Inscription Database

Defixio from Uley (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD053285 (Last Updates: 2019-04-09, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
Deo sancto Mercurio Honoratus DEO SANCTO MERCVRIO HONORATVS
conqueror numini tuo me per- CONQVEROR NVMINI TVO ME PER
didisse rotas duas et vaccas quat- DIDISSE ROTAS DVAS ET VACCAS QVAT
tuor et resculas plurimas de TVOR ET RESCVLAS PLVRIMAS DE
hospitiolo meo HOSPITIOLO MEO
rogaverim genium nu- ROGAVERIM GENIVM NV
minis tuui(!) ut ei qui mihi fraudem MINIS TVVI VT EI QVI MIHI FRAVDEM
fecerit sanitatem ei non per- FECERIT SANITATEM EI NON PER
mittas nec iacere nec sedere nec MITTAS NEC IACERE NEC SEDERE NEC
bibere nec manducare si baro BIBERE NEC MANDVCARE SI BARO
si mulier si puer si puella si servus SI MVLIER SI PVER SI PVELLA SI SERVVS
si liber nissi(!) meam rem ad me SI LIBER NISSI MEAM REM AD ME
pertulerit et meam concordiam PERTVLERIT ET MEAM CONCORDIAM
habuerit iteratis praecibus(!) ro- HABVERIT ITERATIS PRAECIBVS RO
go numen tuum ut petitio mea GO NVMEN TVVM VT PETITIO MEA
statim pareat me vindica- STATIM PAREAT ME VINDICA
tum esse a maiestate tua TVM ESSE A MAIESTATE TVA
Chronological Data:
151 AD – 270 AD
Literature:
  • 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) 129-130, Nr. 72.
  • AE 1992, 1127.
  • M.W.C. Hassall - R.S.O. Tomlin, Britannia 23, 1992, 310-311, Nr. 5; fig. 1 (Zeichnung). - AE 1992.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.22/29.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
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:
13 cm
width:
7 cm
depth:
0 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities; magic/spells

Commentary

 
Gebet für Gerechtigkeit.

People

Person 1
Name:
Honoratus
Cognomen:
Honoratus
gender:
male

General Data

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