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The Pella curse tablet is a text written in a distinct Doric Greek idiom, found in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedon, in 1986. [1] Ιt contains a curse or magic spell (Ancient Greek: κατάδεσμος, katadesmos) inscribed on a lead scroll, dated to the first half of the 4th century BC (c. 380–350 BC).
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Eyguieres curse tablet. A curse tablet (Latin: tabella defixionis, defixio; Greek: κατάδεσμος, romanized: katadesmos) is a small tablet with a curse written on it from the Greco-Roman world. Its name originated from the Greek and Latin words for "pierce" [1] and "bind". The tablets were used to ask the gods, place spirits, or the ...
The Pella curse tablet at the Archaeological Museum of Pella. The question of what language was spoken in ancient Macedonia has been debated by the scholars. The discovery of the Pella curse tablet in 1986, found in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedon, has given us a text written in a distinct Doric Greek idiom. [24]
The term "curse tablet" is found much more often in the scholarly literature than is "katadesmos" (Google Scholar: 103 vs. 11; Google .edu: 67 vs. 12). On the Web at large, "Pella katadesmos" is more popular than "Pella curse tablet", but this includes many WP mirrors and plagiarists, and popular literature.
Given the scant linguistic evidence, such as the Pella curse tablet, ancient Macedonian is regarded by most scholars as another Greek dialect, possibly related to Doric Greek or Northwestern Greek. [a] The ancient Macedonians participated in the production and fostering of Classical and later Hellenistic art.
The Pydna curse tablets are a collection of six texts or catalogues written in Ancient Greek that were found at the ruins of Pydna, a prominent city of ancient Macedon, between 1994 and 1997. They were discovered during the archaeological excavations of the Makrygialos cemetery and were first published by Curbera and Jordan in 2003. [ 1 ]
The Akanthos curse tablet belongs to the broad category of erotic or amatory curses, which were intended to influence erotic relationships.Scholars further divide this category between 'separation curses', which include the more well-known tablet from Pella, and 'attraction curses', [4] of which the Akanthos tablet is among the earliest known examples. [5]