Science in Ancient Egypt

Horus Stela Cairo CG 9404
Horus Stela Cairo CG 9404, from: Daressy 1903, pls. V–VI and Zivie, 1992, pls. XLV–XLVI (montage: P. Dils).

Horus Stela Cairo CG 9404

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
creator god healing spell (curative magic) Horus stela text sun god Ra Thoth defence spell (preventive magic) » protection while travelling protection against animals (in general) » protection against scorpions Isis protection against animals (in general) » protection against crocodiles incantation Horus protection against animals (in general) » protection against snakes protection against substances and other things » protection against poison Maga protection against animals (in general) » protection against terrestrial predators Osiris Mythological tale defence spell (preventive magic) » protection on the water Nehaher historiola
Present location
Africa » Egypt » Saqqara, Africa » Egypt » Cairo » Egyptian Museum

Inventory number: CG 9404

Find spot
Between Cairo and Assiut » Between Cairo and el-Faiyum » West Bank » Saqqara
Date
from: Century Dates » (Centuries BC) » 4th century BC to: Century Dates » (Centuries BC) » 3rd century BC
Text type
recitation(s) » incantation(s)
Material
Non organic » Stone » Calcite
Object type
Artefact » Writing surfaces » Stele » Horus Stela / Horuscippus
Script
Hieroglyphs
Editions

- Daressy 1903: G. Daressy, Textes et dessins magiques, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire. Nos. 9401–9449 (Le Caire 1903), 13–15 and pls. V–VI.

- Zivie 1992: A. Zivie, Un fragment de statue magique, in: U. Luft (ed.), The Intellectual Heritage of Egypt. Studies presented to László Kákosy by friends and colleagues on the occasion of his 60th birthday, Studia Aegyptiaca XIV (Budapest 1992), 627–631 and pls. XLV–XLVIII.

Bibliographic references

- Gutekunst 1995: W. Gutekunst, Textgeschichtliche Studien zum Verjüngungsspruch (Text B) auf Horusstelen und Heilstatuen (Trier 1995), 68, 81, 340.

- Klasens 1952: A. Klasens, A Magical Statue Base (Socle Behague) in the Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden 33 (Leiden 1952), 37–38, 46–50 (object C3). 

- Sternberg-el Hotabi 1999: H. Sternberg-el Hotabi, Untersuchungen zur Überlieferungsgeschichte der Horusstelen, 2 Vols., Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 62 (Wiesbaden 1999), Vol. I: Textband, 108–110; Vol. II: Materialsammlung, 36.

- Vandenbeusch 2018: M. Vandenbeusch, Evidence of an ancient archive? The papyrus British Museum EA 9961, in: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 104, 2018, 177–194, here: 193.

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

Translation and Commentary

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