Slatted frame of Ni-ankh-Pepi with Ibhati-Spells

Metadata

knowledge domains
Present location
Unknown
Find spot
Between Cairo and Assiut » Between Cairo and el-Faiyum » West Bank » Saqqara
Date
from: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » Middle Kingdom » 11th Dynasty (after reunification) to: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » 1st Intermediate Period
Text type
recitation(s) » incantation(s)
Material
Organic » Wood
Object type
Artefact » Container » Coffin » Rectangular coffin
Part of object
Grid/Lattice » Slatted frame
Script
Hieroglyphs, Hieratic
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Middle Egyptian
Editions

- Hassan – Iskander 1975 I: S. Hassan – Z. Iskander, Mastaba of Neb-Kaw-Ḥer, Excavations at Saqqara, 1937–1938 – Volume I (Cairo 1975).

- Hassan – Iskander 1975 II: S. Hassan – Z. Iskander, Mastabas of Ny-ankh-Pepy and Others, Excavations at Saqqara, 1937–1938 – Volume II (Cairo 1975).

- Osing 1987: J. Osing, Sprüche gegen die jbhꜣtj-Schlange, in: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Abteilung Kairo 43, 1987, 205–210.

Bibliographic references

- Fischer 1979: H. G. Fischer, Review von: Hassan – Iskander 1975, I–II, in: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 65, 1979, 176–182, here: 179–180.

- Lapp 1985: G. Lapp, Särge des Mittleren Reiches aus der ehemaligen Sammlung Khashaba (Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 43), Wiesbaden 1985.

- Lapp 1993: G. Lapp, Typologie der Särge und Sargkammern von der 6. bis 13. Dynastie (Studien zur Archäologie und Geschichte Altägyptens 7), Heidelberg 1993.

- Porter – Moss 1981: B. Porter – R. L. B. Moss, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. III2. Memphis. Part 2. Ṣaqqâra to Dashûr (2. Auflage), Oxford 1981.

- Stegbauer 2015: K. Stegbauer, Magie als Waffe gegen Schlangen in der ägyptischen Bronzezeit, Borsdorf 2015, 186–188 (Spell 18) (https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.529).

- Willems 1988: H. Willems, Chests of Life. A Study of the Typology and Conceptual Development of Middle Kingdom Standard Class Coffins (Mededelingen en verhandelingen van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap „Ex Oriente Lux“ 25), Leiden 1988.

A complete bibliography can be found here.

Author
Dr. Katharina Stegbauer
Contributors
Dr. Peter Dils

Translation and Commentary

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