Strange Bedfellows 25. In the epitaph "Here lies Faustina," there is an infrequent instance of the use of Hebrew (the word shalom) in the catacombs of Rome and a curious juxtaposition of Jewish and Dionysiac imagery: the traditional lulav, menorah, and shofar in the company of theatrical masks. Possibly from the Monteverde catacomb. Museo Nazionale Romano.