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Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis

Vol. 59 (2023)
Articles

A Protecting Curse

Published:
September 1, 2023
DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.22315/ACD/2023/9
Author
György Németh
Keywords
maskelli logos magic gem Budapest papyrus Silver phylactery
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Németh, G. (2023). A Protecting Curse. Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, 59, 125–129. https://doi.org/10.22315/ACD/2023/9
Abstract

The maskelli maskello spell was mostly used to increase the effectiveness of curses on curse tablets and in recipes of magic papyri. Curiously, the incantation appears in the texts of three amulets, one of them on a magic gem preserved in Leiden.