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SUPPLEMENTUM AUDOLLENTIANUM

ZARAGOZA- BUDAPEST- DEBRECEN

2013

HUNGARIAN POLIS STUDIES Nr. 20


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ontentsAcknowledgements..............................................................................................3Bibliography..........................................................................................................5

Thematic bibliography of Auguste Audollent:.....................................5Other references:......................................................................................Abbre!iations.........................................................................................."3

". #ntroduction: About the genesis and the purpose of this book....... ......"5$. Audollent and the defi%iones......................................................................."&3. The archi!al be'uest of Audollent..............................................................$3

3.". (efi%iones in the )us*e Bargoin..................................................$5+. Charakt,res.....................................................................................................3&

+.". Territorial distribution of charakt,res..............................................+"+.$. -resent location of the tablets............................................................+3+.3 The Audollent archi!e in Clermont/errand.....................................+5+.+. The sur!i!ing drawings........................................................................+0+.5. The position of charakt,res in the te%t of defi%iones.....................+1

5. #conographical problems..............................................................................5"5.". Audollent2s demons..............................................................................5"

5.".". o!e 4pell of Attraction...............................................................5$5.".$. Curses of Obscure -urpose..........................................................535.".3. ladiators and 6enatores............................................................55

5.".+. Circus..............................................................................................55.$. The snakeheaded demon....................................................................75.3. The horseheaded demon....................................................................55.+. The lionheaded demon.......................................................................1

5.+.". Tabula ansata.................................................................................&3. Te%ts in bo%es.................................................................................................&1&. Catalogue of drawings and photos..............................................................05

reece.............................................................................................................05#taly 89ome...................................................................................................0Africa 8Tunisia.............................................................................................13

#mages................................................................................................................"$"#mages of the Catalogue............................................................................"$$Other images...............................................................................................$35

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BibliographyThematic bibliography of Auguste Audollent:AJ(OG=T> A. 8"17": Carthage Romaine, 146 av. J.-C. 698 ap. J.-C. /ontemoing>

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AJ(OG=T> A. 8"17$a: =ote sur une nou!elle Ktabella de!otionisL trou!*eM 4ousse. BCTH> +"&H+$5.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"17$b: Tablettes magi'ues. #n: AJC@G9> -. H OJ6GT> G. HA==GDO> .: Muses !e "ousse. -aris> 0+05.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"173: K(e!otioL ou K(efi%ioLN M#anges Boissier> -aris>

3&H+3.AJ(OG=T> A. 8"17+: $e%i&ionum ta'e##ae (uot(uot innotuerunt tam in )rae*is

+rientis, (uam in totius +**i!entis parti'us propter tti*as, inCorpore ns*riptionum tti*arum e!itas. /ontemoing> -aris.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"175a: ecture de deu% tabellae defi%ionis trou!*es M4ousse. BCTH> C##HC###.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"175b: es tabellae defi%ionum d2Afri'ue. BCTH> +33H+++.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"17: 9apport sur des Ktabellae defi%ionumL r*cemmentd*cou!ertes M 4ousse. BCTH> 3&0H30&.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"170a: 9apport sur des Ktabellae defi%ionumL r*cemmentd*cou!ertes M 4ousse. 84uite. BCTH> 3H$".

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"170b: 9apport sur deu% fragments de lamelles de plomba!ec inscription d*cou!ertes M 4ousse. BCTH> $17H$1.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"171: A propos de la langue des Ktabellae defi%ionumL. R>3H30.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"1"7a: (eu% nou!elles defi%iones de Tunisie. BCTH>"3&H"+0.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"1"7b: Bandeau de plomb a!ec inscription trou!* a aPdra8Tunisie. M#anges o%%erts / mi#e Ch0te#ain> -aris> 5+5H55.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"1"$: /ragment d2inscription sur lamelle de plomb trou!*eM 4oukelAbiod 8Tunisie. BCTH> 35H350.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"1"3: 4ur une Ktabella defi%ionisL de )entana. R> 35>+51H+7.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"1$$: Jne nou!elle tabella defi%ionis de Tunisie. BCTH>0&H1".

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"1$5: es tablettes de plomb d*cou!ertes M Carthage. BCTH>CHC#.

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AJ(OG=T> A. 8"137a: =ote sur une pla'uette magi'ue de Carthage. CR>37> 373H371.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"137b: (eu% tabellae defi%ionum trou!*es dans la /ontaineau% mille amphores. Revue !e #histoire !es re#igions> C##.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"137c: Jne nou!elle tabella defi%ionis africaine. M#anges2au# Thomas. Re*uei# !e mmoires *on*ernant #a phi#o#ogie *#assi(ue!!i / 2au# Thomas> ent> "H$0.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"133a: es inscriptions de la K/ontaine au% milleamphoresL M Carthage. G%trait du Cin(ui3me Congr3snternationa# !r*ho#ogie> Alger 8"+H" A!ril "137> Alger>"$7H"+7.

