Experts managed to unfold it and decipher the engraved text. It turned out to be a spell to a woman named Taleke and a man named Hinrich (Heinrich).
The words are written in the early Gothic script Blackletter, also called “blackletter”. It was used in Western Europe from XII to XVII centuries.
Similar tablets with curses were common in the Greco-Roman period. They were used to ask gods, spirits or deceased people to bring misfortune upon someone. After certain rituals, they were thrown into a well or buried.
Researchers note that the plate from Rostock is a very rare thing. What makes it special is the mention of two names of the devil at once – Beelzebub and Satan. There is an assumption that it was ordered by a man in love who wanted to destroy the relationship between Tahlequi and Hinrik out of jealousy.
