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2 - Substance and Story

A Greengrocer and the Pharaoh at Antioch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2024

Laura Salah Nasrallah
Laura Salah Nasrallah
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Yale University, Connecticut
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The curse tablet comments on its own materiality or substance and on the aesthetics of lead, often characterized as cold and unprofitable. It reflects upon its drop location in a well. It uses the story of Exodus and the drowning of the Pharaoh’s chariot. Story and substance are the themes of this chapter. The curse against Babylas uses a fragment of scripture, set within a rhythmic text, to seek some sort of justice for the petitioner.

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Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses
Magic, Aesthetics, and Justice
 , pp. 90 - 127
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Substance and Story
  • Laura Salah Nasrallah, Yale University, Connecticut
  • Book: Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses
  • Online publication: 02 June 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009405782.005
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  • Substance and Story
  • Laura Salah Nasrallah, Yale University, Connecticut
  • Book: Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses
  • Online publication: 02 June 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009405782.005
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  • Substance and Story
  • Laura Salah Nasrallah, Yale University, Connecticut
  • Book: Ancient Christians and the Power of Curses
  • Online publication: 02 June 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009405782.005
Available formats
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