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Zakhor
RitualVe–VIIe siècle

Incantation magic bowl of clay from Babylonia

Enrich the Great Book

קערת השבעה מחרס מבבל

Description

Earthenware bowl bearing inside an Aramaic incantation written in a spiral from centre to rim, to guard the home against demons and the evil eye. Often buried inverted beneath the threshold, it names the family to be protected and sometimes depicts a bound demon at the centre. A Jewish practice of late-antique Babylonia.

Features

Material
Céramique
Provenance
Babylonie (Mésopotamie)

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