812. Defixio – Iliturgi (Mengíbar)
Description
Dis I
Code
812
Title
812. Defixio – Iliturgi (Mengíbar)
Text of the inscription
Dis I<n=M>feris vos rogo ut{e}i recipiat<i=E>s nomen / Luxsia(e!) A(uli) Antesti filia(e) caput cor co(n)s[i]li<u=O>(m) valetudine(m) / vita(m) membra omnia accedat morb<u=O>(s) cotid(i)e{a} et / s{e}i faciatis votum quod fac{c}io solva(m) vostris(!) meritis
Translation (Sánchez Natalías 2022, 129):
"To the gods of the underworld: I ask that you consent to hear the case against Luxsia, daughter of Aulus Antestius. May illness afflict her head, heart, thoughts, health, vitality, her entire body day after day. And if you attend to the request that I make, I will reward you for your help. "
"To the gods of the underworld: I ask that you consent to hear the case against Luxsia, daughter of Aulus Antestius. May illness afflict her head, heart, thoughts, health, vitality, her entire body day after day. And if you attend to the request that I make, I will reward you for your help. "
Other name
Dis I<n=M>feris vos rogo utei recipiat<i=E>s nomen Luxsiae Auli Antesti filiae caput cor consili<u=O>m valetudinem vitam membra omnia accedat morb<u=O>s cotidiea et sei faciatis votum quod faccio solvam vostris meritis
Textual source
EDCS-03700442
Number of deities
Indeterminate plural
Onomastic attribute 1
Onomastic attribute 2
Institutions and individuals involved
1
Other individuals
Terminus post quem
50 BCE
Terminus ante quem
1 BCE
Location
Topographic context
It was found in 1990 by Manuel Gutiérrez Vivanco while he was working in an olive grove in “Los Chorillos.”
Coordinates
37.968343, -3.80883
Hep
HEp 1995, 695 = HEp 1999, 503 = HEp 2008, 83
Support
Defixio
Size (cm)
5 x 32 x 0.2 cm
Letters: 0.7–1.3 cm
Letters: 0.7–1.3 cm
Material
Lead
AE
AE 1993, 1008 = AE 1995, 770 = AE 1999, 894 = AE 2010, 108
Further bibliography
CILA II/4, 1249.
Díaz Arino, B. 2008. Epigrafía latina republicana de Hispania. Barcelona, no. 29.
Kropp, A. 2008. Defixiones. Ein aktuelles Corpus lateinischer Fluchtafeln, Speyer, no. 2.2, 2.1.
Sánchez Natalías, C. 2022. Sylloge of defixiones from the Roman west. A comprehensive collection of curse tablets from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE, Band 2. Oxford, no. 129.
Urbanova, D. 2018. Latin curse tablets of the Roman Empire. Innsbruck, no. 52.
ZPE 128 (1999), p. 293.
EDH
EDCS
TM
HEpOL
Last update
2025-07-09
Author
Beatriz Pañeda Murcia (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)