Inscribed magical brick of Amenemopet

Inscribed magical brick of Amenemopet

New Kingdom, Egypt

The brick was inscribed with a protective curse in seven lines of Hieratic when the clay was still damp.

The inscription reads:

You who come to disturb,
I shall not let you disturb!
You who come to strike,
I shall not let you strike!
I will disturb you!
I will strike you!
I am the protection of the Osiris
of [. . .] Amenem[opet].

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Inscribed magical brick of Amenemopet, New Kingsom, Egypt. H: 4 cm, L: 18.6 cm, W: 9 cm. British Museum, London, EA29547 © The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0