Materia Magica: The Archaeology of Magic in Roman Egypt, Cyprus, and Spain

Index

327 Index Aaron, son of Tkouikira, 153 Abydos, Egypt, 99n7 Acrocorinth, Greece, 214–15 Acts of the Apostles (Paul, the Apostle), 176 Adonai, 190 Agios Tychonas, Cyprus, 170, 175, 177, 179, 183 agricultural produce protection of, 163 theft of, 96–98, 126 Agrippa, Marcus Vispanius 23 Akamatis, I. M., 241 Akanthos, Thrace, 243 Alexandros (commissioner of curse tablets) 201, 210, 211, 212 Almagro Basch, Martin, 222, 223, 224, 226, 227 Almagro Gorbea, Martin, 222 altars, small, 87 Amathous, Cyprus, 9, 169–218, 255, 257, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266 archaeological context of tablets, 175, 177–84 Aupert and Jordan (1994), tablet from Amathous , 194–96 BM 1889,10-15.14A, 178 BM 1891,4-18.1 = CT 45 =DT 22 = Mitford 127, 170–72, 188–91, 196, 201, Pl. 20 BM 1891,4-18.3 = DT 24 = Mitford 129, 191–92 BM 1891,4-18.4 = DT 25 = Mitford 130, 192, 201, 210 BM 1891,4-18.5 = DT 26 = Mitford 131, 201, 211 BM 1891,4-18.6 = DT 27 = Mitford 132, 188, 198, 211 BM 1891,4-18.7 = DT 28 = Mitford 133, 196, 197 BM 1891,4-18.8 = DT 29 = Mitford 134, 210 BM 1891,4-18.10 = DT 31 = Mitford 136, 210 BM 1891,4-18.11 = DT 32 = Mitford 137, 192, 195, 201 BM 1891,4-18.15 = DT 35 = Mitford 140, 197 BM 1891,4-18.16 = DT 36 = Mitford 141, 192–93 BM 1891,4-18.17 = DT 37 = Mitford 142, 201 BM 1891,4-18.50 (A+B) + BM 1891,418 .59(47) + Collection Froehner inv. 9, 196–200 = NGD 115, 210 BM 1891,4-18.58, Pl. 22 BM 1891,4-18.59(1), 182, 185, Pl. 21 BM 1891,4-18.59(33), 178 dating of tablets, 172 excavation of, 174–75, 217 findspots of tablets, 178–83, 184n47, 209, 217, 258 historical background, 174–75 judicial disputes, 190, 192, 198, 210, 211–12, 216 local adaptation of rituals, 214 material evidence of tablets, 184–87 model text (Vorlage) from spell manuals, 169, 188, 194, 265 practitioners at, 200–209 provenance of tablets, 178–79 resistance to provincial authority, 210–12, 246 social context of tablets, 209–18 328 Index Amathous, Cyprus (continued) tablets, 170–73, 177–200, 209–19, Pl. 20, Pl. 21, Pl. 22 texts of tablets, 187–200 Amennakhte (scribe), 60n12 Amphiarios (god), 199 Ampurias, Spain. See Empúries, Spain amulets, 19, 24, 39, 65, 66, 150, 268 child’s, 130–31 fever (P.Mich. XVIII 768), 109–17, 162, 263, Pl. 7 use of, 48–49, 131 analogy, persuasive, 238 animals magic against, 158 protection of, 157, 159 Anna Perenna (goddess), 91 See also Fountain of Anna Perenna, Rome, Italy Antigonos Monophthalmos, 247 Antinoopolis, 29n64, 257 Antinoüs, 29n64, 257 Antonine plague, 282n18 Aphis (god), 269 Aphrodite (goddess), 135, 175, 199, 209 Apolinarius Niger, Gaius, 103n17 Apology 1.3 (Apulieus), 20, 23, 56, 88 apples, throwing of, 99n7 Apulieus (Lucius Apulieus) Apology 1.3, 20, 23, 56, 88 Metamorphosis, 24, 95 archangels, 110, 110n35, 269 Ares (god), 29, 30, 48, 80 Arignotus (fictional character), 265 Aristarchus (associate of Paul, the Apostle), 24 Ariston (victim of curse tablet), 171–72, 188, 196, 198 Artemidoros (Roman physician), 248 Artemidoros, son of Timo, 196, 198 Artemidoros Melasios, son of Gaterana, 196, 198 Artemion (revolutionary), 174 Artemis Hekate (goddess), 31 artifacts, magical, 8–9, 13, 19–20, 165 archaeological context of, 10, 13, 30, 49–50, 93–94, 136, 138–39, 160–69, 255–60 burial of, 30, 40, 42, 49–50 commoditization of, 39, 267 deposition of, 36–37, 39, 40–53, 90, 93, 113, 119, 132, 138–39, 140, 160, 238–46, 252, 259, 269, 271 discarding of/loss of, 49, 140 distribution of, 265, 267–68 findspots of, 31, 40–53, 104, 130, 138–39, 162, 178–79, 271 forgeries of, 161 hiding of, 21, 49–50 identification of, 22, 34, 161, 162, 166, 169– 70, 255 inscribed, 26, 65–74 life-histories of, 34–40, 83, 255 mundane, 138 object-specific inquiry into, 35, 41 organic (plants, animals and natural ingredients ), 10, 26, 42, 50, 55, 57, 83–89 physical forms of, 73–74, 184–87 provenance of, 257 termination of, 39–40 weird, 56, 57, 87–88, 98, 100–102, 160, 256 writing on, 65–73, 192 Assiut, Egypt, 135–36 astrology, 23 Athenian Agora, 89, 92, 180, 182 Athenian Kerameikos, 66, 240, 242–43 Atomus (magician), 176 Audollent, Auguste Marie Henri, 1...