A Curse Bowl from Mesopotamia

Within the central circle:

. . . and stars and planets

Outside the circle:

. . . and all the vomit(?) and spittle of Judah son of Nanay, that his tongue may dry up in his mouth, that his spittle may dissolve in his throat, that his legs may dry, that sulphur and fire may burn in him, that his body may be struck by scalding(?), that he may be choked, become estranged, become disturbed to the eyes of all those who see him, and that he may be banned, broken, lost, finished, vanquished, and that he may die, and that a flame may come upon him from heaven, and shiver seize him, and a fracture catch him, and a rebuke burn in him. May the following verse apply to him: They shall fall and not arise, and there will be no power for them to stand up after their defeat, and there will be no healing to their affliction. Their eyes will darken, so that they see not, and their loins will be made by you continually to shake (Psalm 69:24). Let their habitation be desolate, and let none dwell in their tents (Psalm 69:26). May the following verse apply to him: And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless (Exodus 22:23). And the following may apply to Judah son of Nanay: The Lord shall smite you with a consumption and with a fever and with an inflammation and with an extreme burning and with the sword and with blasting and with [mildew] and they shall pursue you [until you per]ish (Deuteronomy 28:22). The Lord shall smite you in the knees and in the legs with a fes[tering eruption] that cannot be healed from the sole of your foot on to the top of your head (Deuteronomy 28:35). The Lord shall smite you with madness and blindness and astonishment of heart (Deuteronomy 28:28). And you shall eat the fl[esh of your s]o ns and the fl[esh of your d]aughters (Leviticus 26:29). The throat of Judah son of Nanay shall not swallow and his gullet shall not eat, choking shall fall on his palate, and paralysis shall fall on [his mouth and tongue . . .]. The following verse will apply to him: The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might. They shall lay their h[and on their mou]th, their ears shall be deaf, they shall lick [the dust] like a serpent, [they shall move] out of their holes like worms of the earth (Micah 7:16–17). The Lord will not spare him but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man and [all the curses that are written in this] book [shall lie upon him] and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven (Deuteronomy 29:19). So shall the name of Judah son of Nanay be blotted out and [his memory] shall be uprooted from the world, just as was blotted out the name of [Amalek(?)] . . . may his members be pressed down and may there be done to him (?), judgement will come, omen and misfortune swiftly, with an inflammation, a purulence, an itch, a vermin, a blackening, a shiver, a vermin . . . . a pirate and a satan. And in the name of šš‘rb the angel, and in the name of Mot and Yarod and Anahid and Istar Tura and . . . and the spirit which resides in the cemetery, all should lean on Jud[ah son of Nanay . . .]