Latin curse tablets, Curse tablets from Pannonia inferior, in Latin (Epigraphic Database Heidelberg)

Iulia Nissa et Gaius Mutilius ne possit facere con-

Iulia Nissa and Gaius Mutilius: may [they] not be able to act

tra Oceanum contra Am(o)ene(m) (!) ne possit Gaius contra Felic(i)o-

against Oceanus, against Amoenus; may Gaius not be able against Felicio

ne(m) facere respectes (!) lingua ne possit adversus co(n)servos

to act; may the tongue of Respectus (?) not be able [to act] against the fellow slaves;

Ammionis() lingua ne possit [- - -]

may Ammio's (?) tongue not be able [...]

facere Eunici Suri lingua ne possit adversus Oceanu{nu}(m)

to act; may the tongue of Eunicus Surus not be able [to act] against Oceanus;

Asellionis lingua et nomen ne possit atversus (!) Ocianum (!) facere

may the tongue and name of Asellio not be able to act against Oceanus

loqui ne possit Gaius aut Iulia adversus Annia

may neither Gaius nor Iulia be able to speak against Annia;

Anniani lingua ne possit [- - -]-

may the tongue of Annianus not be able [...]

num facere et Decibali (!) lingua et nomen ne pos-

-nus to act; and may the tongue and name of Decibalus not be

sit adversus Oceanum facere eo modo hoc ego aver-

able to act against Oceanus. In the same way as I write this with a

so graphio scribo sic linguas (!) illorum aversas ne pos(s)int

reversed stylus, so [may] their tongues [be] reversed, so that they may not be able

facere contra (h)os L[- - -]CO supra posivi ne Gaius aut Iul[ia]

to act against these, L[...]CO, [whom] I have set down above; may neither Gaius nor Iul[ia]

Nissa et Eunicus Surus adversus Oceanum lin[gu]-

Nissa and Eunicus Surus, against Oceanus, [their] ton[gu]es

as ob [- - -]AE[- - -] lingu[a[.] [- - -]]ECCIGNISN[[.]]

ob [...]AE[...] tongu[e ...]ECCIGNISN[...]

contra Am(o)ene(m) (!) [- - -]

against Amoenus [...]

<Dis=ITO> Pater <Ae=H>racura M[er]-

Dis Pater, Aeracura, M[er]cury

<c=Q>curi{s} C<y=V>l(l)eni ea nomin[a]

of Cyllene, these name[s]

tib[i] dicto tradas dir<is=OV> ca-

I declare to yo[u], that you hand [them] over to the dire

nibus di Manes Tartaris

hounds — divine Manes — of Tartarus:

Marcum Marcia(m) C(h)ariton[em]

Marcus, Marcia, Chariton,

Secu<n=M>dum <quicum=QVIQVIT>qu[e]

Secundus; whoev[er]

a(d)versarius sur<r=G>exerit

rises up as an adversary,

<q=C>ui tibi an(t)epistulam ad[fe]-

who would br[ing] you a counter-letter —

ret Muta et Tacita

Muta and Tacita!

<q=C>uomodo Manes muti et ta-

As the Manes are mute and

citi su<nt=M> s{e}ic <q=C>ui tibi ant-

silent, so may those who bring you a

<e=C>pistula<m=N> a<d=T>ferent mu[ti]

counter-letter be mu[te]

et taciti <s=C>in(t) adversa(rio)s

and silent. The adversaries

Bellici a<c=T>cipit<e=I> Tricer[be]-

of Bellicus — receive [them], Tricer[be]rus,

ri et ret<i=E>net<e=C> illu[- - -]

and hold [them] illu[...]

[- - -]ios

[...]ios