Science in Ancient Egypt

Horus Stela of Hori Cairo Museum of Seized Antiquities Inv. 379

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
creator god incantation protection against animals (in general) » protection against terrestrial predators defence spell (preventive magic) » protection while travelling Horus Osiris protection against animals (in general) » protection against snakes Ra protection against animals (in general) » protection against crocodiles Isis defence spell (preventive magic) » protection on the water Nehaher protection against substances and other things » protection against poison
Present location
Africa » Egypt » Cairo » Egyptian Museum

Inventory number: E.2016.05.28

Inventory number (former): 379

Find spot
Asyut to First Cataract » Thebes
Date
from: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » 3rd Intermediate Period » 22nd–23th Dynasty to: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » 3rd Intermediate Period » 25th Dynasty
Text type
recitation(s) » incantation(s)
Material
Non organic » Stone » Limestone
Object type
Artefact » Writing surfaces » Stele » Horus Stela / Horuscippus
Script
Hieroglyphs
Editions

- Kákosy – Moussa 1998: L. Kákosy – A. M. Moussa, A Horus Stela with Meret Goddesses, in: Studien zur altägyptischen Kultur 25, 1998, 143–159 and pls. 2–5.

Bibliographic references

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

- Jansen-Winkeln 1985: K. Jansen-Winkeln, Ägyptische Biographien der 22. und 23. Dynastie, Ägypten und Altes Testament 8 (Wiesbaden 1985).

- Jansen-Winkeln 2007: K. Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit II: Die 22.–24. Dynastie (Wiesbaden 2007), 455 (No. 45.114).

- Jansen-Winkeln 2009: K. Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit III. Die 25. Dynastie (Wiesbaden 2009), 602.

- Munro 1973: P. Munro, Die spätägyptischen Totenstelen, Ägyptologische Forschungen 25 (Glückstadt 1973).

- Sternberg-el Hotabi 1999: H. Sternberg-el Hotabi, Untersuchungen zur Überlieferungsgeschichte der Horusstelen, 2 Vols., Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 62 (Wiesbaden 1999).

- Thirion 1992: M. Thirion, Notes d’onomastique. Contribution à une révision du Ranke PN. Septième série, in: Revue d'Égyptologie 42, 1992, 223–240.

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

Translation and Commentary

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