Inscription Database

Defixio from Pagans Hill (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD001473 (Last Updates: 2019-04-16, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
[---]RI[---] [ ]RI[ ]
[---]MITR[---]PIO[---] [ ]MITR[ ]PIO[ ]
in (denari?)is III milibus cuius [de]mediam(!) IN IS III MILIBVS CVIVS [ ]MEDIAM
partem tibi ut ita illum(!) [e]xigas a Vassicil- PARTEM TIBI VT ITA ILLVM [ ]XIGAS A VASSICIL
lo [---]pecomini filio et uxore sua quoniam LO [ ]PECOMINI FILIO ET VXORE SVA QVONIAM
[---]rtussum quod illi de hospitiolo m[eo ---]- [ ]RTVSSVM QVOD ILLI DE HOSPITIOLO M[ ]
[---] alaverint(!) nec illis [p]ermittas sanit[a]- [ ] ALAVERINT NEC ILLIS [ ]ERMITTAS SANIT[ ]
[tem] nec bibere nec ma[n]d[u]care nec dormi[re] [ ] NEC BIBERE NEC MA[ ]D[ ]CARE NEC DORMI[ ]
[nec nat]os sanos habe[a]nt nessi hanc rem [ ]OS SANOS HABE[ ]NT NESSI HANC REM
[meam] ad fanum tuum [at]tulerint iteratis [ ] AD FANVM TVVM [ ]TVLERINT ITERATIS
[pre]c[i]bus te rogo ut [ab ip]sis nominibus [ ]C[ ]BVS TE ROGO VT [ ]SIS NOMINIBVS
[inimicorum] meorum hoc [pertu]ssum recipi [ ] MEORVM HOC [ ]SSVM RECIPI
[---] perven[ia]t [ ] PERVEN[ ]T
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 250 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1984, 0623. (B)
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 15, 1984, 336, Nr. 7; fig. 36 (Zeichnung). - AE 1984. (B)
  • R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 22, 1991, 309 (d).
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.18/1.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Somerset
year of find:
1983

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
defixio
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tessera
material:
Blei
height:
10 cm
width:
9 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
magic/spells
social / economic / legal history:
present

Commentary

 
Vassicillus und [---]pecominus als Namen bislang nicht belegt. Gebet für Gerechtigkeit. (B): In Z. 6 hospitio Lon[---] statt hopitiolo m[eo ---]. Am Anfang vielleicht [Deo? Mercu?]ri[o? ---].

People

Person 1
Name:
Vassicillo [---]pecomini filio
Cognomen:
Vassicillus
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
[---]pecomini
Cognomen:
[---]pecominus
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD001473
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2019-04-16 by Cowey
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