Inscription Database

Defixio from Aquae Sulis – Bath (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD001033 (Last Updates: 2019-04-01, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Uricalus Do[c]ilosa uxor sua VRICALVS DO[ ]ILOSA VXOR SVA
Docilis filius suus et Docilina DOCILIS FILIVS SVVS ET DOCILINA
Decentinus frater suus Alogiosa DECENTINVS FRATER SVVS ALOGIOSA
nomina {a}eorum qui iuraverunt NOMINA AEORVM QVI IVRAVERVNT
{qui iuraverunt} ad fontem deae Suli(s) QVI IVRAVERVNT AD FONTEM DEAE SVLI
prid(i)e Idus Apriles quicumque illic per- PRIDE IDVS APRILES QVICVMQVE ILLIC PER
iuraverit deae Suli facias illum IVRAVERIT DEAE SVLI FACIAS ILLVM
sanguine suo illud satisfacere SANGVINE SVO ILLVD SATISFACERE
Chronological Data:
12. 4. 201 AD – 300 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1982, 0661.
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 12, 1981, 375, Nr. 9; fig. 23 (Zeichnung). - AE 1982.
  • 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) 226-227, Nr. 94; Zeichnung u. Pl. xxvii a.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.2/73.

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:
7 cm
depth:
1 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities; magic/spells

Commentary

 
Material: Blei-Zinn-Kupfer-Legierung. Gebet für Gerechtigkeit.

People

Person 1
Name:
Uricalus
Cognomen:
Uricalus
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Do[c]ilosa
Cognomen:
Docilosa+
gender:
female
Person 3
Name:
Docilis
Cognomen:
Docilis
gender:
male
Person 4
Name:
Docilina
Cognomen:
Docilina
gender:
female
Person 5
Name:
Decentinus
Cognomen:
Decentinus
gender:
male
Person 6
Name:
Alogiosa
Cognomen:
Alogiosa
gender:
female

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD001033
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2019-04-01 by Cowey
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