Incantation Bowl for Divorce

5th or 6th Century

A shallow, round clay bowl with an inscription in a Semitic script written in concentric circles surrounding a central drawing of a human-like figure.
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Five ancient ceramic bowls with inscriptions in a Semitic script, written in concentric circles. Some bowls feature geometric shapes and human-like figures.
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Incantation Bowls

Incantation bowls, also known as magic bowls or demon traps, were common in Babylonia in the fifth and sixth centuries. The clay bowls were usually inscribed with a Babylonian Aramaic text in a spiral…
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