Inscription Database

Defixio from Uley (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD008951 (Last Updates: 2019-04-15, Cowey)

Transcription	Majuscle
Biccus dat M-	BICCVS DAT M
ercurio quidquid	ERCVRIO QVIDQVID
pe(r)d(id)it si vir si m-	PEDIT SI VIR SI M
ascet ne meiat(!)	ASCET NE MEIAT
ne cacet ne loqua-	NE CACET NE LOQVA
tur ne dormiat	TVR NE DORMIAT
n[e] vigilet nec s[a]-	N[ ] VIGILET NEC S[ ]
[l]utem nec sa-	[ ]VTEM NEC SA
nitatem ne-	NITATEM NE
ss[i](!) in templo	SS[ ] IN TEMPLO
Mercurii per-	MERCVRII PER
tulerit ne co(n)-	TVLERIT NE CO
scientiam de	SCIENTIAM DE
perferat(!) ness[i](!)	PERFERAT NESS[ ]
me interceden-	ME INTERCEDEN
te	TE

Chronological Data:
301 AD – 400 AD

Literature:

AE 1988, 0840.
M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 19, 1988, 485-486, Nr. 2; fig. 1 (Zeichnung). - AE 1988.
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) 124-126, Nr. 4; Fig. 106 u. 107 (Zeichnung).
A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.22/5.

Find circumstances / present location

province:

Britannia

country:

United Kingdom

ancient find spot:

modern find spot:

Uley

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:

12 cm

width:

6 cm

depth:

0 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:

names of pagan deities; magic/spells

Commentary

Gebet für Gerechtigkeit.

People

Person 1

Name:

Biccus

Cognomen:

Biccus

gender:

male

General Data

HD-Nr:

HD008951

Work Status:

checked with photo

Last Update:

2019-04-15 by Cowey

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