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Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn

Gravestone of Meteriola (5th cent.)
Gravestone of Meteriola (5th cent.)

Gravestone of Meteriola, 5th century AD. This monument shows that in the 5th century not all Romans were yet Christians: Meteriola was baptized only eight years before her death. The stone was originally a threshold of a building and became the cover plate for the grave of Meteriola.

HIC IACET METERIOLA MIHI DVL
CISSIMA CONIVX QVI MECVM
LABORABIT MVLTIS ET PL(u)RIBVS A
NNIS QVE MIhI FVIT ANNVS XXIII
CONIVX ET ANNVS VIII ET MESES
Septe ET DIES XVIII SOROR IN DOMIN
O D(e)O NOS(t)RO h(ie)SV XR(ist)O QVI MIhI TAN
TI ABEAT OSTENDERE VIAS SVAS QAS
EGO SEQERE POSSEM

"Here rests Meteriola, my dear wife, who for many years shared my troubles and work, who was for 23 years my wife and 8 years, 7 months and 18 days sister in the Lord, our God Jesus Christ, who may deign to point me in his ways that I can follow."

German label: Grabstein der Meteriola
5. Jahrhundert n. Chr.

Das Denkmal zeigt, dass im 5. Jahrhundert n. Chr. auch die Romanen noch nicht alle Christen waren: Meteriola ist erst acht Jahre vor ihrem Tod getauft worden. Der Stein war ursprünglich Schwelle eines Gebäudes, später Deckplatte für das Grab der Meteriola.

"Hier ruht Meteriola, meine teure Gattin, die mit mir viele lange Jahre Mühen und Arbeit teilte, die mir 23 Jahre Gattin gewesen ist und 8 Jahre und sieben Monate und 18 Tage Schwester im Herrn, unserem Gott Jesus Christus, der geruhen möge, mir seine Wege zu weisen, denen ich folgen kann."

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