AJ(OG=T

> A. 8"133b: Quel'ues aspects e%t*rieurs des tabellaedefi%ionum. M#anges o%%erts / M. i*o#as orga> -aris> 3"H31.

AJ(OG=T> A. 8"15": (ouble inscription prophylactice contre la gr,le> surune croi% de plomb trou!*e en Tunisie. Mmoires !e #nstitutationa# !e 5ran*e, *a!mie !es ns*riptions et Be##es-ettres > +3>+5H&5.

Other references:A6G#=O> /. ). 8"0+5H"0+: =otiEia di una iscriEione in lamina di piombo.

Bu##etino ar*heo#ogi*o napo#etano> +> -l. #. 3.

A6G#=O> /. ). 8"0+0: =otiEia di una iscriEione in lamina di piombo.Bu##etino ar*heo#ogi*o napo#etano> > 01H17.

A69A)> A. H C#9#AC> C. H #O=G)ATG#> #. 8$77&: (efi%iones d2#stros. BCH> "3">303H+$7.

BGTD> . (. 8ed. 8"10: The )ree7 Magi*a# 2apri in Trans#ation.ChicagoHondon.

BG6#ACQJA> . 8$773: e ninfe Gphydriades nelle 4ethianorum tabellae di9oma. #n: ADDA9#=#> ). . H O)BA9(#> -. 8ed d.: ta#ia *entro

meri!iona#e tra repu''#i*a e primo impero a#*uni aspetti *u#tura#i eistitu:iona#i giornata !i stu!io, Roma, 1; !i*em're n repertorio !i oggetti is*ritti!e##a magia gre*o-romana. 9oma.

BG6#ACQJA> . 8$7"$a: #. +++5. 4ethianorum tabellae. #n: /9#G9#> 9. H9A=#=O CGCG9G> ). . H 9GO9#> ian . . 8edd.: Terme !i$io*#e:iano. a *o##e:ione epigra%i*a. 9oma> 7$H73.

BG6#ACQJA> . 8$7"$b: #> ++. (efi%io greca contro gli aurighi dalla !iaAppia. #n: /9#G9#> 9. H 9A=#=OCGCG9G> ). . H 9GO9#> ian . .


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BG6#ACQJA> . 8$7"$c: #> +5. (efi%io greca contro @ardelos dalla !iaAppia. #n: /9#G9#> 9. H 9A=#=OCGCG9G> ). . H 9GO9#> ian . .8edd.: Terme !i $io*#e:iano. a *o##e:ione epigra%i*a. 9oma>7&H"7.

BR=4(O9/> S. 8$7"7: The Te%ts from the 5ons nnae 2erennae. #n: O9(O=> 9. H4#)=> /. ). 8edd.: Magi*a# 2ra*ti*e in the atin ?est 2apers %romthe nternationa# Con%eren*e he#! at the >niversit o% @arago:a, ;=."ept. 1. +*t. $"5H$++.

BO)A9T> A. 8$7"3: 9eligion ou magieN es te%tes oubli*s sur l2e!ocatio etla de!otio 9omaines. 4JU9GD(GATO99G> G. H -?9GDS#)?=GD> A. 8edd.:Mito Magia en )re*ia Roma. Barcelona> $15.

BO==G9> C. 8"157: "tu!ies in Magi*a# mu#ets Chie%# )rae*o-gptian > AnnArbor.

B9AC@)A==> 4. 8$7"": Gin 6oti!tVfelchen mit einer ungewWhnlichenXeihinschrift fYr Deus. @2"&0> $$"H$$$.

B9O(G94G=> @. 8$77$: /rauen und )Vnner auf griechischen /luchtafeln. #n:J/> C. H 9O#=G9> 9. 8edd.: )es*h#e*hter 5rauen 5rem!e thnienin anti7er thnographie. Theorie un! Rea#itt. #nnsbruck> +05H+1+.

B9O(G94G=> @. H @9O--> A. 8$77+: 5#u*hta%e#n. eue 5un!e un! neue $eutungen:um anti7en "*ha!en:au'er./rankfurt am )ain.

CA=AT> 9. . 6. 8"011: Muse avigerie !e "aint-ouis !e Carthage. Co##e*tions!es 23res-B#an*s. -aris.

CA=AT> 9. 8"173: es tablettes magi'ues d2adrum$5H$+.

CA=AT> 9. 8"17+: 9apport. Bu##etin !e #a "o*it ationa#e !es nti(uaires !e5ran*e> $3"H$3$.

