Early-Christian gravestone (5th c.) from Kobern-Gondorf (near Koblenz) in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn, Germany. The inscription in Latin reads: <i>DVRA QVIDEM FRANGIT PARVORVM MORTE PARENTES CONDICIO RAPIDO PR&lt;V&gt;AECIPITATA GRADV SPES AETERNA TAMEM TREBVET SOLACIA LVCTVS AETATES TENERAS QV(o)D PARADISVS ABET N[VM] SEX SVPER ADIECTIS AD NONVM MENSEBVS A[N] CONDITVS HOC TVMOLO DESSIDERATE IACES</i>, which translates as: <i>Through bitter death of the little one the parents are hit by destiny which always approaches fast. However, eternal hope provides comfort in sorrow; eternal youth is promised in Paradise. Only six months were added to the nine years. Here you lay in your grave, Desideratus</i>.
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