The Resource Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world, edited by John G. Gager
Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world, edited by John G. Gager
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The item Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world, edited by John G. Gager represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- In 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 278 pages)
- Note
-
- Original title: Curse tablets and binding spells from antiquity and the ancient world
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- Competition in theater and circus
- Sex, love, and marriage
- Tongue-tied in court: legal and political disputes
- Businesses, shops, and taverns
- Please for justice and revenge
- Miscellaneous tablets
- Antidotes and counterspells
- Testimonies
- Isbn
- 9780198022770
- Label
- Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world
- Title
- Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by John G. Gager
- Subject
-
- Zegenspreuken
- Anthologie
- Anthologie
- Antike
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Occultism
- Blessing and cursing
- Blessing and cursing
- Bénédiction et malédiction
- Bénédictions et malédictions -- Histoire -- Antiquité
- Electronic books
- Fluch
- Fluchtafel
- Griechenland
- Incantations
- Incantations
- Incantations -- Antiquité
- Magic -- history
- Magie
- Magie -- Rome
- Magie gréco-romaine
- Römisches Reich
- Tablettes à écrire
- Vervloekingen
- Zauberspruch
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 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
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 133.4/4
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BF1558
- LC item number
- .C87 1992eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Gager, John G
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Incantations
- Blessing and cursing
- Magic
- Anthologie
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
- Blessing and cursing
- Incantations
- Magie
- Zauberspruch
- Fluch
- Fluchtafel
- Antike
- Römisches Reich
- Griechenland
- Zegenspreuken
- Vervloekingen
- Magie gréco-romaine
- Magie
- Tablettes à écrire
- Bénédiction et malédiction
- Incantations
- Bénédictions et malédictions
- Anthologie
- Label
- Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world, edited by John G. Gager
- Note
-
- Original title: Curse tablets and binding spells from antiquity and the ancient world
- Includes index
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Competition in theater and circus -- Sex, love, and marriage -- Tongue-tied in court: legal and political disputes -- Businesses, shops, and taverns -- Please for justice and revenge -- Miscellaneous tablets -- Antidotes and counterspells -- Testimonies
- Control code
- 436988542
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 278 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780198022770
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)436988542
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world, edited by John G. Gager
- Note
-
- Original title: Curse tablets and binding spells from antiquity and the ancient world
- Includes index
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Competition in theater and circus -- Sex, love, and marriage -- Tongue-tied in court: legal and political disputes -- Businesses, shops, and taverns -- Please for justice and revenge -- Miscellaneous tablets -- Antidotes and counterspells -- Testimonies
- Control code
- 436988542
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 278 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780198022770
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)436988542
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Zegenspreuken
- Anthologie
- Anthologie
- Antike
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Occultism
- Blessing and cursing
- Blessing and cursing
- Bénédiction et malédiction
- Bénédictions et malédictions -- Histoire -- Antiquité
- Electronic books
- Fluch
- Fluchtafel
- Griechenland
- Incantations
- Incantations
- Incantations -- Antiquité
- Magic -- history
- Magie
- Magie -- Rome
- Magie gréco-romaine
- Römisches Reich
- Tablettes à écrire
- Vervloekingen
- Zauberspruch
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