A magical plate in the Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University: a tool of trade of an ancient Egyptian medico-magical practitioner

Boyo G. Ockinga

A magical plate in the Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University: a tool of trade of an ancient Egyptian medico-magical practitioner

Department of Ancient History

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Abstract

Publication of an inscribed Late Period greywacke magical plate, MU 3396, in the Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University. The texts, which refer to the myth of the hand of Atum, have parallels on a number of healer statues (statues guérisseuses). The plate is designed to be held by the medico-magical practitioner whose hand is identified with the hand of Atum.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Across the Mediterranean – along the Nile
Subtitle of host publication	studies in Egyptology, Nubiology and Late Antiquity dedicated to László Török on the occasion of his 75th birthday
Editors	Tamás A. Bács, Ádám Bollók, Tivadar Vida
Place of Publication	Budapest
Publisher	Archaeolingua
Pages	243-258
Number of pages	16
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	9786155766114, 9786155766183
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

magic
medicine
Mythology, Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian magic
medico-magical equipment
medico-magical practice
Hand of Atum
MU3396

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Ockinga, B. G. (2018). A magical plate in the Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University: a tool of trade of an ancient Egyptian medico-magical practitioner. In T. A. Bács, Á. Bollók, & T. Vida (Eds.), Across the Mediterranean – along the Nile: studies in Egyptology, Nubiology and Late Antiquity dedicated to László Török on the occasion of his 75th birthday (Vol. 1, pp. 243-258). Archaeolingua.

Ockinga, Boyo G. / A magical plate in the Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University : a tool of trade of an ancient Egyptian medico-magical practitioner. Across the Mediterranean – along the Nile: studies in Egyptology, Nubiology and Late Antiquity dedicated to László Török on the occasion of his 75th birthday. editor / Tamás A. Bács ; Ádám Bollók ; Tivadar Vida. Vol. 1 Budapest : Archaeolingua, 2018. pp. 243-258

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Ockinga BG. A magical plate in the Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University: a tool of trade of an ancient Egyptian medico-magical practitioner. In Bács TA, Bollók Á, Vida T, editors, Across the Mediterranean – along the Nile: studies in Egyptology, Nubiology and Late Antiquity dedicated to László Török on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Vol. 1. Budapest: Archaeolingua. 2018. p. 243-258

A magical plate in the Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University: a tool of trade of an ancient Egyptian medico-magical practitioner

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