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Historical Archive: Aramaic, Chorasmian, Nabataean, Persian, Syriac, Uighur Inscriptions incantation bowl from Seleucia (Iraq), ceramic and paint, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE or 6th-7th c. CE, KM 0000.03.3756 incantation bowl with Aramaic inscription to protect the woman Ngray from illness and curses, from Seleucia (Iraq), ceramic and paint, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE or 4th-7th c. CE, KM 0000.01.9504 incantation bowl from Seleucia (Iraq), ceramic and paint, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE or 4th-7th c. CE, KM 0000.01.9503 egg shell from Seleucia (Iraq) with ink gibberish inscription, possibly to break a curse, 3rd c. BCE-3rd c. CE or 4th-7th c. CE, KM 0000.01.9050 Nabataean grave inscription of Artobel, black basalt dated 37 CE, Vat N31403 wings, Persian inscription: Sasanian stucco, 6th c., Met 32.150.48. For other views see Met. Chorasmian ossuary fr. Tok-Kala necropolis (Uzbekistan), alabaster, 7th c., Hermitage. For inscription detail see Hermitage. Chorasmian ossuary, cursive Chorasmian script (developed from Aramaic): "property of the soul of Srawyok, son of Tishyan" Syriac funerary inscription with Christian prayer for Maria, dated 860, Vat silk lampas, Persia, c.1150-1200, WienMus Persian: Cock's-head ewer, fritware, Iran early 13th c., Louvre MAO 442. This work has its own page. Golden Horde MS, Uighur script on birch bark, 14th c., Hermitage, which has its own page with 4 panels writing board for Islamic school, wood, Egbira people in Nigeria 1960-75; IMA, lent by Children's Museum of Indianapolis 88.242.1 [F25a6] TR 9401/1