Science in Ancient Egypt

Stela Brügger of Isis with the crocodiles

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
Private collection » Collection David Brügger
Find spot
Asyut to First Cataract » Between el-Kab and Aswan » West Bank » Tell Edfu
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 » Steatite/soap stone
Object type
Artefact » Writing surfaces » Stele » Isis Stela
Script
Hieroglyphs
Language
Egyptian-Coptic » Egyptian » Middle Egyptian » Égyptien de tradition
Editions

- Gasse 2014: A. Gasse, La stèle Brügger, une stèle d‘“Isis sur les crocodiles“, in: Égypte Nilotique et Méditerranéenne 7, 2014, 125–143.

Bibliographic references

- Auction catalogue Christie’s London, Antiquities, Thursday, 29 April 2010, 133 (No. 367).

- Perdu 2013: O. Perdu, L’Isis de Ptahirdis retrouvée, in: Revue d'Égyptologie 64, 2013, 93–133, here: 113, note 48.

- Quack 2018: J. F. Quack, Eine magische Stele aus dem Badischen Landesmuseum Karlsruhe (Inv. H 1049), Schriften der Philosophisch-historischen Klasse der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften 58 (Heidelberg 2018), 81, note 178.

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

Translation and Commentary

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