Inscription Database

Defixio from Aquae Sulis – Bath (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD000066 (Last Updates: 2019-03-29, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Victorinus VICTORINVS
Talipieinus TALIPIEINVS
Minantius MINANTIVS
Victorianus VICTORIANVS
 
Compe- COMPE
{pe}dita PEDITA
Valaune<c=IC>us VALAVNEICVS
{a}Belia(?) ABELIA
Chronological Data:
301 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1983, 0637. (B)
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 14, 1983, 336-337, Nr. 7; fig. 38 (Zeichnung). - AE 1983.
  • R.S.O. Tomlin, in: B. Cunliffe (Hrsg.), The Temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath.
  • Volume 2 The Finds from the Sacred Spring.
  • (Oxford 1988) 229, Nr. 96; Zeichnung.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.2/75.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Aquae Sulis
modern find spot:
Bath
find spot:
modern region:
Somerset
year of find:
1979
present location:
Bath, Roman Baths Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
defixio
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Blei, Zinn
height:
2 cm
width:
5 cm
depth:
0 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
magic/spells

Commentary

 
Material: Blei-Zinn-Legierung. Datierung nach Hassall - Tomlin. (B): Letzter Name nicht Abelia sondern Belia.

People

Person 1
Name:
Victorinus
Cognomen:
Victorinus
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Talipieinus
Cognomen:
Talipieinus
gender:
male
Person 3
Name:
Minantius
Cognomen:
Minantius
gender:
male
Person 4
Name:
Victorianus
Cognomen:
Victorianus
gender:
male
Person 5
Name:
Compepedita(!)
Cognomen:
Compepedita (= Compedita)
gender:
female
Person 6
Name:
Valaune<c=IC>us
Cognomen:
Valaunecus
gender:
male
Person 7
Name:
Belia
Cognomen:
Belia
gender:
female

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD000066
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2019-03-29 by Cowey
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