Relief depicting a king making offerings the the god Amun and the goddess Hathor, 1st or 2nd century A.D.  Originally from the ancient site Memphis, Egypt now at the Pelizaeum-Museum in Hildesheim, Germany.

The king of right is actually believed the be the Roman emperor Trajan and represents Rome’s dominance over Egypt and Rome’s ability to syncretize religions and deities.  Note that the arches about the figures is not typical of ancient Egyptian architecture and design.  Also note how Hathor is facing forward when she should be facing sideways.

~Hasmonean 

The false door of Nebet, priest(ess) of Hathor, limestone, 6th Dynasty (23rd-22nd centuries B.C.E.

Courtesy & currently located at the Semitic Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Hathor, as the Mistress of the West, emerges from a hill representing the Theban necropolis. 

An Ancient Egyptian Love Charm

Hail to you, Re-Horakhty, father of the gods! 

Hail to you, Seven Hathors, who are adorned in bands of red linen!

Hail to you, gods, lords of heaven and earth!

Come, <make> so-and-so born of so-and-so come after me like a cow after fodder; like a servant after her children; like a herdsman (after) his herd. 

If they do not cause her to come after me, I will set <fire to> Busiris and burn up <Osiris>. 

O.Deir el Medina 1057 

New Kingdom

Ramesside Period

Love charms are usually only found during the Ptolemaic period and this is the only example which survives from Pharaonic Egypt. The Seven Hathors which the person invokes here are also associated with childbirth. They determined the fate of the child and were often called upon to protect it. 

The threats to the gods here, although they seem pretty blasphemous to our modern ears, are perfectly normal threats for the Ancient Egyptians in their magical and ritual texts. 

The phrases “so-and-so” would be replaced with the desired recipients name and their parents name.