A large Mesopotamian pottery incantation bowl Circa 7th Century A.D. The interior of the hemispherical bowl inscribed in black ink with seventeen spiral lines of incantation, the centre depicting a figure, possibly of the demon Lilith, with a scorpion to her left and encircled by two snakes, the text invoking a demon and an angel to help a couple, Bar-Imma, son of Sukhtoy and Parkoy, daughter of Abanduk be rid of demons (including Lilith) who have been appearing to them in their dreams, 29.5cm diam., 13.5cm high