Science in Ancient Egypt

Ostracon Glasgow D.1925.79 = Ostracon Colin Campbell 14

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
incantation Thoth Horus defence spell (preventive magic) » protection while travelling protection against animals (in general) » protection against scorpions Osiris protection against animals (in general) » protection against snakes Ra protection against substances and other things » protection against poison
Present location
Europe » Great Britain » (Cities D-J) » Glasgow » Hunterian Museum

Inventory number: GLAHM:D.1925.79
Inventory number (assigned internally by Gardiner): 14

Online collections

University of Glasgow Collections, Ostracon D.1925.79 (24.11.2023)

Find spot
Asyut to First Cataract » Thebes » West Bank » Deir el-Medina
Date
from: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » New Kingdom » 19th Dynasty to: Era and Dynasty Dates » Pharaonic Period » New Kingdom » 20th Dynasty
Text type
recitation(s) » incantation(s)
Material
Non organic » Stone » Limestone
Object type
Artefact » Writing surfaces » Ostracon
Script
Hieratic
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Middle Egyptian » Late Middle Egyptian with Late Egyptian influences
Editions

- de Buck – Stricker 1940: A. de Buck – B. H. Stricker, Teksten tegen schorpioenen naar pap. I 349, in: Oudheidkundige Mededeelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden 21, 1940, 53–62 and folded pl.

- A. H. Gardiner, Notebook 49.9 (24.11.2023)

- McDowell 1993: A.G. McDowell, Hieratic Ostraca in the Hunterian Museum Glasgow (The Colin Campbell Ostraca) (Oxford 1993), 18–19 and pls. XVIII-XIXa.

Online ressources

University of Glasgow Collections, Ostracon D.1925.79 (24.11.2023)

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

Translation and Commentary

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