These curses were inscribed on a lead tablet, which was found in Thebes. The text has been re-edited with an English translation by J. Curbera, "Six Boeotian Curse Tablets" (ZPE, 2017), no. 4. Another version of the Greek text can be found in E. Eidinow, "Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks", p. 400 ( Google Books ).
[A] I bind down . . ., Nikoklea's . . . fellow; I bind down Damaro, Thynno's wife; let no work bring advantage to Damaro; let Pythokritos drag the evil and miserable Damaro down - evil indeed and miserable! And the evil and miserable Zopyros; let earth release no fruit for Zopyros nor for Thynnos, let the sea stop being liquid for him alone. I write down the evil and miserable Nikoklea: let there be no wedding and no bridal song for Nikoklea. I write down the evil and miserable Damaro. Let Pythokritos drag the evil and miserable Zopyros down, and let Pythokritos drag the evil and miserable Nikoklea down. I write down the evil and miserable Antigonos, let him fade deprived of his companion [and his youth (?)]; down with him!
[B] Let Damaro be unable to travel by earth and by sea, let her be unable to do any work or activity - neither by sea nor by land, no fruit, no bridal song, no work, no activity!
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