D[IS] M[ANIBVS]
SENTIAE SERAPIADIS
VIXIT ANNIS XVII C[AIVS]
SENTIVS MAXIMVS MA
NIPVLAR[IS] III MARTE
Translation
FOR SENTIA SERAPIAS.
SHE LIVED FOR 17 YEARS.
SOLEMNLY DEDICATED TO
THE SPIRITS OF THE DEPARTED
BY GAIUS SENTIUS MAXIMUS,
A MARINE ON THE TRIREME MARS.
Description
Epitaph for Sentia Serapias, a young woman
Italy AD 250-350
acquired by Sir Charles Nicholson in Italy, 1857-58, donated 1860
NMR.1071