Science in Ancient Egypt

Healing Statue of Harchebis in Moscow
Healing Statue of Harchebis, from: Turajeff, Statues and Statuettes, Taf. XI.3.

Healing Statue of Harchebis in Moscow

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
protection against substances and other things » protection against poison protection against animals (in general) » protection against scorpions Horus stela text protection against animals (in general) » protection against snakes
Alternative Names
TM 372049
Present location
Europe » Russia » Moscow » State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

inventory number: I.1.a.5319

Find spot
Nile Delta » Northern Delta » East Part » Mendes
Date
from: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » Late Period » 30th Dynasty to: Era and Dynasty Dates » Graeco-Roman Period » Hellenistic Period » Ptolemaic Period
Text type
recitation(s) » incantation(s)
Material
Non organic » Stone » Granite
Object type
Artefact » Sculpture » Statue / Figure
Script
Hieroglyphs
Editions

- Panov 2014: M. Panov, Die Statue des Horchebe, Novosibirsk 2014 (https://www.academia.edu/9821380).

- Berlev und Hodjash 2004: O.D. Berlev und S.I. Hodjash, Sculpture of Ancient Egypt in the Collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moskau 2004, 325-360.

- Hodjash 2004: S.I. Hodjash, God Bes's images in the ancient Egyptian art in the Collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. Catalogue, Moscow 2004, 12-35.

Bibliographic references

- B.V. Bothmer, Egyptian Antecedents of Roman Republican Verism, in: Quaderi de “La ricerca scientifica” 116, 1988, 47-65, nachgedruckt in: M.E. Cody (ed.), Egyptian Art. Selected Writings of Bernard V. Bothmer, Oxford 2004, 407-431.

- M. Chen, Healing Statues in Late Period Egypt: Creating Elite Commemoration in a Religious Context, Diss. Los Angeles 2020, passim (Dok. Nr. 18) (https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1kx4j7bw).

- P.-M. Chevereau, Prosopographie des cadres militaires égyptiens de la Basse Époque (Études et Mémoires d’Égyptologie 2), Paris 2001, 185 (Doc. 284).

- H. De Meulenaere und P. MacKay, Mendes, Bd. II, Warminster 1976, 199 (Nr. 59) und Taf. 23.d-f.

- Gutekunst 1995: Wilfried Gutekunst, Textgeschichtliche Studien zum Verjüngungsspruch (Text B) auf Horusstelen und Heilstatuen, Diss., Trier 1995, 371.

- Sternberg-El Hotabi 1999: Heike Sternberg-El Hotabi, Untersuchungen zur Überlieferungsgeschichte der Horusstelen (Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 62), Wiesbaden 1999. Teil II: Materialsammlung, 106.

- Turajeff 1917: B.A. Turajeff, The Statues and Statuettes of the Golenischeff Collection, Petrograd 1917, 68-71 und Taf. XI.3 (Nr. 88) [diese Seiten sind bei Panov 2014, 80-85 abgedruckt).

- M. Valloggia, Recherche sur les „Messagers“ (wpwtyw) dans les sources égyptiennes profanes, Genève 1976, 200 (Doc. 161).

Online ressources

TM: www.trismegistos.org/text/372049 (29.04.2025)

Author
Dr. Peter Dils
Author of metadata
Dr. Peter Dils

Translation and Commentary

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