EXPERTS have uncovered a sinister message etched on a piece of medieval metal dubbed a “curse tablet”.
The 15th-century rolled up lead was first considered to be nothing more than an “inconspicuous piece of metal”.
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But upon further inspection, scientists in Germany uncovered a cryptic message summoning Satan.
The curse was written in Gothic minuscule hardly visible to the naked eye, Live Science reports.
They realised it called out to “Beelzebub”, another name for Satan and a demonic spirit known as “Berith”.
Experts managed to decipher the full message and found that it was a curse directed at a woman called Taleke and a man called Hinrik.
This leads researchers to believe it may be a jealous text of revenge.
However, we’ll probably never know who Taleke and Hinrik are – and what became of them after the curse.
“Did someone want to break up Taleke and Heinrich’s relationship? Was this about spurned love and jealousy, should someone be put out of the way?” archaeologists said.
The tablet was discovered at the bottom of a latrine in a construction site in the German city of Rostock.
“What makes the find so special?” excavation leader Dr. Jörg Ansorge explained.
“Curse tablets are actually known from ancient times in the Greek and Roman regions, i.e. from the period from 800 BC to 600 AD.
“Our discovery, on the other hand, can be dated to the 15th century.
“This is truly a very special find.”
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