Sylloge of Defixiones from the Roman West. Volume II: A comprehensive collection of curse tablets from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE

Defixiones, also known as curse tablets, are one of the most revealing sources for ancient magico-religious practices....
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Author: Celia Sánchez Natalías
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Sylloge of Defixiones from the Roman West. Volume II: A comprehensive collection of curse tablets from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE by Sánchez Natalías, Celia

Sylloge of Defixiones from the Roman West. Volume II: A comprehensive collection of curse tablets from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE

€348,46

Sylloge of Defixiones from the Roman West. Volume II: A comprehensive collection of curse tablets from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE

€348,46
Author: Celia Sánchez Natalías
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Defixiones, also known as curse tablets, are one of the most revealing sources for ancient magico-religious practices. Born of rancour, anger, desire, love, envy, or just out of desperation, curse tablets were a strategy for obtaining 'individual justice' for those who could not accomplish their purposes through the available means, due to a lack of knowledge, power or legal/economical resources. In this volume, the reader will find a detailed catalogue that discusses 535 curse tablets written in Latin and a wide range of local languages. The catalogue is preceded by a full introduction in which the main features of these inscriptions are discussed together with leading scholarship. Such a detailed yet global study of these texts sheds light on various aspects of curses that vary on a regional basis, thus showing how this magico-religious technology was not only adopted but also adapted in new and creative ways by the local populations throughout the Roman West.




Author: Celia Sánchez Natalías
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Ltd
Published: 04/29/2022
Pages: 506
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.57lbs
Size: 11.69h x 8.27w x 1.38d
ISBN: 9781407359328

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