Hebrew Bowl

CBS Register: terracotta bowl, fragment, 5 pieces glued together, ...11 lines of Hebrew around large demon.

Near Complete-5 Fr/6-11 Line around Demon

Levy: "This bowl was prepared to protect Pabak bar Kufithai and his household. The demonic forces are to be controlled by the powers of Enoch, the seven planets, and the twelve signs of the zodiac. The sketch seems to depict a sorcerer waving a branch in an attempt to ward off demons."

Morgan Library: "The incantations on this bowl were written in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic for its Jewish owner, Pabak bar Kufithai, and his household. Similar bowls were also made for Christians, Mandeans (Gnostics), and Manicheans, all of whom relied on forms of protective magic. The demonic forces are to be controlled by the powers of the Old Testament prophet Enoch, the seven classical planets, and the twelve signs of the zodiac. The sketch may represent a demon, although the figure is not chained or bound like most demons depicted on the bowls. It may instead be a sorcerer waving a branch to ward off evil forces."