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Estela mágica

Late Period
360–343 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899
El sacerdote Esatum encargó la realización de esta estela durante el reinado de Nectanebo II para el templo de Mnevis (dios toro) en Heliópolis, cerca de la actual ciudad de El Cairo. Es asombroso que una piedra tan dura haya sido esculpida con tanta delicadeza. La imagen frontal, en marcado altorrelieve, muestra al joven Horus dominando a cocodrilos y escorpiones y otros peligrosos animales. Un texto en la base cuenta la historia de Horus, que sanó tras ser picado por un escorpión. Los exorcismos curativos y las figuras protectoras que cubren toda la superficie de la estela ejercían gran poder psicológico sobre los antiguos egipcios.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Estela mágica
  • Periodo: Periodo tardío, Dinastía XXX, reinado de Nectanebo II
  • Fecha: 360–343 a. C.
  • Geografía: Alejandría
  • Material: Metagrauvaca
  • Dimensiones: a. total 83,5 cm
  • Crédito: Fondo Fletcher, 1950
  • Número de inventario: 50.85
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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