Text ID: 3547, Feature ID: 20050, Curse Tablet ID: 1880, 9001, Lamont (2023) - Blood and Ashes

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Ἑκάτη χθονία, Ἄ[ρ]τεμι χθονία, Ἑρμῆ χθόνιε, ἐπιφθόνησον Κηφισο- 
δότωι καὶ αὐ[τῶι] καὶ τ̣εῖ γυναικ[ὶ καὶ τ]ῶι̣ [- c.4- ]ίω̣[ι. Δ]ή̣σ̣ω τόγ γ’ ἐμὸν̣
ἐχθρὸν ἐν αἵμα̣[τ]ι̣ Κη̣[φισ]όδοτο̣[ν κ]α̣ὶ τὴ̣[ν γυναῖκ]α̣ καὶ κονίαισι
σὺμ πᾶσιν φθιμ̣[ένοι]ς̣. Ọ(ὐ)δ[έ σε λύσει πρώτ]η̣ πε̣ν̣θετηρίς.
Τοιο(ύ)τωι σ’ ἐγὼ δήσω̣ [δεσμῶι, ὦ Κηφισ]όδο̣[τ]ε, ὅσ̣περ κρ̣α̣τε- 
ρώτατόν ἐσ̣τ̣ι̣ν̣, γλώττει δὲ κυ̣νω̣τὸ̣ν̣ [ἐπε]\γ̣/ κ̣ρο(ύ)σω̣.

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Ἑκάτη χθονία, Ἄρτεμι χθονία, Ἑρμῆ χθόνιε, ἐπιφθόνησον Κηφισοδότωι καὶ αὐτῶι καὶ τεῖ γυναικὶ καὶ τῶι ίωι. Δήσω τόγ γ’ ἐμὸν ἐχθρὸν ἐν αἵματι̣ Κηφισόδοτον καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ κονίαισι σὺμ πᾶσιν φθιμένοις̣. Oὐδέ σε λύσει πρώτη πενθετηρίς.Τοιούτωι σ’ ἐγὼ δήσω δεσμῶι, ὦ Κηφισόδοτε, ὅσπερ κρατερώτατόν ἐστιν, γλώττει δὲ κυνωτὸν ἐπεγ κρούσω.
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Hekate Chthonia, Artemis Chthonia, Hermes Chthonios: envy Kephisodotos, both himself and his wife and his . . . I bind my enemy in blood, Kephisodotos and his wife, and ashes, with all the dead! Nor 
will the next four- year cycle release you. I bind you in such a bind, Kephisodotos, as strongly as possible, and upon [your] tongue a kynoton I strike in.

 
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