curse tablet
English
Noun
curse tablet (plural curse tablets)
- (historical) A stone tablet inscribed with a curse, as used in parts of the ancient Mediterranean to target someone with maleficent magic.
- 2010, Allan Zola Kronzek & Elizabeth Kronzek, The Sorcerer's Companion, 3rd ed., p. 52:
- A simple curse tablet might be inscribed with the words “As this piece of lead grows cold, so will John Smith.”
- 2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press 2018, p. 65:
- Curse tablets persisted in their original Greek homeland, and spread out from it across much of the empire.
- 2010, Allan Zola Kronzek & Elizabeth Kronzek, The Sorcerer's Companion, 3rd ed., p. 52:
Translations
a tablet inscribed with a curse
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