Science in Ancient Egypt

Horus Stela of Sethnakht Cairo JE 60273

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
creator god incantation Thoth protection against animals (in general) » protection against terrestrial predators defence spell (preventive magic) » protection while travelling Osiris protection against animals (in general) » protection against scorpions sun god protection against animals (in general) » protection against snakes Isis protection against animals (in general) » protection against crocodiles Ra 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: JE 60273

Find spot
Unknown
Date
Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » New Kingdom » 20th Dynasty » Sethnakht Userkhaure
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 » Middle Egyptian » Égyptien de tradition
Editions

- Kákosy 1998: L. Kákosy, A Horus cippus with royal cartouches, in: W. Clarysse – A. Schoors – H. Willems (eds.), Egyptian Religion. The Last Thousand Years. Studies Dedicated to the Memory of Jan Quaegebeur. Part I (= Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 84) (Leuven 1998), 125–137.

Bibliographic references

- Gutekunst 1995: W. Gutekunst, Textgeschichtliche Studien zum Verjüngungsspruch (Text B) auf Horusstelen und Heilstatuen (Trier 1995), 345.

- Sternberg-el Hotabi 1999: H. Sternberg-el Hotabi, Untersuchungen zur Überlieferungsgeschichte der Horusstelen, 2 Vols., Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 62 (Wiesbaden 1999), Vol. I: Textband, 38–40, 238 (fig. 30); Vol. II: Materialsammlung, 43.

A complete bibliography can be found here.

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

Translation and Commentary

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