Research Article

A Late Antique Flask from Side with a Curse Inscription

Volume: 5 January 15, 2008
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A Late Antique Flask from Side with a Curse Inscription

Abstract

A Late Antique Flask from Side with a Curse Inscription

Excavations in the eastern colonnaded street in Side in 2002 unearthed the fragments of a clay flask, which after restoration revealed unusual inscriptions and de­coration. It was found in fill dirt, and thus difficult to determine its primary archaeological context, but based on its inscriptions it is datable to A.D. around 6th century. Both words and image comprise a defixio against thieves, threatening the perpetrator with death, and eternal torment of his soul in the claws of the Devil. This defixio was possibly made on request, most likely by a magician with a better knowledge of magical practices that the average person and its purpose were to protect the owner, probably in his travels.

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Authors

Anthousa Papagiannaki This is me

Publication Date

January 15, 2008

Submission Date

November 11, 2007

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Year 2008 Volume: 5

APA
Onur, F., & Papagiannaki, A. (2008). A Late Antique Flask from Side with a Curse Inscription. Gephyra, 5, 147-160. https://izlik.org/JA63RE47WN
AMA
1.Onur F, Papagiannaki A. A Late Antique Flask from Side with a Curse Inscription. GEPHYRA. 2008;5:147-160. https://izlik.org/JA63RE47WN
Chicago
Onur, Fatih, and Anthousa Papagiannaki. 2008. “A Late Antique Flask from Side With a Curse Inscription”. Gephyra 5 (January): 147-60. https://izlik.org/JA63RE47WN.
EndNote
Onur F, Papagiannaki A (January 1, 2008) A Late Antique Flask from Side with a Curse Inscription. Gephyra 5 147–160.
IEEE
[1]F. Onur and A. Papagiannaki, “A Late Antique Flask from Side with a Curse Inscription”, GEPHYRA, vol. 5, pp. 147–160, Jan. 2008, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA63RE47WN
ISNAD
Onur, Fatih - Papagiannaki, Anthousa. “A Late Antique Flask from Side With a Curse Inscription”. Gephyra 5 (January 1, 2008): 147-160. https://izlik.org/JA63RE47WN.
JAMA
1.Onur F, Papagiannaki A. A Late Antique Flask from Side with a Curse Inscription. GEPHYRA. 2008;5:147–160.
MLA
Onur, Fatih, and Anthousa Papagiannaki. “A Late Antique Flask from Side With a Curse Inscription”. Gephyra, vol. 5, Jan. 2008, pp. 147-60, https://izlik.org/JA63RE47WN.
Vancouver
1.Fatih Onur, Anthousa Papagiannaki. A Late Antique Flask from Side with a Curse Inscription. GEPHYRA [Internet]. 2008 Jan. 1;5:147-60. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA63RE47WN