Ancient Near East, Holy Land, ca. 6th to 8th century CE. A Judeo-Aramaic terracotta bowl with fine black lines of inscription spiraling around the interior. Bowls like this example were traditionally buried face down under houses to catch demons and thus protect the house; they are also known as incantation bowls or demon bowls. They seem to have been widely used; for example, nearly every house excavated in the Jewish Iraqi settlement of Nippur had one. Size: 5.95" W x 2.65" H (15.1 cm x 6.7 cm)

Provenance: ex-private East Coast, USA collection

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Small loss to exterior lower body, otherwise intact, with some surface encrustation. Much of the inscription remains.