Aquatic Spaces as Contexts for Depositing defixiones in the Roman West

The aim of this paper is to focus on the deposition of curse tablets in aquatic spaces, such as rivers, seas, fountains, or wells. This broad context has been traditionally treated as if it was a straight forward, coherent and confined category that was wholly separate from the other contexts in whi...

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Main Author: Sánchez Natalías, Celia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2019]
In: Religion in the Roman empire
Year: 2019, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 456-467
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Roman Empire / Province / West / Bodies of water / Curse table
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
KBH Iberian Peninsula
Further subjects:B Curse Tablets
B magical-religious practices
B Ancient Magic
B aquatic spaces
B Defixiones
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