CA9TO=> . 8"17: es %oui##es !#-enissia Dpr3s "ousseE. -aris.

CO--A9(> . H A==GDO> . 8"013: =ou!elles d*cou!ertes dans la =*cropoleromaine d2adrum +> 3"+H3"1.

CO#=4> (. 8$770: Magi* in the n*ient )ree7 ?or#!. Blackwell>)aldenHO%ford.

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COJ(9AZ (G BA=C[9G> 9.). de H AJC@G9> -. 8"01&: Cata#ogue !u Muse#aoui> -aris.

CJ)O=T> /. 8"1"3: Jne figurine grec'ue d2en!o\tement. #n: CR> 5&>+"$H+$".

(A=#G> 9. X. H )ATO)#=#> /. 8"11$: "upp#ementum magi*um. 6ol. ##. Opladen.

(GATT9G> 9. -. 8"013: #nscriptions de Carthage $5. Re*uei# !e noti*es etmmoires !e #a "o*it ar*ho#ogi(ue !e #a provin*e !e Constantine >30> "+H"5.

(GATT9G> 9. -. 8"011: Muse avigerie !e "aint ouis !e Carthage. -aris.

(#C@#G> ). X. 8$777: Xho practised lo!emagic in classical anti'uity andin the late 9oman worldN CF> 57I$> 53H503.

(#G4> A. 8"153: =otice sur la !ie et les tra!au% de ). Auguste Audollent.CR> 1&> 33+H357.

(J-O=T/G99#G9> . 8"1+3: G]loge funebre de ). Auguste Audollent> membrelibre de l2Acade]mie. CR> 0&> "1+H"10.

/AB9G> G. 8$7"7: Auguste Audollent 8"0+H"1+3: r*ho#ogue, pigraphiste,historien. )aster ##> Clermont/errand. 8)anuscript

/A9AO=G> C. 8"11": Binding and Burying the /orces of G!il: The (efensi!eJse of K6oodoo (ollsL in Ancient reece. C#assi*a# nti(uit> "7>"5H$75_ $7&H$$7.

/G99O=> S. 8"1&: a tabella defi%ionis puni'ue de Carthage. @eits*hri%t !er!euts*hen morgen#n!is*hen )ese##s*ha%t> ""&> $"5H$$$.

/O44J)> S. H ADG9> B. 8"11+: 4eth in the )agical Te%ts> @2> "77> 0H1$.

/9#G9#> 9. H 9A=#=O CGCG9G> ). . H 9GO9#> . . 8edd. 8$7"$: Terme !i$io*#e:iano. a *o##e:ione epigra%i*a. 9oma.

AG9> S. . 8"11$: Curse Ta'#ets an! Bin!ing "pe##s %rom the n*ient ?or#! .O%ford.

AJC@G9> -. 8"015: (*cou!ertes arch*ologi'ues en Tunisie. Mmoires !e #a"o*it !es nti(uaires> 5> 03H"7.

AJC@G9> -. 8"17+: Annonce. BCTH> CC#6HCC6.

AJC@G9> -. H OJ6GT> G. H A==GDO> . 8"17$: Muses et *o##e*tionsar*ho#ogi(ues !e ##grie et !e #a Tunisie. Muses !e "ousse. -aris.

#A==OB#G> 4. H SO9(A=> (. 8$77: A lead phylactery from Colle san Basilio.)RB"> +> &3H0.

OGT4CZ> -. . 8"01+: /ouilles arch*ologi'ues e%*cut*es en mai "01+ dansla r*gion d2aydra 8Tunisie. Re*uei# !e noti*es et mmoires !e #a"o*it ar*ho#ogi(ue !e #a provin*e !e Constantine> 31> 5H50.

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O9(O=> 9. 8$775: Competence and 2/elicity Conditions2 in two 4ets of=orth African CurseTablets 8(TAud nos. $&505_ $0H10.MHH> 5> "H0.

O9(O=> 9. H 4#)=> /. ). 8edd. 8$7"7: Magi*a# 2ra*ti*e in the atin ?est2apers %rom the nternationa# Con%eren*e he#! at the >niversit o%@arago:a, ;=. "ept. 1. +*t. 9. 8$7"": "igna nova et inau!ita: The theory and practice ofin!ented signs 8*hara7tGres in raecoGgyptian magical te%ts.MHH> ""> "5H++.

9G=#G9> A. 8"175: =ou!elles tabellae defi%ionis de 4ousse trou!*es dansles fouilles de la n*cropole: )us*e du Bardo. M5R> 55H$.

9O)A==> A. 8"133: . A. Xinkler> 4iegel und Charaktere.r*hiv +rienta#n5> 3""H3"5.

