CAELIA ASELLA INNOCENT[ISSIMA]
QV[A]E VIXIT ANN[IS] XII M[ENSIBVS]
DEPOSITA VII [DIE ANTE] K[A]L[ENDAS] SETTEM[BRES]
IN PACE
Translation
THIS IS CAELIA ASELLA,
THE MOST INNOCENT OF GIRLS,
WHO LIVED FOR 12 DAYS AND [?] MONTHS.
SHE WAS LAID TO REST ON AUGUST 26.
REST IN PEACE.
Description
Christian epitaph for Caelia Asella, an infant
Italy, AD 350-500, found on the Via Latina
acquired by Sir Charles Nicholson in Italy, 1857-58, donated 1860
NMR.1064
