H.S.E.
English translation: hic situs est (here lies)
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|  Selected response from: liz askew United Kingdom Local time: 16:06 | ||||||
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| 3 +5 | hic situs est [here lies?] |
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peer agreement (net): +5hic situs est [here lies?] Explanation: Roman pages - mosaics, gardens, inscriptions, latin, latin poetryThe 3rd line of this tombstone has some of these words in full and adds : EXS.TEST. (ex testamento) = in accordance with his Will. H S E (hic situs est) ... www.pyrrha.demon.co.uk/ntombs1.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2007-04-18 13:00:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- AND Notice how a lot of the Latin words are often abbreviated (shortened). The letter-cutter only had a limited space within which to work so had to shorten the words to make them fit. The people reading the inscriptions would have understood what words the abbreviations referred to. For example, H S E written on a tombstone means HIC SITUS EST, or 'He Lies Here'. |
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