Jul 1, 2024
Poor Antonius; not only were you cursed by some ancient Roman, but they gave you a big bulbous bald head and weasely little arms.
This is what delights me today, when not much else has. This is a lead curse tablet (lamella) found at the Baths of Diocletian. Thousands of these tablets have been found across the Mediterranean and even Britain from the Roman period. They’re one of a small category of tangible evidence that magic was widely practiced.