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

Firminam cloda[s] (!) ab o-

May [you] shut Firmina off from all

mnibus humanis

humans.

Adverssar(i)o(s) (!) nosstro(s) (!)

Our adversaries:

G(aius) Dometiu(s) (!) Secundo(s) (!)

G(aius) Domitius Secundus

et Lucius Larcio(s) (!)

and Lucius Larcius

et Secundo(s) (!) Vacarus

and Secundus Vacarus,

Cuba(lenses) (!) et P(ublius) Citronius

Cuba(lenses), and P(ublius) Citronius

Cicorelliu(s) Narbone(nsis)

Cicorellius, a Narbon(ese),

et L(ucius) Licc⟨i⟩nius (!) Sura (H)isspan(us) (!)

and L(ucius) Licinius Sura, a Span(iard),

et Luccillius (!)

and Lucilius

Vallen⟨s=TE⟩ (!)#Vallen⟨s⟩ (!)#VALLENTE ne possi(nt)

Valens: so that they may not be able

cuntra (!) sse (!) faceri (!)

to act against themselves;

avertat illo(s) a mae(n)te(s) (!)

may he turn them from their minds,

cantra (!) locui ne ma-

not to speak against; of those wick-

li illorum#illoru⟨m⟩#ILLORUS mutu(m) o(s) fac(iat)

ed men may he make the mouth dumb.

G(aius) Dom(i)tius Ssecundo(s) (!)

G(aius) Domitius Secundus

et Lucius La(r)c(i)o L(uci) Cuba(lenses) (!)

and Lucius Larcius, son of L(ucius), Cuba(lenses).

Muta Tagita (!) [- - -]

Muta Tacita [...]

B()ona il(l)orum [- - -]

their goods [...]

Ma(n)data data istos

Instructions given: of these men

Savo cura(m) aga(t)

may Savus take charge;

deprema(t) adver(s)ar(i)o(s)

may he crush the adversaries

nosstro(s) (!) o(b)mutua(t) ne

of ours; may they fall dumb, so that

contra nos lucuia(nt)

they do not speak against us.

Data deprementi (!)

Given to the one who crushes.

Sa(nc)te Dite pa-

Holy Dis, fa-

ter et Vera-

ther, and Vera-

cura et Cerber-

cura, and Cerber-

e auxilie q(u)i tenes

us, help, you who hold

limina inferna sive

the thresholds below or

{sive} superna

{or} above.

ΔΜΟΗΡΜΗ [- - -] Σολουμ(ῶ)νος σφραγεῖς φορ(ε)ῖ-

DMOĒRMĒ [...] the seal of Solomon is wor-

ται ἐν ὥρα τοῦ ὠλ[εσθῆναι]

n in the hour of [perishing].

v[os] pre[co]r fa[ci]a[tis]

I pr[ay you to bring]

[Eudemum a]d r[egnum inf]-

[Eudemus t]o the r[ealm of the under]-

ernum quam cel[e]ris(s)i[me]

world as quickly as possi[ble].

infra dies nove(m)va-

Within nine days may he put back the ves-

sum reponat defigo Eudem[um]

sel. I bind down Eudem[us];

nec[et]i[s] eum pes(s)imo leto ad inf-

may you k[ill] him with the worst death; to those be-

[er]os d[uca]tis eundem recoligatis

[low] may you l[ead] him; may you gather up the same man

m[anibu]s ministeria infernorum

to the M[ane]s, servants of the infernal

[d]eum Cuodi ic plubus podus h(a)bet sic et

[g]ods. Just as this lead has weight, so also

[E]ud(e)mus [ha]beat (ad) v[o]s iratos inter la(r)vas

may [E]udemus [h]ave you angry (at him) among the ghosts.

[- - -]ate ia(m) hos [f]iat quam celeris(s)im(e)

[...]ate now these; let it [b]e done as quickly as possible.