Decipher the curse of the snakehead 1600 years ago

A Spanish researcher has deciphered two 1,600-year-old curse, in which a curse directed at the senator and another curse is directed at the veterinarian.

Both curse describe a god, possibly Greek goddess Hekate, with snakes coming out of his hair, to attack the victims. Both curse contain Greek mantras similar to the mantras that were known to call Hekate.

Heckate god with his hair covered with poisonous snakes (Photo: Livescience)

Two curse, mainly written in Latin and written on thin pieces of lead, created by two different people at the end of the Roman Empire. They were discovered in 2009 at the Italian Archaeological Museum of Bolgna. Recently, researcher Celia Sánchez Natalías of Zaragoza University deciphered the curse and knew who the victim was.

Curse 'destroy, crush, kill, choke Porcello and his wife Maurilla. Souls, hearts, buttocks . ' targeting a victim named Porcello (Latin means pig). According to Celia Sánchez Natalías, Porcello may be a real name because Porcello may have killed someone's cattle. The Porecllo image on the lead plate contains a curse with two crossed arms like gods and has inscriptions on two arms. It is this characteristic that shows Porcello was bound by the gods.

Where the curse aimed at a Roman senator named Fistus, is also very frightening. In Roman history, the Senate in ancient Rome is a place of great power. This curse was written at the end of the Roman Empire, possibly because the Senate's influence was reduced by not being supported by the emperor, army, and imperial bureaucracy. Part of the curse wrote 'Crush, kill Senator Fistus. Fistus's body melted, weakened, collapsed and all limbs disappeared . '. However, Sánchez Natalías is still uncertain about the motive of this curse.

Reference: Livescience