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English: "Here rests in peace, Maxima a servant of Christ who lived about 25 years and (was) laid (to rest) 9 days before the Kalends of July of the year when the senator Flavius Probus the younger was consul [modern: June 23, 525]. She lived with her husband (for) seven years and six months. (She was) most friendly, loyal in everything, good and prudent."
Early Christian funerary inscription in italic writing, 525 AD. Note the cross, the (now common) phrase hic requiescit in pace (here rests in peace) and the epithet ancilla Christi (servant of Christ), which are Christian elements. The mention of her age, the time she lived with her husband, her character and dating of the burial, relative to the Kalends and mentioning the ruling consul to specify the year, show a clear Roman influence. The grammatical errors and the uneven, italic script betray a non-professional scribe. Museo Epigraphico, Terme di Diocleziano, Rome, Italy Español: Inscripción funeraria paleocristina de Roma, depositada en el Museo Nacional de las Termas de Diocleciano, correspondiente con la inscripción AE 1909, 206 = ICUR 1, 3252 = ICUR 6 17284.
Latina: † Hic requiescit in pa/ce ancilla C(h)risti Maxima/ qu(a)e vixit ann(os) pl(us) m(inus) XXV d(e)p(osita) (ante diem) VIIII Kal(endas)/ Iulias Fl(avio) Probo Iuniore v(ir) c(larissimus) cons(ule)/ qu(a)e fecit cum maritum [sic] su(u)m [sic]/ ann(os) VII m(enses) VI amicabilis fidelis / in omnibus bona prudens - AE 1909, 206 = ICUR 1, 3252 = ICUR 6 17284 |
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| current | 14:47, 17 December 2009 | | 1,561 × 1,576 (1.41 MB) | Kleuske | Image cropped, background cleared of clutter. |
| 14:59, 16 December 2009 |  | 1,704 × 2,272 (966 KB) | Kleuske | {{Information |Description={{en|1=Early christian funarary inscription in italic writing, probably 4th century A.D. Note the cross and the epithet "ANCILLA CHRISTI" (servant of christ). }} |Source={{own}} |Author=Kleuske |Date= |Permissio |
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