The obituary inscription in fine capitals which runs around the two faces of the tombstone, begins with the word "CVM" (left) and reads  :

+ CVM ILLE M SVMMVS M RERV(m) M OPIFEX [I]NT(er) M MUNDA(ne) / CVNDI/CIONIS EXORDIA SAPIENCIA P(er)LVST(R)AVIT M VII [M I]DVS M F(e)B(ruarii) OBIIT HVGO MIL(es) R(egis)
[A]NTE ATRIVM HOC REQVIEVIT HVGO MILES RICARDI REG[IS] NORMANDORVM / IVSSIO FACTA EST

"Whereas among all the benefits of the worldly condition, the Sovereign Creator of all Things in all has granted wised to Hugh, knight of the king, who died 7 days from the ides of February.
Before this porch rested Hugh, knight of Richard, King of the Normans, whose command has been fulfilled".

Original french translation by Maylis Baylé :
 Le tombeau du chevalier Hugues à Troarn, in : Les origines et les premiers développements de la sculpture romane en Normandie, Art de Basse-Normandie, n° 100 bis, Caen, 1992, p. 80-83, 212-213 et fig. 214-220.