A Healing Bowl with the Shema‘

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A round, ancient clay bowl inscribed with lines of text, some concentric and some radial, in a dark Semitic script. In the center is a simple drawing of a figure with wide eyes, surrounded by additional writing.
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The Aramaic text on this bowl contains healing spells and parts of the Shema‘. As in many magic bowls, a demon is pictured in the center.

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