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Horus Stela of Ankhpakhered Boston MFA 05.90a–b
Horus Stela of Ankhpakhered Boston MFA 05.90a–b.

Horus Stela of Ankhpakhered Boston MFA 05.90a–b

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 protection against animals (in general) » protection against scorpions Osiris sun god protection against animals (in general) » protection against snakes Ra 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
Alternative Names
Trismegistos 113331
Present location
North America » USA. » (Cities A-Ch) » Boston (MA) » Museum of Fine Arts

Inventory number: MFA 05.90a–b

Online collections

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MFA 05.90a–b (26.10.2023)

Find spot
Unknown
Date
from: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » 3rd Intermediate Period » 22nd–23th Dynasty to: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » 3rd Intermediate Period » 24th Dynasty
Text type
recitation(s) » incantation(s)
Material
Non organic » Stone » Limestone
Object type
Artefact » Writing surfaces » Stele » Horus Stela / Horuscippus
Script
Hieroglyphs
Editions

- Sternberg-el Hotabi 1989: H. Sternberg-el Hotabi, Horusstele des Anchpachered, Sohn des Djedheriuefanch, Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Nr. 05.90), in: Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 16, 1989, 275–287 and pls. 6–8.

Bibliographic references

- Aufrère 2013: S. H. Aufrère, Serpents, magie et hiéroglyphes. Études sur les noms d’ophidiens d’un ensemble de cippes d’Horus de Thèbes et d’ailleurs (époque libyenne), in: Égypte Nilotique et Méditerranéenne 6, 2013, 93–122, here: 103–104 (Nr. VI).

- Berlandini 1998: J. Berlandini, Bès en aurige dans le char du dieu-sauveur, 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), 31–55, here: 39–40, 53, pl. 6.

- Gutekunst 1995: W. Gutekunst, Textgeschichtliche Studien zum Verjüngungsspruch (Text B) auf Horusstelen und Heilstatuen (Trier 1995), 66, 233, 241–253, 332.

- Jansen-Winkeln 2007: K. Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit II: Die 22.–24. Dynastie (Wiesbaden 2007), 455 (No. 45.113).

- Jansen-Winkeln 2016: K. Jansen-Winkeln, Zum Wandel der Personennamen von der Ramessidenzeit zur Spätzeit, in: H. Franzmeier – T. Rehren – R. Schulz (eds.), Mit archäologischen Schichten Geschichte schreiben. Festschrift für Edgar B. Pusch zum 70. Geburtstag (= Forschungen in der Ramses-Stadt 10) (Hildesheim 2016), 191–199.

- Sternberg-el Hotabi 1999: H. Sternberg-El Hotabi, Untersuchungen zur Überlieferungsgeschichte der Horusstelen, 2 Vols., Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 62 (Wiesbaden 1999), Vol. I: Textband, 76–77, 80–81, 84, 86; Vol. II: Materialsammlung, 14, 119–120 (= pl. IIIa–b).

Online ressources

Trismegistos 113331 (26.10.2023)

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MFA 05.90a–b (26.10.2023)

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

Translation and Commentary

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