Trascrizione
A decorated container for storing balms, ointments, brushes, and mirrors for everyday use. Matron Dindia Macoòlnia commissioned it from artisan Nòvios Plautios, who came to Rome from Campania.
What story does this object tell? We cannot say for sure. Perhaps a wedding gift for Dindia Macolnia’s daughter.
But it may also be that this luxurious object buries the sad memory of a girl who died long before she was married.
We can consider the inscription: a short text in which the cist itself claims to have been produced in Rome.
It is one of the oldest written records of the Latin language.
Dìndia Makolnia fileai dèdit
Nouios Plautios med Romai fékit