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CIL 6.13696 / 6.34073 / 12.1202

Rectangular stone monument with inscription covering facing surface

Funerary monument from the Via Appia, ca. 140 BC. http://cil.bbaw.de/dateien/cil_view.php?KO=KO0001726

HOC EST FACTUM MONUMENTUM
MAARCO CAICILIO
HOSPES GRATUM EST QUOM APUD
MEAS RESTITISTEI SEEDES
BENE REM GERAS ET VALEAS
DORMIAS SINE QURA

Hoc est factum monumentum Marcō Caeciliō. Hospes, grātum est cum apud meās restitistī sēdēs. Bene rem gerās et valeās. Dormiās sine cūrā.

 


hospes, hospitis, m. guest
grātus, -ā, -um pleasing, welcome
apud at [Shelmerdine 28]
sedes, -is, f. (often plural with singular sense) abode, seat (sometimes, as here, in the sense of final resting place)