GTTJA> A. 8"115: Gpigraphical aughter. #n: SVkel> 4. H Timonen> A.8edd.: aughter !oIn the *enturies> !ol. $. Turku> "+5H"51.

G=DG=> . 8"0: #scriEioni =apoletane. Bu##etino !e## nstituto !i*orrispon!en:a ar*heo#ogi*a> $+&H$53.

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SGA==G9GT> ). 8"1"0: a #angue !es ta'#ettes !e&*ration #atines. -aris.

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SO9(A=> (. 9. 8"1&&: A host=ame G. @2> $+> "+&H"+1.

SO9(A=> (. 9. 8"105: A 4ur!ey of reek (efi%iones =ot #ncluded in the4pecial Corpora. )RB"> $> "5"H"1&.

SO9(A=> (. 9. 8"11+: )agica raeca -ar!ula. @2> "77> 3$3H3$+

SO9(A=> (. 9. 8$777: j . u#imene> "> "$&H"3".SO9(A=> (. 9. 8$773: K9emedium amorisL> a Curse from Cumae. Mnemosne>

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@U@O4Z> . 8"1&0: giptomi s anti7 *si##aghit.Budapest.

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@U@O4Z. . 8"110: A =aos with a (ecanAtum in Cairo. *ta nt. Hung. 30>"05H"17.

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@=AJ44> /. 4. 8ed. 8$7"$: $ie unster'#i*hen )tter )rie*hen#an!s.indenbergin Allgau.

@OTA=4@Z> 9. 8"11+: )ree7 Magi*a# mu#ets. The ns*ri'e! )o#!, "i#ver, Copperan! Bron:e amellae. 2art . 2u'#ishe! Te&ts o% noIn 2rovenan*e.Opladen.

@9O--> A. 8$770: Magis*he "pra*hverIen!ung in vu#gar#ateinis*hen 5#u*hta%e#n8defi%iones. TYbingen.

A)BG9T> -.Z. 8$7"7: Celtic oricae And Ancient )agical Charms. #n:O9(O=> 9. H 4#)=> /. ). 8edd.: Magi*a# 2ra*ti*e in the atin ?est2apers %rom the nternationa# Con%eren*e he#! at the >niversit o%@arago:a, ;=. "ept. 1. +*t. $1H+0.

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> ). 8"177: Gine punische tabella de!otionisq. phemeris %Krsemitis*he pigraphi7> "> $H3+.

#GTD)A==> . 8"13+: Gin nostiker in der =o!atianuskatakombe. Rivista !ir*heo#ogia Cristiana""> 351H3$.

)A=DGA> #. (i 4tefano 8ed. 8"11&: e is*ri:ioni !ei Cristiani in Lati*ano.Materia#i e *ontri'uti s*ienti%i*i per una mostra epigra%i*a,ns*riptiones "an*tae "e!is$_ CittM del 6aticano.

)A9T#=> ). 8$7"7: "ois mau!it Ma#!i*tions et envoNtements !ans #nti(uit.-aris.

)A4T9OC#=QJG> A. 8$775a: 5rom JeIish Magi* to )nosti*ism. TYbingen.)A4T9OC#=QJG> A. 8$775b: e Kdefi%ionesL di -orta 4an 4ebastiano. MHH>5> +551.

)A4T9OC#=QJG> A. 8$7"$: A magical name: ome#anpharo7: e who wears ablack mantle. MHH> "$> $01H$17.

)G9@GBAC> 9. 8"11:'rasa&. usgeIh#te 2apri re#igisen un! magis*hennha#ts 4. &or:ismen un! OK!is*hP*hrist#i*h 'eein%#usste Te&te.Opladen.

)G9#=> A. 8"170: ettre. BCTH> c%c!i.

)G9#=> A. 8"137: Jne lamelle plomb trou!*e M Carthage.CR> 37> 33H35.)#CG> 4. 8$77+: $ie magis*hen )emmen.Berlin.

=?)GT> y. 8$7"": 4e'uences of charakteres in some circus defi%iones inatin from adrumetum.C$> +&> 15H""7.

=?)GT> y. 8$7"$a: Audollentiana.C$> +0> "+"H"+&.

=?)GT> y. 8$7"$b: The snakeheaded demon. MHH> "$> "31H"5.

=?)GT> y. 8$7"$c: #l demone e es Cristo . n /9#G9#> 9osanna H 9A=#=OCGCG9G> )aria raEia H 9GO9#> ian uca 8eds. Terme !i$io*#e:iano a *o##e:ione epigra%i*a. )ilano> "1.

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=?)GT> y. 8$7"3: The horsehead demon. "##oge pigraphi*aBar*inonensis D"Bar*E> ""> &H$&.

