Puzzling Epitaph

The following curious epitaph was found in a foreign cathedral:— EPITAPHIUM. "O quid tuæ be est biæ; ra ra ra es et in ram ram ram ii." The following is plainly the solution of the last four lines:— *ra, ra, ra*, is thrice *ra*, i.e. *ter-ra=terra*. *ram, ram, ram*, is thrice *ram*, i.e. *ter-ram=terram*. *ii* is *i* twice, *i.e. i-bis=ibis*. Thus the last four lines are,— "Terra es et in terram ibis." Can any one furnish a solution of the two first lines? [We would suggest that the first two lines are to be read "O *super* be, quid *super* est, tuæ *super* biæ," and the epitaph will then be—…