Text ID: 2455, Feature ID: 14032, Curse ID: 1749, Jordan (2022) – Curse Tablets

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      κυρίαι νύμ- 
      φαι, κολάσα- 
      σθε [τ]ὴν ἀσέ- 
      βε[ι]α̣[ν]· 
5    κ[υρίαι] νύμφαι, ἀνα– 
      τίθω ὑμῖν Αἰγ〈λα〉ίαν 
      τὴν Γλύκωνος ἀδελ- 
      φήν, Νεικησίου δὲ θυ- 
      γατέρα, ἐπὶ κατεργασί- 
10  αν δι᾽ ὑμῶν τῶν ὧ̣δ̣ε̣ ·
      δαπανάτω δαπάνη, 
      θοπ[ία] αὐτῆς, ἡ δύναμ[ις], 
      σῶμα αὐτῆς, Σ̣Υ̣- - - - - 
      αὐτῆς, ἡ εἴ[σοδος ἢ] ἔξοδο〈ς〉 
15  αὐτῆς, ἡ ὅρασις αὐτῆς,
      πάντα τὰ μέλη αὐ- 
      τῆς τοῦ σώματος· 
      ἀνατίθημι αὐτὴν [ἐ]- 
      πὶ κατεργασίαν ΚΑ̣ . Α 
20  Π- - - δικάζ̣[έσ]τω ἀ̣[σε]- 
      β̣οῦ δαπάνης̣ - - - - 
      - - -λη


6 ΑΙΓΑΛΙΑ tab. ‖ 2–3 κολάσασθε = κολάσασθαι ‖ 11 δαπανάτω:
for δαπανάσθω; the scribe began writing ΔΑΠΑΝΑΤΑ- (plural
δαπανᾶται = δαπανᾶτε), then changed his mind and wrote
δαπανάτω ‖ 12 θοπ[ία] (= nom. θωπεία), rather than θοπ[ὸς]
(= gen. θωπός) ‖ 13 σ̣ύ̣[νεσις](?) ‖ 20 δικαζ[έσ]τω (= -σθω) ‖ 20–21
ἀ[σε]βοῦ (= -βοῦς) ‖ 21–22 [Αἰγαλία ἡ ἁμαρτω]λή(?)

translation
Lady Nymphs, punish the impiety! Lady Nymphs, I hand over to you Aigalia
the sister of Glykon, the daughter of Nikesias, so that she is destroyed (10)
by you, who are here. Let her extravagance, flattery, strength, her body, her
(. . .), her coming and going, her vision, all her limbs be destroyed. I hand
over to you, so that you deal with her (. . .). Let [her] be condemned of
impious extravagance . . .
 
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