User:Mmilne15/Sulis
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[Feedback from Dr Austen - Very good first draft here Marina! Since you have had two peer reviews already, I do not have much else to add to their comments - since they have covered a lot of ground already and give you plenty to work on. I particularly agree with Carly's suggestion in terms of adding something about artistic depictions of Sulis - if possible of course. I also LOVE your inclusion of epigraphical evidence and encourage more of that!]
A note to my peer reviewer:
Hello! I've copied here the main chunk of the 'Sulis' article - the only sections missing are the introduction, and three other very short sections that I may look into editing as well. The information that I have added is in bold, and everything I've added has been cited. As I've copied and pasted, however, all of the other citations are missing. One of the main issues with this page is that a lot of material from other contributors aren't sourced (you can have a look at the actual page for reference if you're interested!). I've posted on the Talk page asking where some material has come from, but I'm going to continue to work on either removing or trying to cite the unsourced material.
As far as feedback, I'd love to know if there are any areas of information that you think are missing (the other sections are 'etymology', 'solar goddess', and 'modern worship', but there isn't much there). I've been trying to find more information about Sulis herself, which has been a bit difficult as a lot of material focuses on the layout of the Roman Baths and the curse tablets, and less about the actual deity. I've included reference to actual inscriptions towards the bottom, and was wondering if this is something I should do more of, or less of, considering the general audience? Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Thanks!
Marina
In the localised Celtic polytheism practised in Great Britain, Sulis was a deity worshiped at the thermal spring of Bath (now in Somerset). She was worshiped by the Romano-British as Sulis Minerva, whose votive objects and inscribed lead tablets suggest that she was conceived of both as a nourishing, life-giving mother goddess and as an effective agent of curses wished by her votaries.