Inscription Database

Defixio from Aquae Sulis – Bath (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD001051 (Last Updates: 2019-05-06, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Seu gen(tili)s seu C- SEV GENS SEV C
h(r)istianus quaecumque(!) utrum vir HISTIANVS QVAECVMQVE VTRVM VIR
utrum mulier utrum puer utrum puella VTRVM MVLIER VTRVM PVER VTRVM PVELLA
utrum servus utrum liber mihi Annian- VTRVM SERVVS VTRVM LIBER MIHI ANNIAN
o mantutene(!) de bursa mea s(e)x argente[o]s O MANTVTENE DE BVRSA MEA SX ARGENTE[ ]S
furaverit tu d[o]mina dea ab ipso perexi[g]- FVRAVERIT TV D[ ]MINA DEA AB IPSO PEREXI[ ]
e [--- eo]s si mihi per [f]raudem aliquam INDEP E [ ]S SI MIHI PER [ ]RAVDEM ALIQVAM INDEP
REG[-]STVM dederit nec sic ipsi dona sed ut sangu- REG[ ]STVM DEDERIT NEC SIC IPSI DONA SED VT SANGV
inem suum (r)eputes qui mihi hoc inrogaverit INEM SVVM EPVTES QVI MIHI HOC INROGAVERIT
 
Postum[ianu?]s Pisso POSTVM[ ]S PISSO
Locinna Alauna LOCINNA ALAVNA
Materna Gunsula MATERNA GVNSVLA
Cnadidina(!) Eutic(h)ius(!) CNADIDINA EVTICIVS
Peregrinus PEREGRINVS
Latinus LATINVS
Senicianus SENICIANVS
Avitianus AVITIANVS
Victor VICTOR
Scu[tri]us SCV[ ]VS
Aessicunia AESSICVNIA
Paltucca PALTVCCA
Calliopis CALLIOPIS
Celerianus CELERIANVS
Chronological Data:
301 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1982, 0667. (AB)
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 13, 1982, 406, Nr. 7; fig. 32 u. 33 (Zeichnungen). - AE 1982.
  • AE 1992, 1117.
  • J.N. Adams, Britannia 23, 1992, 19. - AE 1992.
  • 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) 232-234, Nr. 98; Zeichnungen.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.2/77.

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:
tessera
material:
Blei
height:
6 cm
width:
10 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities; Judaism / Christianity; magic/spells
social / economic / legal history:
present

Commentary

 
(A): Material Bronze statt Blei. Text linksläufig geschrieben. (B): AE 1982: Z.2/3: utrum vir / utrum mulier fehlt; Z. 13-16 fehlt. Gebet für Gerechtigkeit. Material: Blei-Zinn-Kupfer-Legierung.

People

Person 1
Name:
Anniano
Cognomen:
Annianus
gender:
male
Person 2
Name:
Peregrinus
Cognomen:
Peregrinus
gender:
male
Person 3
Name:
Latinus
Cognomen:
Latinus
gender:
male
Person 4
Name:
Senicianus
Cognomen:
Senicianus
gender:
male
Person 5
Name:
Avitianus
Cognomen:
Avitianus
gender:
male
Person 6
Name:
Victor
Cognomen:
Victor
gender:
male
Person 7
Name:
Scu[tri]us
Cognomen:
Scutrius+
gender:
male
Person 8
Name:
Aessicunia
Cognomen:
Aessicunia
gender:
female
Person 9
Name:
Paltucca
Cognomen:
Paltucca
gender:
female
Person 10
Name:
Calliopis
Cognomen:
Calliopis
gender:
male
Person 11
Name:
Celerianus
Cognomen:
Celerianus
gender:
male
Person 12
Name:
Postum[ianu?]s
Cognomen:
Postumianus+?
gender:
male
Person 13
Name:
Pisso
Cognomen:
Pisso
gender:
male
Person 14
Name:
Locinna
Cognomen:
Locinna
gender:
female
Person 15
Name:
Alauna
Cognomen:
Alauna
gender:
female
Person 16
Name:
Materna
Cognomen:
Materna
gender:
female
Person 17
Name:
Gunsula
Cognomen:
Gunsula
gender:
female
Person 18
Name:
Cnadidina(!)
Cognomen:
Cnadidina (= Candidina)
gender:
female
Person 19
Name:
Euticius(!)
Cognomen:
Eutichius* (= Eutychius*)
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD001051
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2019-05-06 by Cowey
See Also:

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