Inscription Database

Defixio from Aquae Sulis – Bath (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD012428 (Last Updates: 2020-02-17, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[---]eocorotis perdedi(!) la[enam] [ ]EOCOROTIS PERDEDI LA[ ]
[pa]lleum sagum paxsam(!) do[navi] [ ]LLEVM SAGVM PAXSAM DO[ ]
[---S]ulis ut hoc ante dies novem [ ]VLIS VT HOC ANTE DIES NOVEM
[si li]ber si ser(v)us si [li]bera si serva [ ]BER SI SERVS SI [ ]BERA SI SERVA
[si] pu(er) si puell[a i]n rostr[o] s[uo] [ ] PV SI PVELL[ ]N ROSTR[ ] S[ ]
defera[t] DEFERA[ ]
caballarem s[i ser(v)us si liber si] CABALLAREM S[ ]
serva si libera si puer [si puella] SERVA SI LIBERA SI PVER [ ]
in suo rostro defer[at] IN SVO ROSTRO DEFER[ ]
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1987, 0739. (B)
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 18, 1987, 364-367, Nr. 3 fig. 3 (Zeichnung). - AE 1987.
  • 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) 194-195, Nr. 62; Zeichnung.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.2/54.

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:
tabula
material:
Blei
height:
5 cm
width:
6 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
magic/spells

Commentary

 
Gebet für Gerechtigkeit. (B): Am Anfang [---]eocoris statt [---]eocorotis.

People

Person 1
Name:
[---]eocorotis
Cognomen:
[---]eocorotis

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD012428
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2020-02-17 by Cowey
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