Excerpt from The Johns Hopkins Tabellae Defixionum: Dissertation Submitted to the Board of University Studies of the John Hopkins University in Conformity With the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In the year 1908 the Department of Classical Archaeology of the Johns Hopkins University acquired several tabelbae popularly known as curse-tabletsfl) The person through whom the acquisition was made possible was unable to give a definite assurance as to their provenience, but stated his belief that they had been found at Rome. Thorough study of the tablets themselves has led to the conviction that they did actually originate in that City. This point Will be fully dis cussed at the proper time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.