131533 20260220145913.0 doi 10.22315/ACD/2016/6 sideral 113758 ART-2016-113758 spa Sánchez Natalías, Celia (orcid)0000-0002-8420-3504 Epigrafía pública y defixiones. Paradigmas (y paradojas) del Occidente Latino 2016 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted This paper falls into two main sections. The first deals with the defixio and its traditional definition as an example of so-called private inscriptions. Unlike public epigraphs, which were monumental, crafted by professionals, intended for display, and had (mainly) a commemorative function, defixiones (whether written by magoi or amateurs) are usually considered to be among Antiquity’s most private texts. Nevertheless, curse tablets and public inscriptions share a very important feature: both contained messages meant to endure. This specific feature brings us to the second section of this article, which discusses the influence of public inscriptions on curse tablets: to what extent are defixiones a reflection of monumental epigraphy? Aspects such as the ordinatio of the text, the media employed or the way they were displayed (even inside a tomb) are analyzed in this regard. In an attempt to answer these questions, three publicly displayed curse tablets are discussed in depth. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 52, 1 (2016), 69-78 Acta Class. Univ. Sci. Debr. Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis 0418-453X 261334 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/131533/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 1453557 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/131533/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:131533 articulos driver 2026-02-20-14:58:08 ARTICLE