Inscription Database

Defixio from Marlborough Downs (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD048373 (Last Updates: 2019-04-26, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Do DO
deo Marti A[-]VNISEA id [est? ---] DEO MARTI A[ ]VNISEA ID [ ]
[---]eculium eum et secur[---]- [ ]ECVLIVM EVM ET SECVR[ ]
tidisse e[---] illum iume[ntum?] TIDISSE E[ ] ILLVM IVME[ ]
rogat genium tuum dom[ine] ROGAT GENIVM TVVM DOM[ ]
ut quampr[imu]m res[ideant?] VT QVAMPR[ ]M RES[ ]
nec eant per annos novem n[on eis] NEC EANT PER ANNOS NOVEM N[ ]
permittas nec sedere [nec ---] PERMITTAS NEC SEDERE [ ]
[---]MIMBRIC[---] [ ]MIMBRIC[ ]
Chronological Data:
301 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1999, 0975.
  • R.S.O. Tomlin - M.W.C. Hassall, Britannia 30, 1999, 378, Nr. 3; fig. 2 (Zeichnung). - AE 1999.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.16/1.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Wiltshire
year of find:
1996

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
defixio
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Blei
height:
4 cm
width:
7 cm
depth:
0 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities; magic/spells

Commentary

 
Gebet für Gerechtigkeit.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD048373
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2019-04-26 by Cowey
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