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1 of 2 • Mud tags (execration figures) with hieratic inscriptions in black ink found in inscribed pottery jar in mastaba S 679/705. These kinds of figures often are intended to be stylized representations of bound captives. Writing the name(s) of detested or feared individuals (or groups) on such figures, then destroying or mistreating them, was intended to neutralize negative influences or actions they might be suspected of harboring. Hochrechteckig, mit abgerundeten Ecken, stielartiger Fortsatz in der Mitte der Oberkante ("Kopf"); hieratische Aufschrift mit schwarzer Tinte.
Mud tags (execration figures) with hieratic inscriptions in black ink found in inscribed pottery jar in mastaba S 679/705. These kinds of figures often are intended to be stylized representations of bound captives. Writing the name(s) of detested or feared individuals (or groups) on such figures, then destroying or mistreating them, was intended to neutralize negative influences or actions they might be suspected of harboring. Hochrechteckig, mit abgerundeten Ecken, stielartiger Fortsatz in der Mitte der Oberkante ("Kopf"); hieratische Aufschrift mit schwarzer Tinte.
Mud tags (execration figures) with hieratic inscriptions in ink found in inscribed pottery jar in mastaba S 679/705

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: S 679/705

Crude clay execration figure; hieratic inscription in black ink. Hochrechteckig, mit abgerundeten Ecken; hieratische Aufschrift mit schwarzer Tinte.

Details

  • ID
    KHM_ÄS_8808
  • Department
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Classification
    Tools & Equipment-Ritual implements
  • Findspot
    Mastaba S 679/705
  • Material
    Clay
  • Credit Line
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Previous Number
    KHM_8808
  • Object Ownership Information
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Object owned by
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Notes
    Herk: Giza, (bei Mastaba S 679 und S 705), Grabung Junker Erwerb: 1978 inventarisiert Dias: Ektas KHM 2004 Comp.Nr. 50369 (Vs) 50371 (Rs) (zusammen mit 8804-07, 8809, 8811-12, 8815-16, 8824, 8189); NegNr-1: II 23431 (zusammen mit 8809–11), KHM Sitzenfrey 1978; NegNr-2: I 11913 (8804–8824) 1940

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