# They are the initials of a Latin funerary dedication to a named person, matching the D M frame.

> Most likely: They are the initials of a Latin funerary dedication to a named person, matching the D M frame.

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# They are the initials of a Latin funerary dedication to a named person, matching the D M frame.

They are the initials of a Latin funerary dedication to a named person, matching the D M frame.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A grammatical expansion exists in which each letter begins one word.
- The dedicatee died before the letters were cut and was close to the Ansons.

## What would rule it out

- The letters are shown to date from after 1800 and to name places or families instead.

## Evidence 2 for · 1 against

[D M (Dis Manibus) marks the tablet as a funerary dedication.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/evidence/EVD0D1M923Y57V3/d-m-dis-manibus-marks-the-tablet-as-a-funerary-dedication)

Supported

FOR

[Mitchell's Anne Venables-Vernon reading is grammatical and fits a neighbour's wife who died in 1742, but the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/evidence/EVD0D1M92BR0MCA/mitchells-anne-venables-vernon-reading-is-grammatical-and)

Speculative

FOR

[Stonor's widower reading is ungrammatical and fits no Anson widower at the time.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/evidence/EVD0D1M92KJ0ANC/stonors-widower-reading-is-ungrammatical-and-fits-no-anson)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What do the letters OUOSVAVV stand for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/questions/QST0D1M914P3D8V/what-do-the-letters-ouosvavv-stand-for)

Most likelyThey are the initials of a Latin funerary dedication to a named person, matching the D M frame

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Mysteries Department. (2026). They are the initials of a Latin funerary dedication to a named person, matching the D M frame. [Answer ANS0D1M91W41S64]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1M91W41S64
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