Inscription Database

Defixio from Mogontiacum – Mainz (Germania superior)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD054663 (Last Updates: 2018-05-02, Gräf)

Transcription Majuscle
Quintum in hac tabula depon[o] aversum QVINTVM IN HAC TABVLA DEPON[ ] AVERSVM
se suisque rationibus vitaeque male consum- SE SVISQVE RATIONIBVS VITAEQVE MALE CONSVM
mantem ita uti galli bellonarive absciderunt concide- MANTEM ITA VTI GALLI BELLONARIVE ABSCIDERVNT CONCIDE
runtve se sic illi abscissa sit fides fama faculit[a]s nec illi RVNTVE SE SIC ILLI ABSCISSA SIT FIDES FAMA FACVLIT[ ]S NEC ILLI
in numero hominum sunt neque ille sit q[u]omodi(!) et ille IN NVMERO HOMINVM SVNT NEQVE ILLE SIT Q[ ]OMODI ET ILLE
mihi fraudem fecit sic illi sancta Mater Magn[a] et relegis[ti] MIHI FRAVDEM FECIT SIC ILLI SANCTA MATER MAGN[ ] ET RELEGIS[ ]
cuncta ita uti arbor siccabit se in sancto sic et illi siccet CVNCTA ITA VTI ARBOR SICCABIT SE IN SANCTO SIC ET ILLI SICCET
fama fides fortuna faculitas tibi commendo Attihi(!) d<o>mine FAMA FIDES FORTVNA FACVLITAS TIBI COMMENDO ATTIHI DMINE
ut me vindices ab eo ut intra annum vertente[m ---] exitum VT ME VINDICES AB EO VT INTRA ANNVM VERTENTE[ ] EXITVM
illius vilem malum ILLIVS VILEM MALVM
Chronological Data:
65 AD – 117 AD
Literature:
  • AE 2005, 1126. (B)
  • AE 2011, 0829.
  • AE 2012, 1023.
  • J. Blänsdorf, Die Defixionum tabellae des Mainzer Isis- und Mater Magna-Heiligtums (Mainz 2012) 97-105, Nr. 6; Foto u. Zeichnung. - AE 2012.
  • J. Blänsdorf, in: H. Sonnabend - E. Olshausen (Hrsg.), Antike Herrscher. Vorträge und Beiträge als Grundlage für Deutung und Bewältigung heutiger Probleme (Stuttgart 2011) 73-75, Nr. 6. - AE 2011.
  • J. Blänsdorf, CRAI 2005, 686-689; fig. 5 (Zeichnung). (B) - AE 2005.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
Germany
ancient find spot:
Mogontiacum
modern find spot:
Mainz
find spot:
modern region:
Rheinland-Pfalz
year of find:
1999

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
defixio
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tessera
material:
Blei
height:
10 cm
width:
27 cm
depth:
0 cm
letter size:
0.5-0.6 cm

Palaeography

Palaeography:
scratched / graffito

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities; cult functions, pagan; magic/spells

Commentary

 
Fluchtäfelchen. Buchstaben kursiv. Schreibtechnik: geritzt.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD054663
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2018-05-02 by Gräf
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