The Famine Stela is an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphs located on Sehel Island in the Nile near Aswan in Egypt, which tells of a seven-year period of drought and famine during the reign of pharaoh Djoser of the Third Dynasty.

2019年12月26日 · During the reign of Pharaoh Siptah, Egypt had a powerful vizier from the Levant named Baya, who dominated even the Pharaoh. Archaeological records and climatological studies show that this was right in the middle of a lengthy famine that affected the entire Mediterranean. Pharaoh Siptah receives life from the god Horus (detail).

2018年7月15日 · Sehel Island, where the Stela exists, is considered by the Egyptologists as a piece of Pharaonic diary of 550 stones engraved by ancient Egyptian kings, rulers, pilgrims, travellers, and patients.

The Famine Stela is an inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphs located on Sehel Island in the Nile near Aswan in Egypt, which tells of a seven-year period of drought and famine during the reign of pharaoh Djoser of the Third Dynasty.

2020年3月17日 · The door-bolt is in his hand, the wings of the door open according to his wishes. He is there as Shou, who lives on the banks of his surroundings, this is how he is called. He reckons the land of Upper and Lower Egypt, to give him the portion of each god. He brings ... and .... and geese and fish and all things of which they live.

2021年12月11日 · The text recounts the seven-year period of drought and famine that took place during the reign of Pharaoh Djoser of the Third Dynasty, the builder of the Step pyramid who reigned around 2665-2645 BC. The drought began in the 18th year of his reign, caused because the Nile did not flood the farmlands and therefore there were no crops.

Dating back to the reign of Pharaoh Djoser of the Third Dynasty (circa 2686 BC – 2613 BC), the Famine Stela recounts a harrowing tale of a seven-year drought and famine that plagued Egypt. This inscription was later engraved by King Ptolemy V during the …

Periods of famine also appear in later periods, including the New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 B.C.), often triggered by external invasions and climate shifts. Another crucial reference is the Famine Stela, inscribed during the Ptolemaic period (c. 332–30 B.C.) but claiming to recount a seven-year famine during the reign of king Djoser (c. 2670 B.C.).

The famine stela has remained ever since a vital part of the study of Late Egyptian literature and religion. Wilbour’s role in this episode is key—he discovered the famine stela, translated it, and disseminated it—but he was typically modest in the way he allowed Brugsch to be the first to publish an account of it.

The Famine Stela (Translation from M. Lichtheim. Ancient Egyptian Literature: A Book of Readings. Vol. 3, pp. 94-100.) Year 18 of Horns: Neterkhet; the King of Upper and Lower Egypt: Neterkhet; Two Ladies: Neterkhet; Gold-Horus: Djoser; under the Count, Prince, Governor of the domains of the South, Chief of the Nubians in Yebu, Mesir.