COLLECTION OF ARAMAIC TERRACOTTA DEVIL TRAP BOWLS

Ca. AD 600 - 800. A collection of three terracotta incantation bowls, including, from left to right: a deep bowl with rounded sides, a ring foot, and a dense Aramaic inscription written in black in radiating registers across the interior; a shallow bowl with rounded sides, a plain exterior, a central circular field enclosing a schematic figure, and an inscription encircling it in regular lines; and a broad shallow bowl with bands of writing following the inner wall. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 102984. Size: 170-185mm x 60-70mm; Weight: 995g Provenance: Private London collection; previously in a South German private collection formed on the European art market during the 1980s–1990s.