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LOT 1229
Aramaic Fragmentary Bronze Text Scroll
2ND-8TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 - 5 1/8 in. (209 grams total, 13.5 x 13 cm including case).
An unrolled sheet with impressed text in Aramaic script, mounted in a display frame.
ProvenanceCollected from 1969-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sassanian period and have been found in regions of modern Iraq. These simple ceramic bowls, also known as magic bowls, each contain an Aramaic inscription, written in ink, which spirals from the centre. The bowls seem to have played an important part in domestic life. For example, during excavation in Nippur in 1889, one or more incantation bowls were found in each house together with domestic artefacts, most often in doorways or under floorboards in the corner of rooms. The bowls are predominantly apotropaic, and the inscriptions tend to protect their owners from misfortunes such as those faced in child-birth, illness and evil spirits.
