Object Number | B9013 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Iraq | Nippur |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Ceramic | Ink |
Iconography | Demon |
Inscription Language | Aramaic Language |
Description | CBS Register: terracotta bowl, 13 pieces glued together, 16 lines of inscription around demon Complete-13 Frag/16 Line/ with Demon. A charm for a man and wife, particularly against the Liliths. Picture of a demon (lilith) decorates the center of the bowl. Made out in the form of a divorce-writ. The inscription is very indisticnt and towards the end becomes almost illegible; text is in concentric circles; the object has a rounded bottom. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
Other Number | PBS III: 8 - Other Number | P264451 - CDLI Number |
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