Inscription Database

Defixio from Aquae Sulis – Bath (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD001464 (Last Updates: 2019-05-10, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
A[e]n[um me]um qui levavit [e]xc- A[ ]N[ ]VM QVI LEVAVIT [ ]XC
on(f)ic[tu]s [e]st templo Sulis ONIC[ ]S [ ]ST TEMPLO SVLIS
dono si mulier si baro si ser- DONO SI MVLIER SI BARO SI SER
vus si liber si pu<er=RE> si puella VVS SI LIBER SI PVRE SI PVELLA
et qui hoc fecerit san- ET QVI HOC FECERIT SAN
gu(in)em suum in ips<um=MV> aen- GVEM SVVM IN IPSMV AEN
<um=MV> fundat MV FVNDAT
 
Dono si mul[ie]r si DONO SI MVL[ ]R SI
ba(ro) si servus si lib- BA SI SERVVS SI LIB
er si puer si puel- ER SI PVER SI PVEL
la eum latr[on]- LA EVM LATR[ ]
em qui rem ipsa- EM QVI REM IPSA
m involavi[t] d- M INVOLAVI[ ] D
eus [i]nvenia[t] EVS [ ]NVENIA[ ]
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1984, 0620.
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 15, 1984, 333, Nr. 2; fig. 31 u. 32 (Zeichnungen). - AE 1984.
  • R.S.O. Tomlin, in: B. Cunliffe (Hrsg.), The Temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath.
  • Volume 2 The Finds from the Sacred Spring.
  • (Oxford 1988) 164-165, Nr. 44; Zeichnungen.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.2/36.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Aquae Sulis
modern find spot:
Bath
find spot:
modern region:
Somerset
year of find:
1979
present location:
Bath, Roman Baths Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
defixio
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tessera
material:
Blei
height:
5 cm
width:
7 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities; magic/spells
social / economic / legal history:
present

Commentary

 
Sechs aneinanderpassende Fragmente erhalten. Material: Blei-Zinn-Kupfer-Legierung. Text beidseitig spiegelbildlich von rechts nach links geschrieben. Gebet für Gerechtigkeit.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD001464
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2019-05-10 by Cowey
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