Description
Defixiones, also known as curse tablets, are one of the most revealing sources for ancient magico-religious practices. Born of rancour, anger, desire, love, envy, or just out of desperation, curse tablets were a strategy for obtaining 'individual justice' for those who could not accomplish their purposes through the available means, due to a lack of knowledge, power or legal/economical resources. In this volume, the reader will find a detailed catalogue that discusses 535 curse tablets written in Latin and a wide range of local languages. The catalogue is preceded by a full introduction in which the main features of these inscriptions are discussed together with leading scholarship. Such a detailed yet global study of these texts sheds light on various aspects of curses that vary on a regional basis, thus showing how this magico-religious technology was not only adopted but also adapted in new and creative ways by the local populations throughout the Roman West.
Author: Celia Sánchez Natalías
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Ltd
Published: 04/29/2022
Pages: 98
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.27d
ISBN13: 9781407359311
ISBN10: 1407359312
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Archaeology
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Alphabets & Writing Systems
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