History

Athens added a legal twist to this practice. in 317 to 307 BC Demetrios of Phaleron tightened funerary rules, so slipping defixiones into graves became risky; Athenians pivoted to tossing them into wells instead. a bathhouse well at kerameikos has yielded 30 lead tablets, many… https://t.co/JnLy4AL64M

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