The Louvre Doll

The Louvre Doll, is a 4th century clay figure, impaled with thirteen bronze needles.

It was discovered in a terracotta vase alongside a lead tablet.

The tablet was engraved with a binding spell - a type of curse in which usually someone has asked the gods to do harm to another.

The figure, with its hands bound behind its back, represents the intended target.

Because the dolls accompanied curse tablets, and were meant to resemble the target of the curse, they’re often called “voodoo” dolls.

Which is understandable.

Similar principal.....

But they’re not voodoo dolls.

One thing to remember...not all curses were bad.

Some were meant to conjure love spells, and compel certain desired outcomes or actions.

The inscription on the lead tablet, suggests this is a binding love spell.

The inscription reads~

"Lead Ptolemais, whom Aias bore, the daughter of Horigenes, to me.

Prevent her from eating and drinking until she comes to me, Sarapammon, whom Area bore, and do not allow her to have experience with another man, except me alone.

Drag her by her hair, by her guts, until she does not stand aloof from me … and until I hold her obedient for the whole time of my life, loving me, desiring me, and telling me what she is thinking."

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Source~theoddmentemporium/hauntjaunts/

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https://ko-fi.com/thetudorintruders

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The nude female doll, is in a kneeling position, bound and pierced with thirteen pins......