- The Jewish community associated with the Monteverde catacombs in Rome used Greek (78% of inscriptions), Latin (20%), and Semitic languages for burial inscriptions from the 1st to 3rd centuries AD. - The inscriptions provide insights into the Jews' level of education, which was comparatively low, as shown by spelling mistakes in the Greek texts. - About half of the recorded Jewish names were Latin, showing acculturation, though some Semitic names were adapted to Latin or Greek forms.

6. “ Here lies Semoel (Samuel), an infant of 1 year and 5 months; his resting is in peace. Be of courage, Samoel, no one is immortal.”

7. “Here lies Annia. Her husband made (this).”

8. “Here lies Fortunatus and Eutropis, children who love one another. Fortunatus, who lived 3 years and 4 months, and Eutropis, who lived 3 years and 7 months. Their resting is in peace. In one day they perished.”

9. “Here lies Regina covered by such a tomb, which her husband set up as fitting to his love. After twice ten years she spent with him one year, four months and eight days more. She will live again, return to the light again, for she can hope that she will rise to the life promised, as a real assurance, to the worthy and the pious, in that she has deserved to possess an abode in the hallowed land. This your piety has assured you, this your chaste life, this your love for your people, this your observance of the Law, your devotion to your wedlock, the glory of which was dear to you. For all these deeds your hope of the future is assured. In this your sorrowing husband seeks his comfort.”