Incantation Bowls - in Judaism

In Judaism

A subcategory of incantation bowls are those used in Jewish and Christian magical practice. (See Jewish magical papyri for context). Aramaic incantation bowls are an important source of knowledge about Jewish magical practices, particularly the nearly eighty surviving Jewish incantation bowls from Sassanid Babylon (226-636 CE), primarily from the Jewish diaspora settlement in Nippur. These bowls were used in magic to protect against evil influences such as the evil eye, Lilith, and Bagdana. These bowls could be used by any member of the Jewish community, and almost every house excavated in the Jewish settlement in Nippur had such bowls buried in them.