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English
Noun
curse tablet (plural curse tablets)
- (historical) A stone tablet inscribed with a curse, as used in parts of the ancient Mediterranean to target someone with maleficent magic.
2010, Allan Zola Kronzek, Elizabeth Kronzek, The Sorcerer's Companion, 3rd edition, page 52:A simple curse tablet might be inscribed with the words “As this piece of lead grows cold, so will John Smith.”
2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, published 2018, page 65:Curse tablets persisted in their original Greek homeland, and spread out from it across much of the empire.
Translations
a tablet inscribed with a curse