Reproduction
Object Category
vessels
Description
Pottery ostracon, restored from four fragments 8 line hieratic text on obverse gives part of Contendings of Anat & Seth. Seth rapes Anat while she is bathing and the poison (= semen, same word) flew to his forehead and made him ill. Magical use of it as a spell - text is defective and allusive. Black and red ink line drawings on reverse - including a horse. Conserved. Spiegelberg number 1-2. Luxor, Ramesseum (excavated J E Quibell 1895/96).
Publications
- Spiegelberg, Wilhelm, Hieratic ostraka & papyri found by J.E. Quibell in the Ramesseum, 1895-6, pl 1 nos 1-2
- Charron, d'Alain, Savoir et Pouvoir. A l'Epoque de Ramses II. Khaemouaset. Le Prince Archaeologue
Production Period
New Kingdom New Kingdom
Material
Dimensions
height: 23.55 cms
width: 25.3 cms
thickness: 0.65 cms
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC31942
Alternative Number
Spiegelberg 1-2
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
