Carved Words | Publication of the 2023 Conference Papers
Year: 2024
Type: other
Abstract: Inscribed words had a special effect in antiquity. The texts on curse tablets (defixiones) were mainly written on thin lead tablets with a pointed stylus. The act of writing had a symbolic meaning, which could be further emphasized by additional ritual manipulations such as folding, rolling, or piercing. Such manipulations in the craft of writing pervaded not only curse tablets but much of the literature of the New Testament world. The Mainz conference “Das geritzte Wort. Fluchtafeln und die...
DOI: 10.58079/12xxy
Author: Michael Hölscher
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6917631040
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