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Greek curse tablets, Curse tablets from Latium et Campania, in Greek (Regio I), 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.

53119.1–53119.17

53119.1

[Ορ [.][.] αια]οφιοφοριος[- - -]

[Or[.][.]aia]ophiophorios[...]

53119.2

ηθιτουτωσουπεμονδεσ[- - -]

ēthitoutōsoupemondes[...]

53119.3

δαίμονες καὶ πνεύματα οἱ ἐν τῷ [τό]πῳ

Daimones [demons] and spirits who are in this [pl]ace,

53119.4

τούτῳ θηλυκῶν καὶ ἀρρενικ[ῶν],

female and mal[e],

53119.5

ἐξορκίζω ὑμᾶς τὸ ἅγιον ὄνομ[α τοῦ]

I adjure you by the holy nam[e of the]

53119.6

Ερηκισιφθη αραραραξαραρα ηφθυ[σικηρε]

Erēkisiphthē arararaxarara ēphthy[sikēre]

53119.7

Ιαω Ιαβεζεβυθ λανα βεσαφλαν [- - -]

Iaō Iabezebyth lana besaphlan [...]

53119.8

[[.]]νκηιπαμμου ροφαηντιναξο[- - -]

[[.]]nkēipammou rophaēntinaxo[...]

53119.9

ὁ τῶν ὅλων βασιλεύς, ἐξεγέρθητι, κ[αὶ]

King of all things, awake, a[nd]

53119.10

ὁ τῶν φθιμένων βασιλεύς, ἐξαφέ[θητι]

King of the dead, be let lo[ose]

53119.11

μετὰ τῶν καταχθονίων θεῶν ταῦτα γὰρ

with the gods beneath the earth; for these things

53119.12

γείνεται διὰ Οὐαλερίαν Κοδράτιλλαν,

are done because of Valeria Codratilla,

53119.13

ἣν ἔτεκεν Οὐαλερία Εὔνοια, ἣν ἔσπει-

whom Valeria Eunoia bore, whom

53119.14

ρε Οὐαλέριος Μυστικός ὡς τὸ φῶς ἀγγέ-

Valerius Mysticus begot. As the light

53119.15

λει θεοῖς τὰ κ[ατὰ] σκότος κατ' ἐπιταγὴν

reports to the gods the things [in] darkness, by command

53119.16

[[.]]οτ φερρο[- - -]ε υορσερχεμ[[.]]νε[[.][.]]

[[.]]ot pherro[...]e yorserchem[[.]]ne[[.][.]]

53119.17

μέλ[λ]ει διακόπτ[ε τὴ]ν στοργήν, τὴν

is ab[o]ut to; cut off [th]e affection, the

Translator's note. Lines 1-2, 6-8 and 16 are magical names and letter strings, kept transliterated; line 2 may hide Greek words but cannot be divided with confidence, and line 16 is unclear ('pherro' could be Latin ferro in Greek letters). [[ ]] marks erased letters. Codratilla is the Greek spelling of Latin Quadratilla. Line 17: 'μέλ[λ]ει' ('is about to') sits awkwardly before the imperative 'διακόπτ[ε]' ('cut off'), so the syntax of lines 15-17 is uncertain. The text breaks off mid-sentence.

The whole original: the Epigraphic Database Heidelberg.