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Greek curse tablets, Curse tablets from Achaia, in Greek (Epigraphic Database Heidelberg)

English for the 1 passage of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.

37021.8–65173.9

37021.8

[ν δ]όσι ΑΠΗΣΗ [- - -]

[... wi]ll give APĒSĒ [...]

37021.0

[- - - - - -]

[...]

65173.1

Κάτω Βία Μοῖρα Ἀνάνκε καταγράφω

Below, Force, Fate, Necessity: I write down

65173.2

τὸν ἄραντά μοι φακάρινεα σκιάσδω

the one who took my phakarinea from me; I cast a shadow over [him]

65173.3

ἐκ τριχὸσ ἐκ κεφάλου τοῦ ἐκ [[.][.]]Ε μετώπου

from hair, from head, from the [...] forehead,

65173.4

ἐξ{ξ} ἐνκεφάλου Φλ[- - -]οφ[ω]να ΜΙΣΟΥΣ ἀκοὰς

from brain, Phl[...]oph[ō]na, MISOUS, ears,

65173.5

ῥεῖνο{σ}υς ὀδόντας στό[μα]τος τράχη[λ]ον μασ-

nostrils, teeth of the mou[th], neck, breasts,

65173.6

τούς κοιλίαν πλευ[ράς] θ[ορ]ούς πυγήδ{α}ια ὀπισθομήρο⟨υ⟩ γόνατα κερκίδας πόδας

belly, si[des], se[me]n, buttocks, backs of the thighs, knees, shins, feet,

65173.7

δακτύλους ὅσον καὶ εἴκοσι ἔχει εἰ μή ἐκ-

fingers and toes, all twenty that he has, if not —

65173.8

⟨δ⟩είκησαν καὶ ἐξεθέρεισον τὸν Καικη-

avenge [me] and cut down the [man] of Caecilius,

65173.9

λ⟨ί⟩ου ἄναξ Χαν Σηρειρα Ἀβασαχ

lord Chan Sēreira Abasach.

Translator's note. The first two lines are the end of a different tablet (37021) from the rest (65173). The spelling is phonetic throughout. APĒSĒ and MISOUS are written in capitals by the edition as unexplained letter sequences; Phl[...]oph[ō]na is unexplained. phakarinea is an unidentified object, presumably the thing stolen. The powers invoked are Bia, Moira and Ananke. “Have punished and cut down” renders ἐκ⟨δ⟩είκησαν καὶ ἐξεθέρεισον, apparently for ἐξεδίκησαν and ἐξεθέρισαν; the second could also be an imperative. The last line is magical names and is left untranslated. Lines 8–9: ἐξεθέρεισον is an imperative to the lord invoked, 'cut down', and ἐκ⟨δ⟩είκησαν is read as one too, 'avenge'; εἰ μή ('if not') fits the imperatives poorly and is kept as it stands.

The whole original: the Epigraphic Database Heidelberg.