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Lot 58

A small Mesopotamian pottery incantation bowl and a fragment of another larger bowl
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7 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A small Mesopotamian pottery incantation bowl and a fragment of another larger bowl
Circa 5th-6th Century A.D.
The bowl with flared rim, tapering to a flat base, the interior inscribed in black ink with nine spiral lines of incantation; and another larger fragment with text, 11.5cm diam.; the fragment 14cm. x 13cm. (2)

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Provenance:
Collection of the renowned Iraqi architect Said Ali Madhloom (1921-2017), brought to the UK in 1981; and thence by descent to the current owners.

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