Inscription Database

Defixio from Aquae Sulis – Bath (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD079458 (Last Updates: 2019-04-01, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
MODUSIO[-]IUIUCI MODVSIO[ ]IVIVCI
deus faci(a)t ani(m)am DEVS FACIT ANIAM
pe(r)d(e)re sui PEDRE SVI
Chronological Data:
301 AD – 400 AD
Literature:
  • R.S.O. Tomlin, in: B. Cunliffe (Hrsg.), The Temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath.
  • Volume 2 The Finds from the Sacred Spring.
  • (Oxford 1988) 240, Nr. 103; Zeichnung u. Pl. xxvi b.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.2/82.

Find circumstances / present location

province:
country:
United Kingdom
ancient find spot:
Aquae Sulis
modern find spot:
Bath
find spot:
modern region:
Somerset
year of find:
1979
present location:
Bath, Roman Baths Mus.

Type of inscription / language

type of inscription:
defixio
language:
Latin

Type of monument

type of monument:
tabula?
material:
Blei
height:
2 cm
width:
6 cm
depth:
0 cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
names of pagan deities; magic/spells

Commentary

 
Material: Blei-Zinn-Kupfer-Legierung.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD079458
Work Status:
checked with photo
Last Update:
2019-04-01 by Cowey
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