Inscription Database

Defixio from Old Harlow (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD007045 (Last Updates: 2020-03-06, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Dio(!) M(ercurio) dono ti(bi) DIO M DONO TI
negotium (A)et- NEGOTIVM ET
tern(a)e(!) et ipsam TERNE ET IPSAM
nec sit i(n)vidi(a) me(i) NEC SIT IVIDI ME
Timot(h)neo(!) san- TIMOTNEO SAN
gui[n]e suo GVI[ ]E SVO
 
Dono tibi DONO TIBI
Mercurius(!) MERCVRIVS
aliam(!) neg[o]- ALIAM NEG[ ]
tium NAVIN TIVM NAVIN
[------] [ ]
NII[---] NII[ ]
MIN[---]SANG[u(ine)] MIN[ ]SANG[ ]
SVO SVO
Chronological Data:
201 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1975, 0542.
  • R.P. Wright - M.W.C. Hassall, Britannia 4, 1973, 325, Nr. 3; fig. 17-18 (Zeichnungen). - AE 1975.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.17/1.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Essex
year of find:
1970
present location:
Harlow, Museum

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
defixio
language:
Latin

Type of monument

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

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities; magic/spells

Commentary

 
Gebet für Gerechtigkeit. Timotneus ist vielleicht als Timotheus aufzufassen. In (b) Z. 3-5 vielleicht neg[o]/tium Navin/[ii]

People

Person 1
Name:
Etterne.
Cognomen:
Aeterna*
gender:
female
Person 2
Name:
Timotneo
Cognomen:
Timotneus
gender:
male

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD007045
Work Status:
checked with drawing
Last Update:
2020-03-06 by Cowey
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