Inscription Database

Defixio from Brean Down (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD079419 (Last Updates: 2019-04-16, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
------ dono(?) ti]b[i(?) ---] ]B[ ]
caricula quae [amisi(?) si s]er- CARICVLA QVAE [ ]ER
(v)u[s si] liber si ba[ro] s[i muli]er V[ ] LIBER SI BA[ ] S[ ]ER
qui [--- d]omin- QVI [ ]OMIN
a [---] facias A [ ] FACIAS
sic [i]lla (re)dim[a]t sa(n)guin[e s]uo SIC [ ]LLA DIM[ ]T SAGVIN[ ]VO
[---] si bar[o] si mu- [ ] SI BAR[ ] SI MV
lier [------ LIER [
Chronological Data:
351 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 17, 1986, 433-435, Nr. 6; fig. 4 (Zeichnung).
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.4/1.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Somerset
year of find:
before 1980

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
defixio
language:
Latin

Type of monument

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

Historical relevant data

religion:
magic/spells

Commentary

 
Gebet für Gerechtigkeit.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD079419
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2019-04-16 by Cowey
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