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Antaura, the Migraine Demoness

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The four tablets (13–16) were found together in 1922 at ancient Carnuntum, situated between the communities of Bad Deutsch-Altenburg and Petronell along the Donau. Originally a well-established military camp, Carnuntum developed westward into a substantial municipium, including a civilian community at Petronell. On the site: Swoboda: 1964 (supra); R. Noll, s.v. “Carnuntum,” in R. Stillwell, ed. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (Princeton, 1976), p. 198f.; W. Jobst, Provinzhauptstadt Carnuntum (Wien, 1983); H. Stiglitz, M. Kandier, & W. Jobst, “Carnuntum” in Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt II/6 (1977), pp. 585–730. The pieces were found in a stone sarcophagus among the gravesites located west of the Roman camp.

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Kotansky, R. (1994). Antaura, the Migraine Demoness. In: Greek Magical Amulets. Papyrologica Coloniensia. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-20312-4_13

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