O(G=> (. 8$77$: Magi*, ?it*h*ra%t, an! )hosts in the )ree7 an! Roman ?or#!s. "our*e'oo7. O%ford> $"0.

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4U=CGD =ATAA4> C. 8$7""b: The Bologna !e%i&ioDnesE 9e!isited> @2> "&1>$7"H$"&.

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4)#T> . A. 8$77+: The )yth of the 6aginal 4oul. )RB"> ++> "11H$$5.

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4TAG(G9> G: 8"13: (as K4pottkruEifi%L !om -alatin: ein 6oti!bildNTheo#ogis*he Fuarta#s*hri%t> ""&> $53$7.

TO)#=> 4. O. 8$77&: 29emain ike 4tones> Jnmo!ing> Jnrunning2:

Another reek 4pell Against Competitors in a /ootrace. @2>"7> ""H".

TO)#=> 9. 8$7"7: Cursing a Thief in #beria and Britain. #n: O9(O=> 9. H4#)=> /. ). 8edd.: Magi*a# 2ra*ti*e in the atin ?est 2apers %romthe nternationa# Con%eren*e he#! at the >niversit o% @arago:a, ;=."ept. 1. +*t. $+5H$&3.

T9G)G> S. 8$77+: Magi*a agonisti*a. 5#u*hta%e#n im anti7en "port. =ikephorosBeihefte "7. ildesheim.

6G94=G> . 4. 8"10&: es imprecations et le droit. RH$5> 5> 5H$$.

6G94=G> . 4. 8"11": Beyond Cursing: The Appeal to Sustice in Sudicial-rayers. /A9AO=G> C. H OBB#=@> (. 8edd.: Magi*a Hiera. O%ford>7H"7.

6#G/O44G> A. *ron de 8"17": Tablettes de plomb 8tabulae e%ecrationum.Bu##etin !e #a "o*it ationa#e !es nti(uaires !e 5ran*e> 3$H33+.

6#G/O44G> A. *ron de 8"175: 9apport. Bu##etin !e #a "o*it ationa#e !esnti(uaires !e 5ran*e> $1".

X#=@G9> . A. 8"137: "iege# un! Chara7tere in !er muhame!!anis*hen@au'erei. Berlin H eipEig.

XJ#GJ)#G9> -. 8"1$&: Cir'ue et astrologie. M5R> ++> "0+$71.X=4C> 9. 8"01&: $e%i&ionum ta'e##ae. ) , ;. ppen!i&. Berlin.

X=4C> 9. 8"010: "ethianis*he Ler%#u*hungsta%e#n aus Rom. eipEig.

X=4C> 9. 8"177: =eue /luchtafeln. Rheinis*hes Museum> 55> $3$H$&".

DOJB#9#> 4. =. 8$7"$: e corpus des !e%i&iones nordxafricaines: le cas destablettes dites de -roclos et d2arpocrati;n. phesia grammata>5> ".

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Abbre!iationsAG nne pigraphi(ueAC( *ta C#assi*a >niversitatis "*ientiarum $e're*eniensis

BC Bu##etin !e Correspon!en*e He##ni(ue

BCT Bu##etin ar*ho#ogi(ue !u Comit !es travau& histori(ues

B4A Bu##etin histori(ue et s*ienti%i(ue !e #a haute uvergne

C Commentationes Humanarum itterarum

C# Corpus #nscriptionum raecarum

C# Corpus #nscriptionum atinarum

C9A# Comptes-ren!us !es san*es !e #*a!mie !es ns*riptionset Be##es-ettres

(TAud 4ee Audollent "17+.

(TXY 4ee XYnsch "01&.

9B4 )ree7, Roman, an! B:antine "tu!ies

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#C6O Xessel> C.: ns*riptiones )rae*ae Christianae Leteres+**i!entis> alle> "13.

#9 ns*riptiones grae*ae a! res romanas pertinentes> ed. 9en*Cagnat et a#. 3 !ols. -aris "1""H"1$&. 6ol. #> "1"".

#C6 ns*riptiones atinae Christianae veteres, Berlin>"1$5H"13".

)G/9A M#anges !e #Q*o#e 5ranaise !e Rome nti(uit

-) -apyri raecae )agicae> see -reisendanE "1&3H"1&+

9GA Revue !es tu!es an*iennes

9(/G Revue histori(ue !e !roit %ranais et tranger

4G "upp#ementum pigraphi*um )rae*um

4( Sordan> (a!id 9.: A 4ur!ey of reek (efi%iones =ot#ncluded in the 4pecial Corpora. )RB" $> "105>"5"H"1&.

469 XYnsch> 9.: "ethianis*he Ler%#u*hungsta%e#n aus Rom.Teubner> eipEig> "010.

Tremel Tremel> S.: Magi*a agonisti*a. 5#u*hta%e#n im anti7en"port. =ikephoros Beihefte "7. ildesheim> $77+.

