Jewish Aramaic magic bowl

Description:

These magic artifacts with spells written on them, dating to circa 600 C.E. Mesopotamia (Iraq), were buried under houses as a way for clients to protect themselves from demons and diseases. Over 2,000 bowls exist around the world in private and library collections, written in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Syriac, and Mandaic, as well as in pseudo-script (gibberish). Two of the three bowls from the Ferrini paleography collection are in pseudoscript, while this one is an actual text.

Attribution:

Mesopotamia (Iraq)

Date:

5th century BCE

Copyright:

Presumed to be in the public domain because of creation date.