Mrs. Elisabeth Prescott

Oct 14, 1708 – Oct 14, 1780

Transcription

HERE Lies the Body of M_rs. Elisab_e_th Prescott (wife of Mr. Ebenezer Prescott) who departed this LIfe Oct_r 14th 1780 In the 72 year of her Age.

I yet do Speak though I am dead, A Sovereign God made this my bed, And what I have to say to the Prepare for Death & follow me.

Surveyed On: October 23, 2015

Stone Type: slate

Tympanum: face with ornamentation, memento mori

Border: A two line, thin width border runs along the circumference of this stone. Illustrated panels to the left and right of the tablet section hew in the tablet. The illustrations are similar but not mirror imaged. The bottom 2/3rd are of a vine-like plant growing up from the ground. At a third of the way to the top, the plant is holding up three potted plant.

Remark: The tympanum has four design elements. In the center is a niche-mounted torso and face of what appears to be a woman. Her hair is pulled back and she wears a cloak. The niche runs halfway down the tympanum and is protected by a thick border around the opening. The line on which the niche and torso sit is also the line for the Memento Mori. Three designs of plants in the tympanum sit to the left and right of the niche and along its bottom forming a border between the tympanum and the tablet sections.

Physical Status: straight less_than_20_degrees

Intelligibility: readable

Biological Contaminants: minor incursion

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