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". #ntroduction: About the genesis and thepurpose of this book#n )arch $771 # arri!ed as a !isiting professor to the #nstitute of istoryat Jni!ersit* Blaise -ascal in Clermont/errand> yet # could hold onlyfour of my lectures due to the strike of students who e!en occupied theuni!ersity building. To take ad!antage of an une%pected amount freetime> first # !isited the )us*e Bargoin> the archaeological department ofwhich contains former director A. Audollent2s pri!ate collection of!e%i&iones. The conser!ateur of the collection> )me Chantal amesch>kindly allowed me to spend the remaining time e%amining the tablets

day by day. 4he informed me that the documents of Audollent2s be'uestare kept not in the museum but in the county archi!e 8Archi!es (*partementales du -uyde(;me. #n the archi!e # found a folder with alldrawings and photos produced by Audollent during the editing of his$e%i&iones Ta'e##ae."4ince an o!erwhelming maFority of these tablets ha!ene!er been published with drawings and only rarely with photos>whereas many !e%i&ionesha!e been lost by now or ha!e become illegibledue to corrosion> # immediately recogniEed the significance of thedrawings. 4e!eral items were !ery dim or sketched onto blue photos>which hampered their e%amination> howe!er> # resol!ed to disclose theentire corpus for researchers of the magical tradition as soon as possible.n route # decided to collect not only Audollent2s sketches but also alla!ailable drawings of !e%i&ionesthat ha!e been published. By con!ergingdrawings of !arious background 89oman curse tablets by 9. XYnsch>!e%i&ionespublished in hardly accessible Fournals or in !olumes of C#and my own sketches of photos or of lead lamellae found in the Archi!e>the concept of this magical picture book finally took shape.$

# !isited the )us*e Bargoin and the Archi!e two more times> in$7"7 and in $7""> to answer all 'uestions raised during the collection of

the material. The most difficult Fob was to identify drawings with itemspublished in (TAud or in !arious Fournals since Audollent wrotein!entory numbers only onto some drawings or photos. /inally #completed this task in two years. #t is a great pleasure for me to hando!er to colleagues whate!er # found and comprehended during thesethree years. # might not ha!e been able to locate one or two drawings>and # might e!en ha!e misidentified certain items 8which # hope # did

" Archi!es (*partementales du -uy de (;me> "1 S "$.$ Own drawings: (TAud &$_ "1_ $30_ $3_ $&_ $07_ $1$_ BCT "175."_ BCT "17."_

BCT "17.$_ BCT "1"7."_ BCT "1"7.$.

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not> still> # gladly take the responsibility of all failures to make thiscorpus of public property open to further in!estigations with the leastpossible delay.

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$. Audollent and the ! %i&i n sAuguste Audollent was born in -aris on "+ Suly "0+ .3is father was aclerk in the )inist thus he applied to the 4orbonneand later graduated in classical philology. 4imultaneously> in "00&H"000he studied atin epigraphy at the ?cole -rati'ue des autes ?tudesunder the direction of *ron de 6illefosse> a famous epigrapher of histime.+e recei!ed his uni!ersity degree in "000> and from that autumnhe was working as a researcher at the ?cole franaise de 9ome for twoyears. /rom October "001 until /ebruary "017 he took part in an

epigraphical research e%pedition in Algeria. /rom "013 till hisretirement he worked as a teacher of atin language> literature andepigraphy at the /aculty of umanities in Clermont/errand. #n early"013 he !isited Carthage again> and encouraged by 9en* Cagnat andAntoine *ron de 6illefosse he started e%amining curse tabletsunco!ered in increasing numbers at the e%ca!ations of Carthage andadrumetum. e intended to write his atin dissertation on thissubFect. As it was customary those days> he had to submit two treatises:one in atin and another one in /rench.5e returned to Tunis in "17"at the re'uest of 9e!. Alfred ouis (elattre> director of the )us*e

a!igerie de 4aintouis 8today )us*e =ational de Carthage to processcurse tablets kept in the museum:

SJe nen ai point !*hi%%r ni %ait !*hi%%r !epuis #ongtemps. Beau*oup !e*es #ame##es !e p#om' sont en*ore rou#es. Lous !evrie: venir passer(ue#(ues Oours / Carthage pour #es !ve#opper et #es #ire. e museavigerie en ren%erme p#us !e 1==. Lous voe: (ue vous aurie: !e (uoivous amuser.6

