Uley Curse Tablets
- Date of account
- Roman Britain, chiefly 3rd–4th centuries CE
- Location
- West Hill near Uley, Gloucestershire, England
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
The West Hill sanctuary near Uley produced a group of Roman lead tablets, many seeking divine intervention in thefts and disputes. Several address the local deity Mercury and frame the requested punishment or discovery in highly personal terms. The assemblage supports comparison with Bath and continental defixiones while also showing local variation in language, deity, and social setting. Archaeological deposition and reading of damaged Latin are central uncertainties. This is an AI-recalled lead; source quality 5 and corroboration 0, and it should not be presented as evidence that curses caused later events.
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