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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

21808.1.1

Pluton sivem (!) Iov-

Pluto, or Jo-

21808.1.2

em infernum dici opor{no}-

ve of the underworld, as you ought

21808.1.3

tet (A)eracura Iuno

to be called; Aeracura, Juno

21808.1.4

inferna acciet(e) ia(m) c(e)lerius

of the underworld: summon now, more swiftly,

21808.1.5

infra scribtum (!) e(t) tradite {I}

the one written below, and hand [him] over

21808.1.6

Manibus

to the Manes [spirits of the dead]:

21808.1.7

Aurelium Sinnianum

Aurelius Sinnianus

21808.1.8

C(a)eserianum

Caeserianus.

21808.2.1

Sic Silvia inversu(m) m-

Thus, Silvia, turned backwards, [your] hus-

21808.2.2

aritu(m) ceernis (!) quom-

band you see, in the

21808.2.3

modi (!) nomen il(l)ius

way that his name

21808.2.4

scribtum (!) est

has been written.

66874.1

Lucana Luca-

Lucana, Luca-

66874.2

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.