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) 
D(is) m(anibus)
Ṃ(arcus) Corneliu[s]
Saturninuṣ
miles leg(ionis) III
5[A]ug(ustae) uix(it) an(nos) XXXV
DM
·CORNELIV[··]
SATVRNINV·
MILESLEGIII
5[··]VGVIXANXXXV
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
D
</abbr>
<ex>
is
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
m
</abbr>
<ex>
anibus
</ex>
</expan>
<lb n="2" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<unclear reason="damage" >
M
</unclear>
</abbr>
<ex>
arcus
</ex>
</expan>
Corneliu
<supplied reason="lost" >
s
</supplied>
<lb n="3" />
Saturninu
<unclear reason="damage" >
s
</unclear>
<lb n="4" />
miles
<expan>
<abbr>
leg
</abbr>
<ex>
ionis
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="3" >
III
</num>
<lb n="5" />
<expan>
<abbr>
<supplied reason="lost" >
A
</supplied>
ug
</abbr>
<ex>
ustae
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
uix
</abbr>
<ex>
it
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
an
</abbr>
<ex>
nos
</ex>
</expan>
<num value="35" >
XXXV
</num>
</ab>

Translation:

To the gods below; Marcus Cornelius Saturninus, soldier of Legion three Augusta, lived 35 years.

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XV.34)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 48.XV.34)

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