Tene me

A change of pace - this is a slave collar, usually fastened around a slave's neck, with instructions similar to what we read below:

TENEMENE

FVGIA ET REVO

CAMEADDOMNVM

EVVIVENTIVM IN

ARACALLISTI

 

Tene me ne

fugia[m] et revoca 

me ad dom[i]nu[m] meu[m]

Viventium in

ar[e]a Callisti

Hold me lest 

I flee and return

me to my master

Viventius in

the area of Callistus.

According to LaFleur, the 'area' of Callistus' has been identified as the district of the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome, founded in the 3rd Century by the Bishop and Martyr Callistus.