Inscription Database

Defixio from Londinium – London (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD024366 (Last Updates: 2019-05-07, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Tretia(m) Maria(m) defi<g=C> et TRETIA MARIA DEFIC ET
ill<i=E>us vita(m) et me(n)tem ILLEVS VITA ET METEM
et memoriam [e]t iocine- ET MEMORIAM [ ]T IOCINE
ra pulmones interm{x}ix{i}- RA PVLMONES INTERMXIXI
ta fata cogitata memor- TA FATA COGITATA MEMOR
iam s<ic=CI> no(n) possit{t} loqui IAM SCI NO POSSITT LOQVI
(quae) s<e=I>creta si(n)t neque SINIT a- SICRETA SIT NEQVE SINIT A
m<a=E>re possit neque [-] MERE POSSIT NEQVE [ ]
[---] cl(a)udo [ ] CLVDO
Chronological Data:
43 AD – 70 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1936, 0087. (B)
  • R.G. Collingwood, JRS 25, 1935, 225-226, Nr. 11; fig. 24 (Zeichnung). - AE 1936. (B)
  • RIB 0007; Zeichnung.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.14/1. (B)

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Londinium
modern find spot:
London
find spot:
modern region:
London
year of find:
1934
present location:
London, Brit. Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
defixio
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Blei
height:
12 cm
width:
17 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
magic/spells

Commentary

 
(B): Abweichende Textgestaltung.

General Data

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