
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Lepcis Museum.
- Bibliography:
- Not previously published. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
<ab>
</ab>
<lb
n="1"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
is
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
anibus
</ex>
<lb
n="2"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
</abbr>
M
</unclear>
<ex>
</expan>
arcus
</ex>
Corneliu
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
s
</supplied>
<lb
n="3"
/>
Saturninu
<unclear
reason="damage"
>
s
</unclear>
<lb
n="4"
/>
miles
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ionis
</ex>
<num
value="3"
>
III
</num>
<lb
n="5"
/>
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied
reason="lost"
>
A
</supplied>
ug
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
ustae
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
uix
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
it
</ex>
<expan>
<abbr>
an
</abbr>
<ex>
</expan>
nos
</ex>
<num
value="35"
>
XXXV
</num>
Translation:
To the gods below; Marcus Cornelius Saturninus, soldier of Legion three Augusta, lived 35 years.
Commentary:
No comment.
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