“D.M. BODICACIA CONIUNX VIXIT ANNO S XXVII”
D.M. Dīs Mānibus: to the
spirits of the dead, an introductory statement commonly found on the tombstones
BODICACIA: the name of the
deceased
CONIUNX: wife
VIXIT: she lived
ANNOS XXVII: for
twenty-seven years
Notice that the stone-carver
couldn’t get the S on the same line as the rest of the word ANNOS!
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