curse tablet
noun1
Historical A stone tablet inscribed with a curse, as used in parts of the ancient Mediterranean to target someone with maleficent magic.
- A simple curse tablet might be inscribed with the words “As this piece of lead grows cold, so will John Smith.”2010, Allan Zola Kronzek, Elizabeth Kronzek, The Sorcerer's Companion, 3rd edition, page 52:
- Curse tablets persisted in their original Greek homeland, and spread out from it across much of the empire.2017, Ronald Hutton, The Witch, Yale University Press, published 2018, page 65: