Subcategories

Curse Tablet

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General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Curse Tablet." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/incantation/curse-tablet.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Curse Tablet. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/incantation/curse-tablet

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-curse-tablet,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Curse Tablet},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/subcategories/incantation/curse-tablet},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A curse tablet is a single inscribed lead or ceramic sheet recording one binding formula, a katadesmos or defixio, made to be folded, rolled or pierced with a nail and deposited where it would reach its target, a grave, a well, a sanctuary floor. This entry is for an individual tablet studied on its own; where a whole excavated cache survives together, it is catalogued instead as a curse tablet deposit.

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