Sul
Sul is a deity whose name is related to Sulis. It was the standard rendering of the deity's name until the 1979 discovery of a lead curse tablet from the sacred spring at Aquae Sulis. Some scholars believe the Sul form would appear closer to its origin word, rather than Sulis, if the name is cognate with Old Irish súil ("eye, sight").
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When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Sul is known from Roman-era inscriptions and literary references linking the Celtic deity to the Bath springs.
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Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“The forms Sul and Sulis are both used. Modern scholars prefer Sulis, but Sul is the traditional reading, and is also the common rendering on various non-specialist but nevertheless mainstream websites, eg the official website of the City of Bath. Sul was the standard rendering until the 1979 discovery”
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“Like most mineral springs known to the ancients, it was under the protection of a local deity, the Celtic Sul, whom the Romans equated with their Minerva.”
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