Inscription Database

Defixio from Venta Icenorum – Caistor S. Edmund (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD001057 (Last Updates: 2019-04-23, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
A Nase[---] A NASE[ ]
eve(h)it Vroc[---]- EVEIT VROC[ ]
sius fascia(m) et armi[lla]- SIVS FASCIA ET ARMI[ ]
s cap(t)olare(!) spectr[um?] S CAPOLARE SPECTR[ ]
cufia(m)(!) duas ocrias X vas- CVFIA DVAS OCRIAS X VAS
a stagnea si mascel si <f=M>e- A STAGNEA SI MASCEL SI ME
mina si puer si pu(e)lla duas MINA SI PVER SI PVLLA DVAS
ocri(as) si vull(u)eris(!) factae sang(uine) OCRI SI VVLLERIS FACTAE SANG
suo ut (i)llu(m) requerat{at}(!) Neptu(nu)s SVO VT LLV REQVERATAT NEPTVS
e(t) amictus e(t) cufia(et) arm(i)lla[e ---] E AMICTVS E CVFIA ARMLLA[ ]
denarii XV cape(t)olare(!) tunc sanguin(e) DENARII XV CAPEOLARE TVNC SANGVIN
fasciam tenet fur e FASCIAM TENET FVR E
carta s(upra) s(cripta) ratio(n)e CARTA S S RATIOE
Chronological Data:
71 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1982, 0669.
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 13, 1982, 408, Nr. 9; fig. 34 (Zeichnung). - AE 1982.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.7/1.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Venta Icenorum
modern find spot:
Caistor S. Edmund
find spot:
modern region:
Norfolk
year of find:
1981

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; magic/spells
social / economic / legal history:
present

Commentary

 
Gebet für Gerechtigkeit.

People

Person 1
Name:
Nase[---]
Cognomen:
Nase[---]
Person 2
Name:
Vroc[---]sius
Cognomen:
Vroc[---]sius
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD001057
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2019-04-23 by Cowey
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