108. Funerary inscription for L. Munatius Dexter

Description:
Marble panel (w: 0.12 x h: 0.15 x d: 0.04), bevelled on the inner face and pierced with vertical holes at top and bottom of the bevel. There is a square recess 5 mm. deep in the centre of the inscribed face. 
Text:
Inscribed on one face. 
Letters:
Third century A.D. capitals with some Rustic forms: 0.01-0.015. 
Date:
Third century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Sabratha: Found in the cemetery area near the Christian Catacomb to the E of the Theatre 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Sabratha 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) 
Dis manib(us)
sac(rum) Varigata
L(ucius) Munatius
Dexter uet(eranus)
5pius uixit
annis LV
o(ssa) t(ibi) b(ene) q(uiescant) t(erra) t(ibi) l(euis) s(it)
h(ic) s(itus) e(st)
DISMANIB
SACVARIGATA
LMVNATIVS
DEXTERVET
5PIVSVIXIT
ANNISLV
OTBQTTLS
HSE
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
Dis
<expan>
<abbr>
manib
</abbr>
<ex>
us
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
sac
</abbr>
<ex>
rum
</ex>
</expan>
Varigata
<lb n="3" />
<expan>
<abbr>
L
</abbr>
<ex>
ucius
</ex>
</expan>
Munatius
<lb n="4" />
Dexter
<expan>
<abbr>
uet
</abbr>
<ex>
eranus
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="5" />
pius
uixit
<lb n="6" />
annis
<num value="55" >
LV
</num>
<lb n="7" />
<expan>
<abbr>
o
</abbr>
<ex>
ssa
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
t
</abbr>
<ex>
ibi
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
b
</abbr>
<ex>
ene
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
q
</abbr>
<ex>
uiescant
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
t
</abbr>
<ex>
erra
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
t
</abbr>
<ex>
ibi
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
l
</abbr>
<ex>
euis
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
it
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="8" />
<expan>
<abbr>
h
</abbr>
<ex>
ic
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
s
</abbr>
<ex>
itus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
e
</abbr>
<ex>
st
</ex>
</expan>
</ab>

Translation:

Sacred to the gods below; Varigata; Lucius Munatius Dexter, veteran soldier; he lived conscientiously for 55 years; may your bones rest quietly; may the earth lie lightly on you. He is laid here.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 389)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 389)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 390)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DTV 390)

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