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
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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