Incantation bowl

Terracotta Incantation Bowl Mesopotamia, ca: 500 AD to 800 AD Terracotta, D. 15.9cm

#105 Babylonian incantation bowl, jewish aramaic, with Lillith drawing, ca 6th cen

The idea of a devils trap may have originated, in what is now Iraq and Iran, with these Babylonian devil bowls, sometimes called magic bowls or incantation bowls. Some are spiraled in hopes to lure the demon to the bottom of the bowl with something that will bind it there. In this bowl the bound…

In an exclusive partnership with the wonderful Marissa Newell of 'Veil of Earth' we are proud to present an original, new magical artefact - combining an excerpt of the 4th century 'Oratio Cypriana' with Mrs.Newell exceptional skills in traditional pottery.

Bid Live on Lot 437 in the Ancient Art Auction from Gorny & Mosch GmbH.

DescriptionPottery incantation bowl: a wheel-made hemispherical bowl with simple rim. Inscribed on the interior with an Aramaic text which contains an introductory passage which invokes a bill of divorce against demons and other evil genii. It also names the clients Bahranduk daughter of Newanduk and Mahdad son of Ispandarmid; then follows Refrain B. In addition there is a design in the centre of the bowl consisting of an irregularly drawn circle divided into quadrants. An additional drawn…

In most manifestations of her myth, Lilith represents chaos, seduction and ungodliness. Yet, in her every guise, Lilith has cast a spell on humankind.

These are based on Aramaic incantation bowls that were made in Mesopotamia to keep demons away. The writing is stream-of-consciousness about my own life and anxieties, done in mishima.

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