This is a rare example in which we have both the esxercise on a tile to engrave a text and also the final engraved text.

This are the transcriptions (from Porolissum) of the draft and the final text

D(is) M(anibus) / Eustina(e) / Afri vixit / XXX A(urelius?) Iust/i(nus) |(centurio?) b(ene) m(erenti) p(osuit) (HD043870)
D(is) M(anibus) / Eustin(a)e / Afri vixit / XXX A(urelius?) Iust/i(nus) |(centurio?) b(ene) m(erenti) p(osuit) (HD011466)
To the Gods Below. To Eustina of Afrus who lived 30 years, having well deserved it, the centurion Aurelius Iustinus set this up.

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Another example of practicing on tiles

HD000604

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Room 3: Objects and the relation between image, text and context

Room 4: Emotions in inscriptions

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