000131632 001__ 131632 000131632 005__ 20240219135523.0 000131632 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1628/rre-2019-0026 000131632 0248_ $$2sideral$$a136995 000131632 037__ $$aART-2019-136995 000131632 041__ $$aeng 000131632 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-8420-3504$$aSánchez Natalías, Celia$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000131632 245__ $$aAquatic spaces as contexts for depositing defixiones in the Roman West 000131632 260__ $$c2019 000131632 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000131632 5203_ $$aThe aim of this paper is to focus on the deposition of curse tablets in aquatic spaces, such as rivers, seas, fountains, or wells. This broad context has been traditionally treated as if it was a straight forward, coherent and confined category that was wholly separate from the other contexts in which defixiones were deposited. Nevertheless, the aquatic contexts are in reality among the most slippery to classify, not only because they intersect with other contexts, but also because the coherence of this category depends on the cultural meaning with which practitioners endowed it. By analysing the archaeological record from the Roman West, I argue that most of these contexts are often much better understood as sacred spaces, which were thought to be especially conducive to communicate with the invoked deities. 000131632 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/RTI2018-098339-J-I00 000131632 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-sa$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/es/ 000131632 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000131632 7102_ $$13000$$2445$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ciencias de la Antigüed.$$cÁrea Historia Antigua 000131632 773__ $$g5 (2019), 456-467$$tReligion in the Roman Empire$$x2199-4463 000131632 8564_ $$s731179$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/131632/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000131632 8564_ $$s1248683$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/131632/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000131632 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:131632$$particulos$$pdriver 000131632 951__ $$a2024-02-19-13:52:57 000131632 980__ $$aARTICLE