Execration Text against the Asiatics
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This object is not part of The Met collection. It was in the Museum for a special exhibition and has been returned to the lender.
These small pieces of pottery are inscribed with execration texts in hieratic script, parts of standard formulas against conceivable enemy of Egypt. The general nature of the formulas indicates that they had a broad protective function, rather than responding to a specific threat. The inscriptions were buried as part of a ritual designed to magically neutralize dangers. These texts refer to Asiatics.
These small pieces of pottery are inscribed with execration texts in hieratic script, parts of standard formulas against conceivable enemy of Egypt. The general nature of the formulas indicates that they had a broad protective function, rather than responding to a specific threat. The inscriptions were buried as part of a ritual designed to magically neutralize dangers. These texts refer to Asiatics.
Artwork Details
- Title: Execration Text against the Asiatics
- Period: Middle Kingdom
- Date: ca. 2051-1650 BC
- Medium: Pottery, ink
- Dimensions: a: H. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); W. 6 cm (2 3/8 in.); Th. 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
b: H. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.); W. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); Th. 0.9 cm (3/8 in.) - Credit Line: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art