-aul auckler> director of the Bardo )useum in Tunis alsoin!ited Audollent to e%amine their tablets that were found in Carthage

and adrumetum and opened with new technology.&

(uring hisFourney to Tunisia> Audollent also !isited 4ousse to publish local

3 Biographical data ac'uired from the following references: (upont/errier "1+3_ (i "1$"> 0H1".

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!e%i&iones. #n his first studies about this subFect 8in the !olumes of)ous*es de 4ousse he published four curse tablets from adrumetum>and another lamella was published in a Fournal titled BCTH.0#n "173 hepublished a theoretical sur!ey arguing against labelling curse tablets as!evotiones> and he proposed to call them !e%i&iones consistently.1

Sa !evotio se %ait a *ie# ouvert, p#us !une %ois mGme !ans #intrGt pu'#i*U#a !e%i&io aime #es tn3'res U *e#ui (ui a re*ours !e !issimu#e et en%uitpres(ue touOours #a ta'#ette oV i# a ins*rit ses ma#!i*tions !ans untom'eau, !ans un puits, !ans #es eau& !une sour*e.1=

Audollent was not the first scholar insisting on the term !e%i&io>since 9. XYnsch used the same term for his corpus of Attic tabletspublished in "01&_""still> Audollent2s article had a tremendous effect on

/rench literature 8which was paramount in the field of !e%i&ionesdue tocontemporary e%ca!ations in =orth Africa> and the term !evotio wasshortly abandoned in /rench scholarship.

e accomplished his opus magnumin an incredibly short periodof time: the $e%i&ionum Ta'e##ae was completed by "17+> containing thete%ts of 375 curse tablets on 50 pages with commentaries and indices8"+$ pages enumerating not only human names> horse names> andcurse formularies> but also grammatical and orthographic details bothin atin and in reek te%ts. e dealt with !arious problems of !e%i&iones

in the introduction 8"$0 pages: edition history> category definition8including differentiation from seemingly similar phenomena>technology 8material> inscribing> tools> possible purposes and uses ofcursing. This sur!ey was the first comprehensi!e study e!er written onthe subFect> dealing with all problems in!ol!ed and taking intoconsideration not only the 375 lamellae edited in his !olume> but alsoall other known curse tablets 8mainly from Attica: altogether +00!e%i&iones."$Audollent did not translate the te%ts and pro!ided drawings

0 Audollent "17$b> 0+H05. These items correspond to (TAud. $&$_ $&3_ $&+> and $&.

The fifth item 8Audollent "17$a> +"&H+$5 corresponds to (TAud $&5.1 Audollent "173> 3&H+3."7 Audollent "173> +$. Alain Blomart has argued recently that !evotio was more

common in peaceful periods than in wartime 8e.g. the selfsacrifice of (ecius )us onthe battlefield> and e!en more common on curse tablets> too 8tab. 4ulis> @ropp3.$I"7: "u#i !evoveo eum. is conclusion is as follows: K{ tra!ers toutes lesattestations mentionn*es ici> nous constatons donc 'ue la fronti m,me cheE nos anc,tres les 9omains.L Cf. 9eligionou magieN es te%tes oubli*s sur l2e!ocatio et la de!otio 9omaines. 4u|reE de laTorre> G. H -*reE Sim*neE> A. 8edd.: Mito Magia en )re*ia Roma> Barcelona> $7"3>$15.

"" XYnsch "01&.

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of only three items> all from the edition of *ron de 6illefosse."3=ormally he did not include sketches of charakt,res> the onlye%ception being the charakt,r se'uences from adrumetum."+owe!er> this was not his fault only. Charakt,res were poorly neglecteduntil the early $777s. ardly anybody had known about the drawingshe made of most tablets that he studied until the redisco!ery of thesedocuments in his be'uest in Clermont/errand> and noone has e!erthought of making them public."5

After the release of his !olume> Audollent became the mostrecogniEed scholar in this field beside 9ichard XYnsch> and since/rench e%ca!ations in =orth Africa re!ealed new curse tablets year byyear> these finds were sent to Audollent to publish them. e issued two

other !e%i&ionesfrom adrumetum in "175 and a summary in /renchabout the language> onomastics> and other characteristics of =orthAfrican curse tablets in "17. #n "17& he published two lamellae>currently kept in Clermont/errand> which were sent to him by the)inist


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same year he interpreted a snakeheaded demon from Carthage as acurse tablet. There is only the name beneath the demon2s legs:arpokrati;n> also called =eilos. As # argue for it in the chapter oniconography> this item is more probably an amulet."0

The promised !e%i&iones were finally disclosed in "133 withthorough commentaries."1Audollent pro!ided drawings of the letters>which highlight the frame structure of the te%ts. The frame and thecurse itself are both in reek on the circus !e%i&io> whereas only theframe is in reek and the curse itself is in atin in the case of the twoitems against a bath:

S$omini !ei tenete !etinete 5a#ernas ne(uis i##o* a**e!ere possit o'#igatepero'#igate 5a#ernaruDmE 'a #ineuDmE a' ha* !ie ne(uis homo i##o*

a**e!at.#n "133 he also published a lead container from his own

collection in M#anges i*o#as orga. There were three fragments of aatin curse tablet and a bronEe stylus placed in the container .$7e didnot e!en attempt to pro!ide a reading of the tablet H the short articlewas ob!iously written upon re'uest to honour a historian of a differentfield of interest in a !olume hardly accessible to scholars of ancientmagic> thus this study became a typical K)*langes itemL.

