Science in Ancient Egypt

Horus Stela Chicago OIM E 16881
Horus Stela Chicago OIM E 16881, from: Seele 1947, pl. I.

Horus Stela Chicago OIM E 16881

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
creator god incantation Thoth Horus defence spell (preventive magic) » protection while travelling Osiris Horus stela text healing spell (curative magic) sun god protection against animals (in general) » protection against crocodiles defence spell (preventive magic) » protection on the water Nehaher
Present location
North America » USA. » (Cities A-Ch) » Chicago (IL) » Oriental Institute Museum

Inventory number: E 16881

The Oriental Institute Museum has been renamed The ISAC Museum (ISAC: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures).

Online collections

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, Cippus (08.05.2024)

Find spot
Unknown
Date
from: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » Late Period » 30th Dynasty to: Era and Dynasty Dates » Graeco-Roman Period » Hellenistic Period » Ptolemaic Period
Text type
recitation(s) » incantation(s)
Material
Non organic » Stone » Steatite/soap stone
Object type
Artefact » Writing surfaces » Stele » Horus Stela / Horuscippus
Script
Hieroglyphs
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Middle Egyptian » Late Middle Egyptian with Late Egyptian influences
Editions

- Seele 1947: K. C. Seele, Horus on the Crocodiles, in: Journal of Near Eastern Studies 6, 1947, 43–52 and pls. I–III, here: pl. I.

Bibliographic references

- Bianchi 1988: R. S. Bianchi et al. (eds.), Cleopatra’s Egypt: Age of the Ptolemies (s.l. 1988), 204–205 (No. 99), pl. XXVI.

- Gutekunst 1995: W. Gutekunst, Textgeschichtliche Studien zum Verjüngungsspruch (Text B) auf Horusstelen und Heilstatuen (Trier 1995), 35, 66, 84, 89, 284, 290, 335.

- Ritner 2017: R. K. Ritner, in: J. M. Evans – J. Green – E. Teeter, Highlights of the Collections of the Oriental Institute Museum (Chicago 2017), 106 (No. 77).

- Scalf 2022: F. Scalf, “You will trample the great lion and the serpent”. The healing powers of Horus on the crocodiles through the eyes of Robert K. Ritner, in: Oriental Institute. News and Notes 252, Autumn 2022, 10–15, here: 10–11.

- Sternberg-el Hotabi 1999: H. Sternberg-el Hotabi, Untersuchungen zur Überlieferungsgeschichte der Horusstelen, 2 Vols., Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 62 (Wiesbaden 1999), Vol. 1: Textband, 107, 110, 260 (Abb. 56); Vol. II: Materialsammlung, 22.

- Teeter 2003: E. Teeter, Egypt. Treasures from the Collection of the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Oriental Institute Museum Publications 23 (Chicago 2003), 103–104, 137 (No. 53).

Online ressources

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, Cippus (08.05.2024)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, Cippus (3D-model) (08.05.2024)

Cippus; Stela of Horus on the Crocodiles (3D-model by Ling-Fei Lin) (08.05.2024)

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

Translation and Commentary

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