Science in Ancient Egypt

Ostracon London UC 39634 = Ostracon Petrie 35
Ostracon London UC 39634 = Ostracon Petrie 35.

Ostracon London UC 39634 = Ostracon Petrie 35

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
incantation protection against animals (in general) » protection against terrestrial predators Horus defence spell (preventive magic) » protection while travelling protection against animals (in general) » protection against scorpions protection against animals (in general) » protection against snakes Isis protection against animals (in general) » protection against crocodiles defence spell (preventive magic) » protection on the water protection against substances and other things » protection against poison
Present location
Europe » Great Britain » (Cities K-N) » London » Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

Inventory number: oUC 39634
Inventory number (assigned internally by Černý – Gardiner 1957): O. Petrie 35

Online collections

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Ostracon 39634 (23.11.2023)

Find spot
Asyut to First Cataract » Thebes » West Bank
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

- Černý – Gardiner 1957: J. Černý – A. H. Gardiner, Hieratic Ostraca I (Oxford 1957), 4 and pls. 12–12A, No. 2.

Bibliographic references

- Perdu 2013: O. Perdu, L’Isis de Ptahirdis retrouvée, in: Revue d'Égyptologie 64, 2013, 93–133, here: 102–111.

- Roccati 2011: A. Roccati, Magica Taurinensia. Il grande papiro magico di Torino e i suoi duplicati, Analecta Orientalia 56 (Roma 2011), 144–146, § 281–289.

Online ressources

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, Ostracon 39634 (23.11.2023)

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

Translation and Commentary

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