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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
[Ορ [.][.] αια]οφιοφοριος[- - -]
[Or[.][.]aia]ophiophorios[...]
ηθιτουτωσουπεμονδεσ[- - -]
ēthitoutōsoupemondes[...]
δαίμονες καὶ πνεύματα οἱ ἐν τῷ [τό]πῳ
Daimones [demons] and spirits who are in this [pl]ace,
τούτῳ θηλυκῶν καὶ ἀρρενικ[ῶν],
female and mal[e],
ἐξορκίζω ὑμᾶς τὸ ἅγιον ὄνομ[α τοῦ]
I adjure you by the holy nam[e of the]
Ερηκισιφθη αραραραξαραρα ηφθυ[σικηρε]
Erēkisiphthē arararaxarara ēphthy[sikēre]
Ιαω Ιαβεζεβυθ λανα βεσαφλαν [- - -]
Iaō Iabezebyth lana besaphlan [...]
[[.]]νκηιπαμμου ροφαηντιναξο[- - -]
[[.]]nkēipammou rophaēntinaxo[...]
ὁ τῶν ὅλων βασιλεύς, ἐξεγέρθητι, κ[αὶ]
King of all things, awake, a[nd]
ὁ τῶν φθιμένων βασιλεύς, ἐξαφέ[θητι]
King of the dead, be let lo[ose]
μετὰ τῶν καταχθονίων θεῶν ταῦτα γὰρ
with the gods beneath the earth; for these things
γείνεται διὰ Οὐαλερίαν Κοδράτιλλαν,
are done because of Valeria Codratilla,
ἣν ἔτεκεν Οὐαλερία Εὔνοια, ἣν ἔσπει-
whom Valeria Eunoia bore, whom
ρε Οὐαλέριος Μυστικός ὡς τὸ φῶς ἀγγέ-
Valerius Mysticus begot. As the light
λει θεοῖς τὰ κ[ατὰ] σκότος κατ' ἐπιταγὴν
reports to the gods the things [in] darkness, by command
[[.]]οτ φερρο[- - -]ε υορσερχεμ[[.]]νε[[.][.]]
[[.]]ot pherro[...]e yorserchem[[.]]ne[[.][.]]
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.