Magica Levantina 18 - Circus curse

Repository: Israel Antiquities Authority
Repository no.: IAA CT 6
Editors: Robert W. Daniel / Alexander Hollmann
Object Type: tablet
Material: lead
Width x Height in cm: 7.5 cm x 5.5 cm
Date: 4th/5th century CE
Provenance, Find spot: Caesarea Maritima, Promontory Palace
Excavator: Barbara Burrell / Kathryn Gleason, University of Pennsylvania Excavations, 1994.
Type of magical text: Circus curse
General remarks:

1ουρουβιχ
εξωφρα̣θ̣ω̣θχ̣
π̣ουρικ̣α̣κ̣χ
4[]μ̣α̣ ϲ̣κηρ
 κ̣ε̣μυξυρ̣
 ιρμη χ̣θ̣η̣ι ̣οπ̣η̣  α̣νο̣φ
αβηραμηνθωουλη̣ρθηξαναξηθρ̣η̣λ<υοωθν>η̣-
8μ̣α̣ρη̣βα μ̣ο̣ε̣νθα̣ο̣υε̣
ι̣ν̣η̣ δ̣ή̣-
ϲ̣ε̣τ̣ε, καταβά̣λετ̣ε̣, δ̣ή̣ϲ̣ετε 
τ̣λ̣λ̣τον ἐν̣
12τ̣ῇ̣ μ̣η̣τροπόλη Κεϲαρήᾳ, ἤδη ἤδη, ταχὺ ταχύ. Verso:
13δήϲατε

9–10, 10 δήϲατε 12 μητροπόλει Καιϲαρείᾳ

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… ouroubich… exōphrathō… pourikak… |4 … skēr… kemyx… irmē chthē iopē… anoph… abēramēnthōoulērthēxanaxēthrēlyoōthnēmarēba |8 moentha … inē… bind, cast down, bind … in |12 the metropolis Caesarea, now now, quickly quickly. | (back) Bind.

18.a, front, PTM
18.b, back, PTM

18.c, front
Photo Credits
18.a–b: Kathryn Piquette. 18.c: Clara Amit.