Inscription Database

Defixio from Isca Silurum – Caerleon (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD025425 (Last Updates: 2019-03-11, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Dom(i)na Ne- DOMNA NE
mesis do ti- MESIS DO TI
bi palleum(!) BI PALLEVM
et galliculas ET GALLICVLAS
qui tulit non QVI TVLIT NON
redimat ni REDIMAT NI
vita sanguinei VITA SANGVINEI
suo SVO
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 200 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1929, 0046. (B)
  • R.G. Collingwood, Archeologia 78, 1928, 158-159; Nr. 10; fig. 12, 10 (Zeichnung) - AE 1929. (B)
  • AE 1929, p. 34 s. n. 129.
  • AE 1931, 0069. (B)
  • A. Oxé, Germania 15, 1931, 16-19; Zeichnung. - AE 1931. (B)
  • RIB 0323; Zeichnung.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.6/1.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Isca Silurum
modern find spot:
Caerleon
find spot:
modern region:
Gwent
year of find:
1927
present location:
Caerleon, Nat. Rom. Leg. Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
defixio
language:
Latin

Type of monument

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

Historical relevant data

religion:
magic/spells

Commentary

 
Bleitafel. Tabula ansata (gebrochen). (B): Leichte Leseabweichungen. Gebet für Gerechtigkeit.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD025425
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2019-03-11 by Cowey
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