The Figural Representation of Victims on Agonistic Late-Antique Curse Tablets
The study of visual representations in curse tablets greatly helps us to interpret these rituals and the different technologies applied. The images act as complements to the texts and, as such, must be 'read' and interpreted as an integral part of the rite. The present article considers fi...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Mohr Siebeck
2021
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Religion in the Roman empire
Année: 2021, Volume: 7, Numéro: 1, Pages: 96-124 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Grèce antique (Antiquité)
/ Römisches Reich
/ Religion
/ Tablette de malédiction
/ Malédiction
/ Texte
/ Victime (Psychologie sociale)
/ Dessin
/ Rite
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Vie religieuse BE Religion gréco-romaine |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Curse Tablets
B performative drawings B figural representations B Iconography B Defixiones |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Résumé: | The study of visual representations in curse tablets greatly helps us to interpret these rituals and the different technologies applied. The images act as complements to the texts and, as such, must be 'read' and interpreted as an integral part of the rite. The present article considers figural representations as they appear in the context of aggressive magic, with a focus on representations of the victim, in order to better understand their role within the textual context. |
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| ISSN: | 2199-4471 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Religion in the Roman empire
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/rre-2021-0009 |