Science in Ancient Egypt

Horus Stela Avignon A.58
Horus Stela Avignon A.58, from: Moret 1913, pl. VII.

Horus Stela Avignon A.58

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
creator god incantation Thoth protection against animals (in general) » protection against terrestrial predators Horus defence spell (preventive magic) » protection while travelling Osiris protection against animals (in general) » protection against snakes protection against animals (in general) » protection against crocodiles defence spell (preventive magic) » protection on the water Nehaher protection against substances and other things » protection against poison Maga
Present location
Europe » France » (Cities A-B) » Avignon » Musée Calvet

Inventory number: A.58

Find spot
Between Cairo and Assiut » Between Cairo and el-Faiyum » West Bank » Memphis
Date
Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » Late Period » 26th Dynasty
Text type
recitation(s) » incantation(s)
Material
Non organic » Stone » Limestone
Object type
Artefact » Writing surfaces » Stele » Horus Stela / Horuscippus
Script
Hieroglyphs
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Late Egyptian, Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Middle Egyptian » Égyptien de tradition
Editions

- Moret 1913: A. Moret, Monuments égyptiens du Musée Calvet à Avignon, in: Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l'archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes 35, 1913, 48–59, here: 55–59 [No. XXX] and pls. VII, 4–5.

Bibliographic references

- Aufrère 1990: S. Aufrère, La momie et la tempête. Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc et la curiosité égyptienne en Provence au début du XVIIe siècle (Avignon 1990), 337 and pl. XI.

- Gutekunst 1995: W. Gutekunst, Textgeschichtliche Studien zum Verjüngungsspruch (Text B) auf Horusstelen und Heilstatuen (Trier 1995), 257, 259–268, 326.

- Leahy 1979: A. Leahy, The Name of Osiris Written Osiris, in: Studien zur altägyptischen Kultur 7, 1979, 141–153.

- Meeks 1985: D. Meeks, in: M.-P. Foissy-Aufrère – S. Aufrère – Chr. Loury (eds.), Egypte & Provence. Civilisation, survivances et “Cabinetz de curiositez” (Avignon 1985), 136–137 (§ 327), 259 (§ 492), 270 (A58).

- Quack 2018: J. F. Quack, Eine magische Stele aus dem Badischen Landesmuseum Karlsruhe (Inv. H 1049), Schriften der Philosophisch-historischen Klasse der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften 58 (Heidelberg 2018), 35–40.

- Sternberg-el Hotabi 1999: H. Sternberg-el Hotabi, Untersuchungen zur Überlieferungsgeschichte der Horusstelen, 2 Vols., Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 62 (Wiesbaden 1999), Vol. I: Textband, 93, 96, 252 (fig. 45); Vol. II: Materialsammlung, 4.

Online ressources

Musée Calvet, Stèle d'Horus sur les crocodiles A. 58 (07.11.2023)

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

Translation and Commentary

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