08-26-2012, 12:27 PM
Was in the Bath area yesterday for a family thing, and visited the museum. I remember ( but can't find) a question some time ago about whether the Romans wore gloves. Well, here is a curse table from Bath/ Acquae Sulis.
"Dodimedis has lost two gloves. He asks that the person who has stolen them should lose his mind and eyes in the temple where she appoint."
That seems fairly certain- though I have not yet found the Latin original transcription.
It had been a long time since I had visited, and though crowded and expensive, a good visit, with new to me computer generated reconstructions and a light show recreating the temple pediment featuring the famous bearded head.
Also new to me was a curse tablet written in British Celtic- sadly not yet translated.
"Dodimedis has lost two gloves. He asks that the person who has stolen them should lose his mind and eyes in the temple where she appoint."
That seems fairly certain- though I have not yet found the Latin original transcription.
It had been a long time since I had visited, and though crowded and expensive, a good visit, with new to me computer generated reconstructions and a light show recreating the temple pediment featuring the famous bearded head.
Also new to me was a curse tablet written in British Celtic- sadly not yet translated.