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Description
English: Curse tablet ( defixio ).
Date Ancient Rome
era QS:P2348,Q1747689
: from 1 until 399 AD
Medium lead
medium QS:P186,Q708
Dimensions length: 22 cm (8.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,22U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Department of Middle East, Room 49
Accession number
1934.11-5.1
Object history Place of discovery: Telegraph Street, London .
Credit line 1934: purchased from George Fabian Lawrence
Inscriptions
Tretia(m) Maria(m) defico et / illeus vita(m) et me(n)tem / et memoriam [e]t iocine/ra pulmones interm{x}ix{i}/ta fata cogitata memor/iam sci(!) no(n) possitt(!) loqui / (quae) sicreta(!) si(n)t neque SINITA / MERE possit neque [-] / [---]CLVDO
[I curse Tretia Maria and her life and mind and memory and liver and lungs mixed up together, and her words, thoughts and memory; thus may she be unable to speak what things are concealed, nor be able.. (trans/ British Museum)]
References British Museum: online database: entry 1362950
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