Hebrew Bowl

B9013

From: Iraq | Nippur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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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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