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Latin curse tablets, Curse tablets from Noricum (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.
21808.1.1–66874.2
Pluton sivem (!) Iov-
Pluto, or Jo-
em infernum dici opor{no}-
ve of the underworld, as you ought
tet (A)eracura Iuno
to be called; Aeracura, Juno
inferna acciet(e) ia(m) c(e)lerius
of the underworld: summon now, more swiftly,
infra scribtum (!) e(t) tradite {I}
the one written below, and hand [him] over
Manibus
to the Manes [spirits of the dead]:
Aurelium Sinnianum
Aurelius Sinnianus
C(a)eserianum
Caeserianus.
Sic Silvia inversu(m) m-
Thus, Silvia, turned backwards, [your] hus-
aritu(m) ceernis (!) quom-
band you see, in the
modi (!) nomen il(l)ius
way that his name
scribtum (!) est
has been written.
Lucana Luca-
Lucana, Luca-
ni f(ilia) dat ex n(umin--) m(onitu)
nus's daughter, gives [this] at the bidding of the divine power.
Translator's note. 21808: 'sivem' is taken as sive ('or'); the letters in braces ({no}, {I}) are superfluous and not translated. 'Caeserianus' may be a further name or a title (one of the emperor's household). 66874 reads as a dedication rather than a curse; n(umin--) leaves the number open, 'divine power' or 'powers'.
The whole original: the Epigraphic Database Heidelberg.