Learn about MNAR and its story, as well as about Julia Saturnina, a Roman doctor from the 1st century AD, and two other women with different professions. Their funerary inscriptions have spoken for them. 

1.- El MNAR

a.- What do these initials mean? Look up some information and write a short outline on this museum. 

b.- What do you think about its building which, even if built in a modern style, was constructed using materials -brick, concrete (opus caementicium)- and techniques- basilica, arches- from Roman architecture?

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c.- What distinction was given to Merida in 1993 because of its extensive architectural catalogue, including this museum? Find some pictures of Roman monuments and choose the name of the five that have surprised you the most; the museum is likely to have pieces of all of them.

2.- Julia Saturnina 

Amongst the archeological findings there are over 500 inscriptions; some of them were public, written in buildings, and others were private, mostly linked to funerary practices, such as the one of Julia Saturnina.

a.- Who had her inscription made and how was he related to the deceased?

b.- What case does he use?

c.- Who is the inscription dedicated to and which three of her qualities are highlighted?

d.- What case and number is used for the name and the qualities?

e.- What areas in life do these compliments refer to?

f.- Translate the last formula: Hic sita est. Sit tibi terra levis.

g.- In the inscription, you can read medicae optimae and sit tibi terra levis. Identify the transparent word and the Latinism and try to define both concepts.

h.- Take a look at the back of the funerary stela and the relief of a newborn baby. Why do you think it is shown like that? Can you guess the medical speciality of the figure?

3.- Otras mujeres

In that same museum, there are inscriptions of other women, like Sentia Amarante and Cornelia Nothis .

a.- What were their professions?

b.- Write down the elements of the inscription in both cases: