galba68 Posted November 11, 2024 · Member Posted November 11, 2024 20 lead curse tablets... https://ekklesiamag.wordpress.com/curse-tablets-and-our-understanding-of-the-ancient-world/ 13 1 2 1 1 1 Quote
AncientCoinnoisseur Posted November 11, 2024 · Member Posted November 11, 2024 Well, that’s unusual alright! First time I’ve heard about them! The only lead item I have is a sling shot with a lightning bolt on one side and an inscription on the other, but curse tablets??? Cool! 3 Quote
Deinomenid Posted November 11, 2024 · Supporter Posted November 11, 2024 The Bath, England, ones the article talks about are quite impressive. I'm fairly sure the teacher on my school trip there still regrets her idea of basing the following art class on "let's make our own Roman curse tablets out of clay". A rookie mistake and a class we greatly enjoyed... 2 1 Quote
Valentinian Posted November 11, 2024 · Member Posted November 11, 2024 29 minutes ago, galba68 said: 20 lead curse tablets... Do you have the lettering from any of them? Any translations? 1 Quote
Heliodromus Posted November 11, 2024 · Member Posted November 11, 2024 I'd have to unroll them to read the curses! 2 Quote
seth77 Posted November 11, 2024 · Member Posted November 11, 2024 I really hope technology will one day help read all these. 2 Quote
Ocatarinetabellatchitchix Posted November 11, 2024 · Member Posted November 11, 2024 Pretty cool collection. Here in Canada, we eat them for supper ! 7 1 3 Quote
galba68 Posted November 11, 2024 · Member Author Posted November 11, 2024 41 minutes ago, Valentinian said: Do you have the lettering from any of them? Any translations? Unrolling these lead tablets is not easy at all...I only tried once and gave up..I know many of you would be eager to see what was written, but it would probably take a long time to decipher the letters, so you have to leave it to the experts.. 4 Quote
ominus1 Posted November 12, 2024 · Patron Posted November 12, 2024 ...those are neat artifacts G68! 🙂 2 Quote
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted November 15, 2024 · Member Posted November 15, 2024 It appears that you've unearthed my FedEx and auction curse tablets 🫠. One or two might also involve floppy mailers. Sorry for my mess . Quote
wuntbedruv Posted November 15, 2024 · Member Posted November 15, 2024 (edited) On 11/11/2024 at 8:14 PM, galba68 said: 20 lead curse tablets... https://ekklesiamag.wordpress.com/curse-tablets-and-our-understanding-of-the-ancient-world/ Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of rolled up pieces of lead are not curse tablets. In Britain, such things are found on nets used for fishing or to trap wildfowl/rabbits as well as to weigh down ropes for fastening gates shut. Net weights like this are known from the Roman period onwards, while gate-weights tend to be more modern. I am not sure where you are based, but the same likely applies. I have personally unrolled many of these items and they also show no signs of inscription or writing upon them - which a curse tablet would have. Four of these lead rolls were found in medieval deposits in York, where they were interpreted as net-sinkers. There are doubtless others published in archaeological monographs. Still interesting objects, but the vast majority are not curse tablets. I am not sure if any of those you picture would turn out as such. Edited November 15, 2024 by wuntbedruv 1 Quote
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