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The tablets were meant to call upon the gods for assistance in seeking justice and were popular throughout the Roman world. [13] In the case of the Bath curse tablets the written formulae inscribed on the tablets were addressed to the goddess Sulis, who had the power to identify the thief and exact punishment. [14]
Tomlin published the first translation of the curse-tablets from the Roman Baths at Aquae Sulis (Bath, UK) in 1988. [3] Tomlin translated the Bloomberg tablets , a collection of 405 wooden tablets inscribed with ink, found between 2010 and 2013, during excavations for the Bloomberg building in London. [ 4 ]
In the localised Celtic polytheism practised in Great Britain, Sulis [note 1] was a deity worshiped at the thermal spring of Bath. She was worshiped by the Romano-British as Sulis Minerva , whose votive objects and inscribed lead tablets suggest that she was conceived of both as a nourishing, life-giving mother goddess and as an effective agent ...
Aquae Sulis (Latin for Waters of Sulis) was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today it is the English city of Bath, Somerset . The Antonine Itinerary register of Roman roads lists the town as Aquis Sulis. [ 1 ]
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 ...
Divine realm: The realm where all the gods and demi-gods live. In the last 500 years, it was changed from a paradise to a land of blood by the Second Son. Demon realm: The realm where all the demons live. A brutal land where only the strongest survive.
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