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Healing Bowl
DEFINITION
It is a container of water on which verses and prayers that are thought to provide spiritual healing are processed.
SIZE
Diameter: 156 mm Depth: 50 mm Weight: 339 g
PERIOD
19 th Century
DESCRIPTION
It is a bowl hand made of brass with fine workmanship. It is in a good condition. Over time, minor deformations were formed due to the punches it received. Surah al-Fatihah is written in the mouth of the bowl. On its inner body, Ayat al Kursi is written. In other parts of the bowl, there are the names and adjectives of God and Arabic prayers. Prayer and nicknames are written on the outside, except for the base of the bowl.
STORY
In order to find healing, people have tried to make people benefit by using the verses mentioned in the holy scriptures in various means. Healing bowls are also an important ethnographic work among these tools. It is said that the people and animals who drink the water put in these bowls which carry various signs of verse, prayer and talisman have recovered their health by finding healing. Because the custom of blowing water placed in healing bowls, drinking and bathing from this water dates back to the early years of Islam.