Lot 212
212
A POTTERY ARAMAIC INCANTATION BOWL, on flat base with flaring sides, inscribed in black ink with an exorcist incantation which runs in concentric circles around the interior and exterior upper edge, 6th-7th Century A.D.

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A POTTERY ARAMAIC INCANTATION BOWL, on flat base with flaring sides, inscribed in black ink with an exorcist incantation which runs in concentric circles around the interior and exterior upper edge, 6th-7th Century A.D.
4½in. (11.6cm.) diam.

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Incantation bowls, inscribed with magical spells to repudiate malevolent forces, were customarily buried in the floor (also found in cemeteries) in order to 'trap' demons

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