The Metternich Stela, also shows the correlation to the ancient Egyptian mindset of medicine to magic, or stated differently, the fact that injury such as being poisoned could be healed by mystical means. ()
The Metternich Stela gives a very unique perspective on who exactly used magic. The stela was once set up in a public place within a temple showing that magic was for those who needed it (1781). The priest who sponsored the creation of this Stela, Esatum, had the phrase, “giving air to the suffocating:- for those who are ailing” put onto the stela. (MET) This statement shows that magic, and specifically in correlation to this stela and Spell against Poison specifically was for those who had been poisoned.
The Metternich Stela gives a very unique perspective on who exactly used magic. The stela was once set up in a public place within a temple showing that magic was for those who needed it (1781). The priest who sponsored the creation of this Stela, Esatum, had the phrase, “giving air to the suffocating:- for those who are ailing” put onto the stela. (MET) This statement shows that magic, and specifically in correlation to this stela and Spell against Poison specifically was for those who had been poisoned.