Science in Ancient Egypt

Magical Plate Sydney MU3396

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
Atum incantation hymn Horus healing spell (curative magic) protection against animals (in general) » protection against scorpions sun god body parts protection against animals (in general) » protection against snakes Ra deification of limbs defence spell (preventive magic) ichneumon ritual protection against substances and other things » protection against poison
Present location
Australia and New Zealand » Australia » Sydney » Macquarie University Museum of Ancient Cultures

Inventory number: MU3396

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 » Greywacke
Object type
Artefact » Container » Vessel » Bowls and Plates
Script
Hieroglyphs
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Middle Egyptian » Égyptien de tradition
Editions

- Ockinga 2018: B. G. Ockinga, A Magical Plate in the Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University: A Tool of Trade of an Ancient Egyptian Medico-Magical Practitioner, in: T. A. Bács – Á. Bollók – T. Vida (ed.), Across the Mediterranean – Along the Nile. Studies in Egyptology, Nubiology and Late Antiquity Dedicated to László Török on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday 1. (Budapest 2018), 243–258.

Bibliographic references

- Ockinga 2017: B. G. Ockinga, Inscribed Plate, in: Y. Tristant – E. M. Ryan (ed.), Death is Only the Beginning. Egyptian funerary customs at the Macquarie Museum of Ancient Cultures, The Australian Centre for Egyptology. Studies 11 (Sydney 2017), 282–284 (no. 68).

Author
Dr. Peter Dils

Translation and Commentary

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