Science in Ancient Egypt

Ostracon Deir el-Medineh 1057
Ostracon Deir el-Medineh 1057

Ostracon Deir el-Medineh 1057

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
binding spell » love spell (erotic magic) incantation threat to the gods
Present location
Africa » Egypt » Cairo » Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale

Inventory number: oIFAO 2065

Online collections

Website IFAO

Find spot
Asyut to First Cataract » Thebes » West Bank » Deir el-Medina
Date
from: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » New Kingdom » 19th Dynasty to: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » New Kingdom » 20th Dynasty
Text type
recitation(s) » incantation(s)
Material
Man made material » Pottery
Object type
Artefact » Writing surfaces » Ostracon
Script
Hieratic
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Late Egyptian
Editions

- Posener 1938: G. Posener, Catalogue des ostraca hiératiques littéraires de Deir el-Médineh I,3, Documents de Fouilles de l’Institut Franҫais d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire 1, Fasc. 3 (Le Caire 1938), VI, 15, Pl. 31–31a.

Bibliographic references

- Borghouts 1978: J. F. Borghouts, Ancient Egyptian magical texts: translated, Nisaba 9 (Leiden 1978), 1 (No. 1).

- Bruyère 1933: B. Bruyère, Rapport sur les fouilles de Deir el Médineh (1930), Fouilles de l’Institut Franҫais d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire 8, Fasc. 3 (Le Caire 1933).

- Colledge 2015: S. L. Colledge, The Process of Cursing in Ancient Egypt (Liverpool 2015), 98–101 (22.02.2022).

- Dieleman 2019: J. Dieleman, Egypt, in: D. Frankfurter (ed.), Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic, Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 189 (Leiden/Boston 2019), 87–114, here: 110–111.

- Fischer-Elfert 2005: H.-W. Fischer-Elfert, Altägyptische Zaubersprüche, Reclams Universal-Bibliothek 18375 (Stuttgart 2005), 78 and 150 (No. 59).

- Smither 1941: P. Smither, A Ramesside Love Charm, in: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 27, 1941, 131–132.

A complete bibliography can be found here.

Online ressources

https://www.ifao.egnet.net/bases/archives/ostraca/?id=19504 (22.02.2022)

Author
Dr. Marc Brose

Translation and Commentary

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