CHAU CHAK WING MUSEUM EXHIBITION

Exhibition Artifacts

NMR.1078

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D[IS] M[ANIBVS]
HERMES ET
LAVDICIA
PARENTES CARIS
SIMI FECERVNT
LAVDICIAE FILIAE
SVAE DVLCISSIMAE
Q[VAE] V[IXIT] A[NNIS] V M[ENSIBVS] VI D[IEBVS] II

Translation

HERMES AND LAUDICIA,
HER MOST LOVING AND BELOVED PARENTS,
HAD THIS MADE FOR LAUDICIA,
THEIR SWEETEST DAUGHTER,
WHO LIVED FOR 5 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS.
SOLEMNLY DEDICATED TO
THE SPIRITS OF THE DEPARTED.

Description

Funerary Epitaph for Laudicia, a young girl

Italy, AD 110-160

acquired by Sir Charles Nicholson Italy, 1857-58, donated 1860

NMR.1078

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