Deciphered Ancient Tablet Reveals Curse of Greengrocer
When you purchase through data link on our site , we may earn an affiliate charge . Here ’s how it works . A fiery ancient curse inscribed on two sides of a thin lead tablet was meant to afflict , not a king or pharaoh , but a simple greengrocer selling fruits and vegetable some 1,700 year ago in the city of Antioch , researchers witness . write in Greek , the tablet holding the cuss was drop into a well in Antioch , then one of the Roman Empire ’s biggest cities in the East , today part of southeast Turkey , near the border with Syria ....