The last contribution of Audollent in the field of magic is also

difficult to access. #t was written in "133> disclosing the inscription of aChristian spell against hailstorm found in Tunisia inscribed onto a leadcross 8(ouble inscription prophylacti'ue contre la gr,le> sur une croi%de plomb trou!*e en Tunisie.$" The e%emplary and systematice%amination of this inscription 8from APn /ourna can be afundamental reading for scholars of !ulgar atin as well. The fate ofthis article was determined by the history of the $7 thcentury. The firstpart of !olume +3 of )*moires de l2#nstitut =ational de /ranceAcad*mie des #nscriptions et Bellesettres was printed in "1+3.Audollent2s writing was submitted to the second part> which howe!er

was printed in "15" H almost two decades after its composition. Theediting of the !olume must ha!e been postponed for years andultimately stopped during the erman occupation. The material was

"0 Audollent "137a> 373H371_ Sordan "105> "05> =r "+$. 4ee chapter 5.$. below 8KThesnakeheaded demonL.

"1 Audollent "133a> "$7H"+7_ Sordan "105> "0+H"05. #t is curious that in Sordan2s !iew=r. "+7H"+" are written Kagainst horsesL> though the two tablets are againstK/alernarum balineumL> i.e. against a bath.

$7 Audollent "133b> 3"H31.

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printed only in "15"> after the consolidation of the political andeconomic situation. Audollent> howe!er> did not li!e to see it finished.

a!ing re!iewed the studies of this e%cellent epigrapher in thefield of ancient magic> it is conspicuous that while he sometimespublished se!eral papers a year on curse tablets between "17$ and"1"3> it was followed by a pause of nine years> and his pre!ious acti!ityne!er re!i!ed in this area. After "1"3 he prepared only two thoroughstudies on magic: the finds of the 2/ontaine au% mille amphores2 andthe posthumously published phylactery. # found numerousunpublished 8though publishable !e%i&iones and amulets in his be'uest.Xhat happened to Audollent after "1"3N

a!ing settled in Clermont/errand> Audollent got married>

had eight children and 3 grandchildren> whereas beside his teachingcareer at the uni!ersity he started e%ca!ations in the temple of)ercury in the hillside of -uy de (;me abo!e Clermont in the summerof "17". /rom "173 until "131 he was the director of the )us*e)unicipal de Clermont/errand 8today )us*e Bargoin. #n "17$ and"17 he lead e%ca!ations again on the top of -uy de (;me> a difficultarchaeological terrain. #n "175 he became professor at the /aculty ofumanities in Clermont/errand> where he retired only in "13&. #n"17& he returned to Algeria and Tunisia to in!estigate furtherinscriptions> yet his position as dean of faculty from "1"+ to "13& 8}and the e%ca!ations in the 9oman cemetery of )artresde6eyre8"1$$H"1$3 consumed all his time. The emphasis of his academicinterest was shifted towards the archaeological finds of Au!ergne.4e!eral curse tablets were sent to him to ha!e them deciphered> but hedid not ha!e time to deal with those. The internationally acclaimedscholar of ancient magic gradually became the leading archaeologistand epigrapher of Au!ergne and Clermont/errand. is renown wassomewhat o!ershadowed by the scandal around the inscriptions foundin loEel> which he considered =eolithic 8} but turned out to be hardly

legible !ulgar atin te%ts.$$

#n spite of this> his national reputation didnot diminish significantly> and he became a corresponding member ofthe #nstitut de /rance in "1"&> and a regular member of the Acad*miedes #nscriptions et Bellesettres in "13$.

(uring the erman occupation of /rance> Clermont/errandbelonged to the territory of the 6ichy o!ernment between "1+7 andAugust "1++. Xhen Audollent died in & April "1+3 8following his wife tothe gra!e> who got ill while working for the 9ed Cross> only a shortobituary was published in -aris. A eulogy more worthy of his character

$$ Audollent> A.: nigme !e )#o:e#. -aris> "1$&.

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was published only ten years later> in "153.$3Though a street is namedafter him in Clemont/errand> his life achie!ement 8especially the partrelating to ancient magic still awaits redisco!ery. # hope this book cancontribute to it.

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