[New post] Curse tablets in Roman Britain

Ellen Hawley posted: "Britain enthusiastically adopted the Roman tradition of writing curses on lead (or sometimes pewter) tablets. Maybe that tells us something about the British character. Maybe it doesn't. Either way, because lead doesn't rust, they left us a record of dail" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Notes from the U.K. Curse tablets in Roman Britain by Ellen Hawley Britain enthusiastically adopted the Roman tradition of writing curses on lead (or sometimes pewter) tablets. Maybe that tells us something about the British character. Maybe it doesn't. Either way, because lead doesn't rust, they left us a record of daily life, or of one odd corner of it anyway, that we can snoop around in. […] Read more of this post Ellen Hawley | July 30, 2021 at 7:00 am | Tags: curse tablets, languages spoken in Roman Britain, Roman Bath, Roman Britain, Roman gods, Romano-British life, Sulis Minerva | Categories: History, Language | URL: https://wp.me/p4FooO-1tc Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Notes from the U.K.. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://notesfromtheuk.com/2021/07/30/curse-tablets-in-roman-britain/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com