LEADER 02874nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910777322003321 005 20230422045015.0 010 $a0-19-773876-1 010 $a0-19-988118-9 010 $a9786610834266 010 $a1-280-83426-9 010 $a0-19-802277-8 010 $a0-19-535062-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000413580 035 $a(EBL)430860 035 $a(OCoLC)436988542 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000293320 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12064781 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293320 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10274111 035 $a(PQKB)10128247 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000134092 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11134039 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000134092 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10053556 035 $a(PQKB)11207120 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430860 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10358255 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL83426 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430860 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000413580 100 $a19991120d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurunu---uuuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aCurse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by John G. Gager 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 278 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-19-506226-4 311 $a0-19-513482-6 327 $aContents; Abbreviations and Conventions; Introduction; 1. Competition in Theater and Circus; 2. Sex, Love, and Marriage; 3. Tongue-Tied in Court: Legal and Political Disputes; 4. Businesses, Shops, and Taverns; 5. Pleas for Justice and Revenge; 6. Miscellaneous Tablets; 7. Antidotes and Counterspells; 8. Testimonies; Glossary of Uncommon Words; Index 330 $aIn the ancient Greco-Roman world, it was common practice to curse or bind an enemy or rival by writing an incantation on a tablet and dedicating it to a god or spirit. These curses or binding spells, commonly called defixiones were intended to bring other people under the power and control of those who commissioned them. More than a thousand such texts, written between the 5th Century B.C.E. and the 5th Century C.E., have been discovered from North Africa to England, and from Syria to Spain. Extending into every aspect of ancient life--athletic and theatrical competitions, judicial proceedings. 606 $aIncantations 606 $aBlessing and cursing 615 0$aIncantations. 615 0$aBlessing and cursing. 676 $a133.44 701 $aGager$b John G$0161485 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777322003321 996 $aCurse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world$9175249 997 $aUNINA