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Circus curses and their archaeological contexts*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2015

Florent Heintz*
Affiliation:
Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Abstract

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Type
Archaeological Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Journal of Roman Archaeology L.L.C. 1998

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Footnotes

*

This paper is based on a talk delivered at the AIA Annual Meeting in Chicago, December 1997. It is part of a larger research project for a doctoral dissertation entitled Magic in the late antique circus. I am very grateful to D. Jordan for information concerning unpublished material. All dates are A.D.

Frequently cited sources:

Audollent 1904 AudollentA., Defixionum tabellae (Paris1904) (listed by numbers).

Gager 1992 GagerJ. G., Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world (New York1992).

Humphrey 1986 HumphreyJ. H., Roman circuses. Arenas for chariot racing (London and Berkeley1986).

Jordan 1985 JordanD. R., “Circus curses and their archaeological contexts*,” GRBS26 (1985) 151-97.

PGM Papyri graecae magicae. Die griechischen Zauberpapyri, 2 vols., ed. K. Preisendanz, 2nd ed. A. Henrichs (Stuttgart 1973).

References

* This paper is based on a talk delivered at the AIA Annual Meeting in Chicago, December 1997. It is part of a larger research project for a doctoral dissertation entitled Magic in the late antique circus. I am very grateful to D. Jordan for information concerning unpublished material. All dates are A.D.

Frequently cited sources:

Audollent 1904 Audollent, A., Defixionum tabellae (Paris 1904)Google Scholar (listed by numbers).

Gager 1992 Gager, J. G., Curse tablets and binding spells from the ancient world (New York 1992)Google Scholar.

Humphrey 1986 Humphrey, J. H., Roman circuses. Arenas for chariot racing (London and Berkeley 1986)Google Scholar.

Jordan 1985 Jordan, D. R., “A survey of Greek defixiones not included in the special corpora,” GRBS 26 (1985) 151-97Google Scholar.

PGM Papyri graecae magicae. Die griechischen Zauberpapyri, 2 vols., ed. K. Preisendanz, 2nd ed. A. Henrichs (Stuttgart 1973).