Incantation bowls. (Updated over a year ago)

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JUDAIC Anonymous: Used to protect against evil spirits and as traps for demons. Spells were written on the insides of the bowls and they were then buried upside down. The spells shown here are written in Mandaic and Amaraic.

Tags: ancient , bowl , ceramics , hebrew , jewish , judaic , magic signs & objects

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 25, 2007.

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Update by Kathleen Cohen over a year ago