Material: Plastered and painted wood
Date: Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.
Dimensions: H. 42.3 cm
Findspot: Egypt, unknown
Current Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 38.5
From an Egyptian instruction for a divination ritual (PDM XIV, 528-553):
A vessel divination given to me by a physician in the nome of Oxyrhynchos (…)
When Anubis enters the room you say to him:
“Arise and go forth and bring in to me the gods of this city-settlement!”
Then he goes out and brings in the gods.
When the gods come in, you say to Anubis:
“Bring in a table for the gods! Have them sit down!”
When they sit you say to Anubis:
“Bring in wine along with some loaves! Let them eat, let them drink!”
When he has done that, you say to Anubis:
“Tell them that they will ask for me today!”
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