Science in Ancient Egypt

Ostracon Deir el-Medineh 1066
Ostracon Deir el-Medineh 1066

Ostracon Deir el-Medineh 1066

Metadata

knowledge domains
Magic
keywords
incantation protection against substances and other things » protection against poison Horus historiola
Present location
Africa » Egypt » Cairo » Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale

Inventory number: oIFAO 2097

Online collections

Website IFAO

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 » Égyptien de tradition
Editions

- Posener 1938: G. Posener, Catalogue des ostraca hiératiques littéraires de Deir el-Médineh. Tome premier (Deuxième fascicule; Troisième fascicule), Documents de Fouilles de l’Institut Franҫais d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire 1, Fasc. 2 (Le Caire 1936) and Fasc. 3 (Le Caire 1938), V–VI, 17 and pl. 36–36a.

Bibliographic references

- Gasse 1990: A. Gasse, Catalogue des ostraca hiératiques littéraires de Deir el-Médineh. IV,1. Nos 1676-1774, Documents de Fouilles de l’Institut Franҫais d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire 25 (Le Caire 1990).

A complete bibliography can be found here.

Online ressources

http://www.ifao.egnet.net/bases/archives/ostraca/?id=19513 (25.01.2022).

Author
Dr. Katharina Stegbauer
Author of metadata
Billy Böhm, M.A.

Translation and Commentary

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