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Curse tablet found in Roman-era grave in France targets enemies by invoking Mars
- ggm 2y agoIn contrast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_curse_tablets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_curse_tablets are more like votive offerings made to the gods, at a hot spring.
- noneeeed 2y agoI was just writing about these when I saw your comment. The museum at the Roman Baths has some of these on display. If you visit Bath and are interested in history* then the Baths are well worth a visit. The whole site is rather larger than it appears on the surface. * Tbh, if you are are not interested in history (or architecture) you are probably not visiting Bath.
- bloomingkales 2y agoThere’s this weird guy who is powerful and utterly obsessed with the planet Mars. /tinfoil hat
- 50208 2y agoI was thinking the same thing ... this dead person might be new nom for NASA director?
- chairmansteve 2y agoCheck this out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mars:_A_Technical_Tale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mars:_A_Technical_Tale A novel written by Werner Von Braun. Set on Mars. The ruler of Mars is "The Elon".
- e900542 2y agoI can add it to my book collection next to the necronomicon
- someothherguyy 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_tablet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_tablet
- duxup 2y agoI wonder how likely it is that these individuals wrote the curse themselves or if someone provided that as a service.
- kjkjadksj 2y agoAnd if they did, I wonder if it was a one time license or curse as a service with regular updates
- Mistletoe 2y agoCurse as a service is just what we call modern subscription-based computing.
- duxup 2y agoSocial media…. with curses directed right at you ;)
- aomurphy 2y agoPretty likely! You can often see ones that follow the same format in the same hand, but with different names subbed in. Presumably some people went to a specialist who then followed mostly the same format varying for your own needs (a bit like a lawyer today?). It's unclear what the proportion was, maybe there were lots of people who figured DIY was good enough. I learned this in a college course, Wiki seems to cite a few sources for this as well, but they're all a bit old. Not sure what the latest research is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_tablet#CITEREFGager1992 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_tablet#CITEREFGager1992
- gunian 2y agoi will try to curse me to see if negatives cancel out and i escape eugenics
- Bayart 2y agoThe full tentative transcription, from the original article in French: ib r…mi [m]arte rigisamu | a]nmantigIu Se uiron bnanon uanderonado brixton sod-esti Cisin…piSSlon atlon atemiston Etic se-uiron banon canti piSSiantas Sollebne(m), Marulliam, Sulpici(i), Claudia(m), Marulliam g., Curiatiu(m), Mat|(e)rno(n), Tiberium, Cantognati, Sulpici(i), (B)regesia, Regina Italica pri(uata) Sulpici(i), Regina Regina, Regina dona Tibe(rius), [..]ix, Ateporigis, Lecti, (Se)gouisu(m)