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〈Stele des Khety (London UC 14430)〉 / Stele des Khety (London UC 14430)

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〈Literarische Texte〉→〈6. Historisch-biographische Literatur des Mittleren Reiches und der 2. Zwischenzeit〉→〈Biographien der 11. und 12. Dynastie〉→〈Biographien aus Abydos〉→Stele des Khety (London UC 14430)→〈Stele des Khety (London UC 14430)〉

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Egyptian

Transcription

[...] [___] ⸮⸢jb⸣? =f ḥz,y [_]t ⸮w? [...] 〈§〉 [...] ⸮wꜣ,t? m wp(w),t =f 〈§〉 ḫr-m-ḫt sꜣꜣ [...] 〈§〉 [...] [___]w ḫnt-r Jꜥꜥr,w-n-mꜣs,t mḥ,t(j)-r Šꜣṯ[w] [...] 〈§〉 [...] [__]_ ⸢n⸣-mr(w),t nḥm ꜥwꜣ(,y) m sgr nn sḥwr nn zḫi̯.t m ḫt ꜥbꜥ [...] 〈§〉 [...] ⸢n⸣ ⸢nb⸣ 〈§〉 ⸮jw? gr,t sḏ[m] [...] 〈§〉 [...] bꜣk n(,j)-mr(w),t ḏḏ mr(w),t n.t nb =f 〈§〉 ḫpr.t pw [...] 〈§〉 [...] ⸢ꜣ⸣ṯw m Wꜣḏ,t m ḥr(,j)-tp n(,j) spꜣ,t.pl mdwi̯ ḥr [_]t[_] [...] 〈§〉 [...] nb =f ꜥq ḥr nb =f n smj.t(w) =f smj mdw,t =f ḏs =f m sꜥḏ.t.n =f _r_ [...] 〈§〉 [...] nb =f rḫ ḏd.t r-gs nb.pl šwi̯ m wꜥr(,w) m-bꜣḥ qnb,t sꜣq jb ḥr mꜣ[ꜥ,t] ḫrw =[f] [...] 〈§〉 [...] swꜣ,w.pl sḫpr.n =(j) n =sn tꜣš.pl m jri̯ šms,w sꜣ[ꜣ] 〈§〉 [...] šzp nb =f mdw =f ḏd md(w),t ḥr wn =s mꜣꜥ šwi̯ m wsf nb =f nn ꜥwꜣi̯ n[n] jṯi̯ jš,t.pl =f 〈§〉 n swḫ〈ꜣ〉 =(j) m spꜣ,t ⸮pri̯? rn =(j) 〈§〉 n skn =(j) r ḥm,t ṯꜣ,y 〈§〉 n ꜣbi̯ =(j) mr(w),t nḏ⸢s⸣ 〈§〉 jr zꜣ z jri̯ st jw jt =f bṯ =f sw m qnb,t 〈§〉 n šzp =(j) (j)ḫ,t.pl n.t jw,(y)t 〈§〉 šzp =(j) jri̯ n =(j) spr,t mri̯.t nṯr pw tp tꜣ 〈§〉 ꜥnḫ.n =(j) m rʾ =(j) wꜣj[_] H̱,ty mꜣꜥ-ḫrw 〈§〉 ẖnm ꜥnḫ m jwꜥ(,w) =f nb 〈§〉 jri̯ =f sḫr m ⸮mꜥr? [...] 〈§〉 ḏd.t.n =(j) nb.t m ⸮[(m)ꜥḥꜥ],t? tn wn pw [...]

Translations (1)

DE scholarly · TLA / ORAEC
... ... ... of] his [heart?], praised [... ... ... ... ... ...] the road with his mission. And after [he] became wise [... ... ... ... ... ...] south to Iaru-en-maset, north to Shatj[u ... ... ... ... ... ...] in order to strike the robber in silence, without reproaching and without striking with a stick ... [... ... ... ... ... ...] for the lord (??). [I] have, however, heard [... ... ... ... ... ...] a beloved servant, spreading the love of his lord. What happened is [... ... ... ... ... ...], administrator in the 10th Upper Egyptian nome as chief of the nomes, who speaks concerning/on behalf of (?) [... ... ... ... ... ...] his lord, one who enters to his lord without being announced, his own speech reporting on that which he had made hale (?), ... [... ... ... ... ... ...] his lord, one who knows what is being said at the side of lords, free of haste in front of the court of law, self-controlled because of the truthfulness of [his] voice, [... ... ... ... ... ...] districts, for which I had created boundaries, as a wise follower does, [a ...], one whose speech his lord receives, who says a speech because it is true, one free of harming (?) his lord, without robbing, without stealing his things. I did not speak falsely (?) in the aforementioned nome; (oder: ich habe mich nachts nicht im Gau zum Schlafen hingelegt, damit mein Name/Ruf sich verbreitet (?)) I did not hunger for the wife of a husband; I did not desire the love of a junior. As for any son of a man who does this - his father leaves him alone at the court. I did not accept things of the evil man (?). I received the one who made a petition to me, (for) it is what god loves on earth. I swear (?) with my mouth ... [...] (oder: Leben für den Vorsteher der Siegler) Khety, justified. May life be united with every heir of his, may he govern with success (?) [... ... All that I have said on this [tomb chape]l is [the truth ... ... ...

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Found at Abydos

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  • TLA-Text UGOPLGD7GBCMJOGYLITPBULW2Q tier-1
  • ORAEC-id oraec912 tier-2

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