- A
curse tablet (Latin:
tabella defixionis,
defixio; Gr****: κατάδεσμος, romanized: katadesmos) is a
small tablet with a
curse written on it from the Greco-Roman...
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Mount Ebal
curse tablet Type
Defixio Material Lead
sheet Size 2 cm × 2 cm (0.79 in × 0.79 in)
Writing Paleo-Hebrew
alphabet Created c. 1200 BC Period/culture...
- APOLLO, MAT[ER]-MATVTA, SALVS, FIDE, and
IVNONII (Juno). A
curse tablet or
defixio is a
small sheet of tin or lead on
which a
message wishing misfortune upon...
- practices;
binding spells (defixiones) have been
found at race tracks. The
defixio sometimes emplo**** the
spirits of the
prematurely dead to work harm. On...
- (tabellae defixionum) left to us from the Greco-Roman world. The term
defixio is
derived from the
Latin verb defigere,
which means literally "to pin...
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early 19th
century a lead
plaque of a type
known as a "curse tablet" or
defixio was
discovered at the site of a
Roman temple dedicated to the god Nodens...
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Evidence [2] by
Simon Hornblower,
Elaine Matthews SEG 49-750. Oraiokastro.
Defixio,
classical period –
Brill Reference Anson,
Edward M. (2010). "Why Study...
- also
known as
curse tablets;
erotic prohibitions are only one form of
defixio.
Richard Gordon, "Innovation and
Authority in Graeco-Egyptian Magic," in...
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cursed in Latin, two
magic words in Gr****, and a
series of
voces magicae. A
defixio (binding spell) from Amélie-les-Bains
seems composed in
Celtic with bits...
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cursive on both
sides of two
small sheets of lead.
Probably a
curse tablet (
defixio), it
clearly mentions relationships between female names, for
example aia...
