DOMINA BASSILA COMANDAMVS TIBI
CRESCENTIVS ET MICINA FILIA NOSTRA
CRECEN --- QVE VIXIT MEN X ET DES
Domina Bassila comandamus tibi
Crescentius et Micina filia nostra
Crecen -- quae vixit menses X et dies
We, Crescentius and Micina, commend to you,
Heavenly Queen, our daughter
Crescentia, who lived 10 months and a day.
I always find these quite touching because we were told for years that the ancients had no attachment to their young children since infant mortality was so high.
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