Inscription Database
Defixio from Aquae Sulis – Bath (Britannia)
Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD000012
(Last Updates: 2019-03-29, Cowey)
Transcription | Majuscle |
Primurudem | PRIMVRVDEM |
Basilia donat in templum Martis ani- | BASILIA DONAT IN TEMPLVM MARTIS ANI |
lum(!) argenteum si servus si liber | LVM ARGENTEVM SI SERVVS SI LIBER |
m(e)dius fuerit vel aliquid de hoc | MDIVS FVERIT VEL ALIQVID DE HOC |
noverit ut sanguin(e) et liminibus(!) ob(!) | NOVERIT VT SANGVIN ET LIMINIBVS OB |
omnibus(!) membris(!) configatur vel et- | OMNIBVS MEMBRIS CONFIGATVR VEL ET |
iam intestinis excomesis (om)nibus habe(at) | IAM INTESTINIS EXCOMESIS NIBVS HABE |
is qui anilum(!) involavit(!) vel qui medius | IS QVI ANILVM INVOLAVIT VEL QVI MEDIVS |
fuerit | FVERIT |
Chronological Data:
301 AD – 400 AD
301 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
- AE 1983, 0633. (B)
- M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 14, 1983, 336, Nr. 3; fig. 33 u. 34 (Zeichnungen). - AE 1983. (B)
- 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) 230-231, Nr. 97; Zeichnungen. (B)
- AE 1992, 1117.
- J.N. Adams, Britannia 23, 1992, 9. - AE 1992.
- A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.2/76.
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:
4 cm
width:
12 cm
Historical relevant data
religion:
names of pagan deities; magic/spells
Commentary
Material: Blei-Zinn-Kupfer-Legierung. Datierung: nach Hassall - Tomlin ins 4. Jh. aufgrund Schriftbild und Name Basilia. Gebet für Gerechtigkeit. (B): In Z. 3 (ta)mdiu siluerit statt m(e)dius fuerit.
People
Person 1
Name:
Basilia
Cognomen:
Basilia
gender:
female
Person 2
Name:
Primurudem
Cognomen:
Primurudes
gender:
male
General Data
HD-Nr:
HD000012
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2019-03-29 by Cowey
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