Inscription Database

Defixio from Uley (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD008092 (Last Updates: 2019-04-15, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Deo M(a)rti Mercuri[o ---] DEO MRTI MERCVRI[ ]
anulus aureus de hos[pitiolo? ---] ANVLVS AVREVS DE HOS[ ]
er[it?] et pedica ferre[a ---] ER[ ] ET PEDICA FERRE[ ]
s qui fraudem fec- S QVI FRAVDEM FEC
[it ---] [ ]
r[--] deus inveni[a]t R[ ] DEVS INVENI[ ]T
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
  • AE 1979, 0385. (B)
  • R. Goodburn - M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 10, 1979, 344, Nr. 4; fig. 23 (Zeichnung). - AE 1979. (B)
  • AE 1991, 1123. (B)
  • R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 22, 1991, 307-308, (a); fig. 11 (Zeichnung). - AE 1991. (B)
  • R.S.O. Tomlin, in: A. Woodward - P. Leach (Hrsg.), The Uley Shrines.
  • Excavation of a ritual complex on West Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire: 1977-1979.
  • (London 1993) 122-123, Nr. 3; Fig. 104 u. 105 (Zeichnung).
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.22/4.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
modern find spot:
find spot:
modern region:
Gloucestershire
year of find:
1978
present location:
London, Brit. Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
defixio
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula
material:
Blei
height:
5 cm
width:
(9) cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities; magic/spells

Commentary

 
Gebet für Gerechtigkeit. (B): Abweichende Textgestaltung.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD008092
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2019-04-15 by Cowey
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