Inscription Database

Defixio from Uley (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD079447 (Last Updates: 2019-04-09, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
------] tibi commendo [------ ] TIBI COMMENDO [
 
------] qui mihi fraudem fecit de denar(ii)s ill(i)s quos [mih]i debebat [------ ] QVI MIHI FRAVDEM FECIT DE DENARS ILLS QVOS [ ]I DEBEBAT [
 
------] seminudi edentuli tremuli podagrici sine cuiusque hominis mis{s}ericordia [------ ] SEMINVDI EDENTVLI TREMVLI PODAGRICI SINE CVIVSQVE HOMINIS MISSERICORDIA [
 
------] in fanum et thesaurum poten{ten}tiss[imi] dei [------ ] IN FANVM ET THESAVRVM POTENTENTISS[ ] DEI [
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 300 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) 130, Nr. 78.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.22/34.

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:
14 cm
width:
6 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
magic/spells

Commentary

 
Gebet für Gerechtigkeit.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD079447
Work Status:
no image
Last Update:
2019-04-09 by Cowey
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