"In statements that all but solved an international historical mystery, Erin Scott O'Brien told two local media outlets that her grandfather, Charles Paddock Jr, kept the 1,900-year-old artifact in a display case at his home in New Orleans' Gentilly neighborhood before his death in 1986. But Paddock served in Italy with the US army during the war, married his wife Adele there, and returned to New Orleans to pursue a career as a musical voice teacher, O'Brien recounted."
"In any event, what O'Brien initially thought was a nondescript marble tablet ended up being passed down to her after Paddock's death, and she placed it down as a garden decoration in the back yard of a home she bought in the city's Carrollton area in 2003. O'Brien forgot to take the stone with her when she sold the house in 2018 to a couple who found the object in March while clearing away undergrowth."
Charles Paddock Jr kept the 1,900-year-old Roman grave marker in a display case in New Orleans before his 1986 death. Paddock served in Italy with the US Army during World War II, married there, and returned to New Orleans to teach voice. His granddaughter inherited the stone and used it as a garden ornament at a Carrollton home bought in 2003, leaving it when she sold the house in 2018. New owners found the stone while clearing undergrowth in March. Scholars identified a Latin inscription and concluded the object is a second-century headstone for Sextus Congenius Verus linked to an Italian museum near Rome.
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