Ancient Sex Curse Discovered in Cyprus

By Alex in Everything Else on Jul 22, 2008 at 8:32 pm

Archaeologists excavating Cyprus’ old city kingdom of Amathus discovered a tabled inscribed with … an ancient sex curse!

"A curse is inscribed in Greek on a lead tablet and part of it reads: ‘May your penis hurt when you make love’," Pierre Aubert, head of Athens Archaeological School in Greece told the English language Cyprus Weekly.

He said the tablet showed a man standing holding something in his right hand that looks like an hour glass. The inscription dates back to the 7th century AD when Christianity was well established on the island, leading the French professor to surmise that it referred to the activity of witchcraft or shamans surviving from the pagan era.

Link – via Cabinet of Wonders


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  1. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    Jul 22nd, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    I wonder who the curse was directed at? The Christians?

  2. Thomas
    Jul 22nd, 2008 at 11:18 pm

    People with penises, I’d assume.

  3. Angie
    Jul 23rd, 2008 at 2:22 am

    I am from Cyprus, and some curses are still existing in our lives… This one i have never heard of though…until now :)

  4. Scooter
    Jul 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 am

    this curse already exists, it’s called VD.

  5. Justin
    Jul 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 am

    “this curse already exists, it’s called VD.”

    My thoughts exactly!

  6. Lionheart
    Jul 24th, 2008 at 11:26 pm

    Could be worse…

  7. ted
    Jul 27th, 2008 at 11:29 pm

    I wonder if it was written by a marijuana user in jail with violent anal rapists.


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