Science in Ancient Egypt

Stone Vessel Cairo CG 18940
Stone Vessel Cairo CG 18940, from: von Bissing 1907. pl. III.

Stone Vessel Cairo CG 18940

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
incantation Thoth protection against animals (in general) » protection against terrestrial predators defence spell (preventive magic) » protection while travelling Osiris sun god protection against animals (in general) » protection against crocodiles defence spell (preventive magic) » protection on the water Nehaher ritual
Present location
Africa » Egypt » Cairo » Egyptian Museum

Inventory number: CG 18940

Find spot
Asyut to First Cataract » Thebes » East Bank » Karnak
Date
Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » Late Period » 26th Dynasty » Psammetichus I Wahibre
Text type
recitation(s) » incantation(s)
Material
Non organic » Stone
Object type
Artefact » Container » Vessel
Script
Hieroglyphs
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Middle Egyptian » Égyptien de tradition
Editions

- von Bissing 1907: W. von Bissing, Steingefässe, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire Nos 18065–18793 (Vienne 1907), 97–98 and pl. 3.

- Daressy 1893: G. Daressy, Notes et Remarques, in: Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l’archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes 14, 1893, 20–38, here: 38, no. 59.

Bibliographic references

- Andrews 1998: C. Andrews, A Stone Vessel with Magical Scenes and Texts, in: W. Clarysse – A. Schoors – H. Willems (Hrsg.), Egyptian Religion. The Last Thousand Years. Part. I. Studies Dedicated to the Memory of Jan Quaegebeur, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 84 (Leuven 1998), 297–310, here: 297.

- Borghouts 1971: J. F. Borghouts, The Magical Texts of Papyrus Leiden I 348, Oudheidkundige mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden 51 (Leiden 1971), 132, annot. 304.

- Gutekunst 1995: W. Gutekunst, Textgeschichtliche Studien zum Verjüngungsspruch (Text B) auf Horusstelen und Heilstatuen (Trier 1995), 258, 270, 276, 280 and 344.

- Jansen-Winkeln 2014: K. Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit. Teil IV: Die 26. Dynastie. Band 1: Psametik I. – Psametik III. (Wiesbaden 2014), 211–212, no. 53.350.

- Kákosy 1999: L. Kákosy, Egyptian Healing Statues in Three Museums in Italy (Turin, Florence, Naples), Catalogo del Museo Egizio di Torino. Serie prima. Monumenti e testi 9 (Torino 1999).

- de Morgan 1892: J. de Morgan, Notice des principaux monuments exposés au Musée de Gizeh (Le Caire 1892), 175, no. 714 (another edition: (Le Caire 1895), 183, no. 714).

- Porter – Moss 1972: B. Porter – R. Moss et al. (ed.), Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings II. Theban Temples (Oxford 1972²), 300.

- Quack 2022: J. F. Quack, Altägyptische Amulette und ihre Handhabung, Orientalische Religionen in der Antike 31 (Tübingen 2022), 145–146.

- O’Rourke 2015: P. O’Rourke, A Royal Book of Protection of the Saite Period, Yale Egyptological Studies 9 (New Haven 2015), 42, annot. N.

Author
Dr. Peter Dils

Translation and Commentary

For complete metadata, translation, and commentary, see German version.