Farmer Accidentally Digs Up An Ancient Artifact With A History That Leaves Archeologists Baffled

By Nidhi

The Defixio

In the initial years of 19th century, a group of archeologists was examining a place where a Roman temple of Nodens was situated and found a lead plaque which was a defixio or the, in other words, a cursed table. The writing on the table was in ancient Latin which was difficult for them to comprehend. What was written on it and whom did the curse refer to?