# They are a later addition naming local places and families (Morton).

> Still possible: They are a later addition naming local places and families (Morton).

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Answer · Shugborough inscription

# They are a later addition naming local places and families (Morton).

They are a later addition naming local places and families (Morton).

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The letters were cut after 1800, in a different hand or technique from the relief.

## What would rule it out

- A record of the letters before 1800.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[The letters are first recorded in 1817.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/evidence/EVD0D1M93JT2H8Q/the-letters-are-first-recorded-in-1817)

Suggestive

FOR

[The letter assignments look arbitrary to critics.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription/evidence/EVD0D1M93TM4QPK/the-letter-assignments-look-arbitrary-to-critics)

Suggestive

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

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). They are a later addition naming local places and families (Morton). [Answer ANS0D1M93B04YXV]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D1M93B04YXV
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**ANS** 0D1M93B04YXV

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