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Curse Tablets and their Archaeological Context in the Roman Province of Britannia
Śmiejová, Michaela ; Titz, Pavel (advisor) ; Musil, Jiří (referee)
(in English): Curse tablets are interesting phenomenon in the Ancient world. The curses are usully written on the lead tablet. Totally there are about 1500 curses found, from which one third is written in latin and 309 from that amount were founf in Roman Britain. I focus on this countable group in my Diploma Thesis. Firstly I prefer the archaeological side of the artefact. The context is usually the only way to date and understand the curse tablet itself. I offer all the sites where information about them is given. We can talk also about the so called prayers for justice which are quite numerous in Britannia. They are of the same principle as curses, but they are not made for satisfied selfish ambitions. They ask gods for help. Most often they are made because of the robbery which has not been punished in the world of mortals, because the thief is not known or there are too many suspects.
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Curse Tablets and their Archaeological Context in the Roman Province of Britannia
Śmiejová, Michaela ; Titz, Pavel (advisor) ; Musil, Jiří (referee)
(in English): Curse tablets are interesting phenomenon in the Ancient world. The curses are usully written on the lead tablet. Totally there are about 1500 curses found, from which one third is written in latin and 309 from that amount were founf in Roman Britain. I focus on this countable group in my Diploma Thesis. Firstly I prefer the archaeological side of the artefact. The context is usually the only way to date and understand the curse tablet itself. I offer all the sites where information about them is given. We can talk also about the so called prayers for justice which are quite numerous in Britannia. They are of the same principle as curses, but they are not made for satisfied selfish ambitions. They ask gods for help. Most often they are made because of the robbery which has not been punished in the world of mortals, because the thief is not known or there are too many suspects.
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Curse Tablets and Magic in Ancient Greece
Śmiejová, Michaela ; Titz, Pavel (advisor) ; Fischerová, Sylva (referee)
The sense of this Bachelor's thesis is to approximate archaeological evidence of magical behavior in Ancient Greece, especially through the curse tablets which are both: archaeological and written source. Their occurence relates to magic acts of individuals and illustrate one of expressions of magical behavior in the Ancient Greek society. I set this phenomenon to wider context of ancient magic which has origins in Mesopotamia, but is very peculiar in antique world. I present particular finds from area of Athens, as a representative sample, where the tablets are found on all types of sites. Key words: Curse Tablets, Curse, Magic, Ancient Greece, Archaeology
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