Inscription Database

Defixio from Aquae Sulis – Bath (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD000093 (Last Updates: 2019-03-29, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Execro(!) qui involaver- EXECRO QVI INVOLAVER
it(!) qui Deomiorix de hos- IT QVI DEOMIORIX DE HOS
{i}pitio suo perdiderit(!) qui- IPITIO SVO PERDIDERIT QVI
cumque re(u)s deus illum CVMQVE RES DEVS ILLVM
inveniat sanguine et INVENIAT SANGVINE ET
vitae(!) suae(!) illud redemat(!) VITAE SVAE ILLVD REDEMAT
Chronological Data:
301 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1983, 0635. (B)
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 14, 1983, 336, Nr. 5; fig. 35 (Zeichnung). - AE 1983.
  • 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) 235, Nr. 99; Zeichnung.
  • AE 1992, 1117.
  • J.N. Adams, Britannia 23, 1992, 5. - AE 1992.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.2/78.

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:
paving stone?
material:
Zinn
height:
3 cm
width:
7 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
magic/spells

Commentary

 
Der Text der Z. 2 ist von rechts nach links zu lesen! (B): AE: Deumiorix (Z. 2); sui (Z. 3). Gebet für Gerechtigkeit. Material: Blei-Zinn-Legierung.

People

Person 1
Name:
Deomiorix
Cognomen:
Deomiorix
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD000093
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2019-03-29 by Cowey
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