Science in Ancient Egypt

Horus Stela of Osorkon Brooklyn Museum 57.21.2

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
incantation protection against animals (in general) » protection against terrestrial predators defence spell (preventive magic) » protection while travelling Osiris 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) » Brooklyn (NY) » The Brooklyn Museum

Inventory number: 57.21.2

Online collections

Brooklyn Museum, 57.21.2 (27.10.2023)

Find spot
Unknown
Date
Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » 3rd Intermediate Period » 22nd–23th Dynasty » Osorkon I Sekhemkheperre
Text type
recitation(s) » incantation(s)
Material
Non organic » Stone » Marble
Object type
Artefact » Writing surfaces » Stele » Horus Stela / Horuscippus
Script
Hieroglyphs
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Middle Egyptian » Égyptien de tradition
Editions

- Jaquet-Gordon 1965/1966: H. Jacquet-Gordon, Two Stelae of Horus-on-the-Crocodiles, in: The Brooklyn Museum Annual 7, 1965–1966, 53–64, here: 54, 56–58, 62, fig. 3–4 and 7.

Bibliographic references

- El-Tonssy 2012: M. A. El-Tonssy, A Horus Cippus from Atfih, in: Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 86, 2012, 157–177.

- Gutekunst 1995: W. Gutekunst, Textgeschichtliche Studien zum Verjüngungsspruch (Text B) auf Horusstelen und Heilstatuen (Trier 1995), 249, 253, 333.

- Sternberg-el Hotabi 1999: H. Sternberg-el Hotabi, Untersuchungen zur Überlieferungsgeschichte der Horusstelen, 2 Vols., Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 62 (Wiesbaden 1999), Vol. I: Textband, 75, 78–79, 85–86; Vol. II: Materialsammlung, 72.

Online ressources

Brooklyn Museum, 57.21.2 (27.10.2023)

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

Translation and Commentary

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