Inscription Database

Defixio from Uley (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD008086 (Last Updates: 2019-04-16, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Deo Mercurio DEO MERCVRIO
Cenacus queritur CENACVS QVERITVR
de Vitalino et Nata- DE VITALINO ET NATA
lino filio ipsius d(e) LINO FILIO IPSIVS D
iument[o?] quod ei rap- IVMENT[ ] QVOD EI RAP
tum est e[t] rogat TVM EST E[ ] ROGAT
deum Mercurium DEVM MERCVRIVM
ut nec ante sa- VT NEC ANTE SA
nitatem NITATEM
 
habeant nissi(!) {nissi} repraese[n]- HABEANT NISSI NISSI REPRAESE[ ]
taverint mihi iu- TAVERINT MIHI IV
mentum quod r[a]puerunt et deo MENTVM QVOD R[ ]PVERVNT ET DEO
devotionem qua[m] DEVOTIONEM QVA[ ]
ipse ab his ex- IPSE AB HIS EX
postulaverit POSTVLAVERIT
Chronological Data:
231 AD – 270 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1979, 0383. (B)
  • R. Goodburn - M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 10, 1979, 341-342, Nr. 2; fig. 20-21 (Zeichnungen). - AE 1979. (B)
  • R.S.O. Tomlin, in: A. Woodward - P. Leach (Hrsg.), The Uley Shrines.
  • Excavation of a ritual complex on West Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire: 1977-1979.
  • (London 1993) 118-120, Nr. 1; Fig. 100 u. 101 (Zeichnung).
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.22/2.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Gloucestershire
year of find:
1978
present location:
London, Brit. Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
defixio
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Blei
height:
13 cm
width:
8 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities

Commentary

 
Gebet für Gerechtigkeit. (B): Abweichende Textgestaltung.

People

Person 1
Name:
Cenacus
Cognomen:
Cenacus
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Vitalino
Cognomen:
Vitalinus
gender:
male
Person 3
Name:
Natalino
Cognomen:
Natalinus
gender:
male

General Data

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