Curse by Antigone against whoever has accused her of
poisoning Asklapiadas, on lead tablet; III/II; found at Knidos:
Newton, Discoveries II pp. 719-731 no. 81; Wachsmuth, RhM 18,
1863, 570, no. α; *SGDI 3536.
a.1 | ἀνιεροῖ Ἀντιγό- |
νη Δάματρι, Κού- | |
ραι, Πλούτωνι, θε- | |
οῖς τοῖς παρὰ Δά- | |
5 | ματρι ἅπασι καὶ |
πάσαις· εἰ μὲν ἐ- | |
γὼ φάρμακον Ἀ- | |
σκλ[α]πιάδαι ἢ ἔ- | |
δ[ωκ]α̣ ἢ ἐνεθυ- | |
10 | μ̣ήθη̣ν κατὰ ψ- |
[υ]χὴν κακόν τι | |
[α]ὐτῷ ποῖσαι ἢ ἐ- | |
κάλεσα γυναῖκ- | |
α ἐπὶ τὸ ἱερόν, | |
15 | τρία ἡμιμναῖ- |
α διδοῦσα ἵνα | |
{ι} αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν̣ | |
ζώντων ἄρη, | |
ΑΝΑΒΑΙ Ἀντιγό- | |
20 | νη πὰ Δάμα- |
τρα πεπρημέ- | |
να ΕΞΟΜΟΛΟΥΛ̣, | |
καὶ μὴ γένοιτο | |
εὐειλάτ[ου] τυ- | |
25 | χεῖν Δάματρο[ς,] |
ἀλλὰ μεγάλα- | |
ς βασάνους βασ- | |
ανιζομένα· εἰ δ’ ε[ἶ]- | |
[πέ] τις κατ’ ἐμοῦ π- | |
30 | ρὸς Ἀσκλαπι<ά>δα, εἰ κ- |
ατ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ παριστ- | |
άνετα[ι] γυναῖκα, | |
χαλκοῦς ΔΟΣΑ | |
ΙΑΝΑΣΜΟΥΙΑ. | |
b.0 | {²first 22 lines lost}² |
ἐμοὶ δ’ ὅσια καὶ | |
εἰς βαλανέον | |
καὶ ὑπὸ ταὐτὸ | |
στέγος εἰσελ- | |
5 | θεῖν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ- |
ν αὐτὰν τρ<ά>π- | |
εζαν. |