Inscription Database

Defixio from Uley (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD015618 (Last Updates: 2019-04-15, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Deo Mercurio DEO MERCVRIO
Docilinus QVAENM DOCILINVS QVAENM
Varianus et Peregrina VARIANVS ET PEREGRINA
et Sabinianus qu[i] peco- ET SABINIANVS QV[ ] PECO
ri meo dolum malum intulerunt et INT RR[---] pro- RI MEO DOLVM MALVM INTVLERVNT ET INT RR[ ] PRO
locuntur(!) rogo te ut eos LOCVNTVR ROGO TE VT EOS
max[i]mo [le]to adigas nec MAX[ ]MO [ ]TO ADIGAS NEC
eis sanit[atem nec] som- EIS SANIT[ ] SOM
num perm[itt]as nisi NVM PERM[ ]AS NISI
a te quod m[ihi] ad[mi]- A TE QVOD M[ ] AD[ ]
ni[strav]erint NI[ ]ERINT
redem[e]rint REDEM[ ]RINT
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1989, 0487.
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 20, 1989, 329-330, Nr. 3; fig. 2 (Zeichnung). - AE 1989.
  • 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) 128, Nr. 43.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.22/16.

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:
9 cm
width:
8 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities; magic/spells

Commentary

 
Gebet für Gerechtigkeit.

People

Person 1
Name:
Docilinus
Cognomen:
Docilinus
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Varianus
Cognomen:
Varianus
gender:
male
Person 3
Name:
Peregrina
Cognomen:
Peregrina
gender:
female
Person 4
Name:
Sabinianus
Cognomen:
Sabinianus
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD015618
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2019-04-15 by Cowey
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