Inscription Database

Defixio from Aquae Sulis – Bath (Britannia)

Canonical URI:
https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD079462 (Last Updates: 2019-04-02, Cowey)

Transcription Majuscle
D[eae Suli(?)] D[ ]
qu[i involavit(?) ------ QV[
Chronological Data:
101 AD – 300 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) 222, Nr. 90.
  • A. Kropp, Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln (Speyer 2008) Nr. 3.2/71.

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:
(3) cm
width:
(10) cm

Historical relevant data

religion:
magic/spells

Commentary

 
Material: Blei-Zinn-Kupfer-Legierung.

General Data

HD-Nr:
HD079462
Work Status:
no image
Last Update:
2019-04-02 by Cowey
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