Warning: In this section I decided to display the literal transliteration that is to say the word as it is written and NOT as it should be written. The transliteration of reference will be mentioned when known to me. The comparison of both will reveal in full to the reader the Ancient Egyptians' stenographical way of writing.
The vocabulary displayed is partly built on the book of Raymond O. FAULKNER, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford, 1962. Specials thanks are given to the Griffith Institute for the permission to use it.
Book of Night
Bibliography : Frankfort, Henri, de Buck Adriaan, Gunn Battiscombe, The cenotaph of Seti I at Abydos, 2 vol., EES 39, London 1933, Text, EES 39.1, chapter VI, Plates, EES 39.2, pl. LXXV-LXXX ; Piankoff, Alexandre, Drioton, Etienne, Le livre du jour et de la nuit, BdE 13, Cairo, 1942, p. 31-81 ; Carrier, Claude, Grands livres funéraires de l’Egypte pharaonique, Paris, 2009, p. 449 et sq.
Introduction
...
2e Heure
Piankoff-Drioton p. 35
ḥtp m ʿnḫ ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn ỉr.t sšp ḥḏ m kkw wbȝ sbḫt nt pt m
ỉmntt wḥʿ tkȝ m tȝ ssyw šsp nfrt nt dpt-nṯr ỉn sḳdwt
ỉr.t hnw ỉn nṯrw dwȝt spr r sbḫt tp.t nbt pt [nbt tȝwy ] r
wnwt 2.nwt (šsȝt-mkt-nb-s) nṯr ỉmy wnwt tn m sšmw n nṯr pn kȝ ỉȝḫw
sbḫt tp.t nbt sdȝw ḳȝ.t snbwt ḥrt-tp nbt ḫbḫbt sr.t mdt
ḫsf.t nšn nḥm.t ʿwȝ (ỉn) ỉ.ỉ(w) wȝ nbt nrw
Piankoff-Drioton p. 34
ỉmn-rn-f
nb-sšd
sʿryt
nʿ(ȝ)yt
ḫfd
rs-wr
ḥr-st-f
stpty
Piankoff-Drioton p. 34
nṯrw rsy(w)
nṯrw mḥt(yw)
nṯrw ỉmnt(yw)
nṯrw ỉȝbt(yw)
bȝw-p
bȝw-nḫn
psḏt-ʿȝt
psḏt-šrt
Piankoff-Drioton p. 37
ḏd-mdw šsp(w) ṯn tp.w.ṯn ỉʿb(w) n.ṯn ḳs.w.ṯn šsp(w) n.ṯn ḥtp.ṯn
Piankoff-Drioton p. 32
sỉȝ
mḥn
mȝʿt
ḥʿw (rʿ)
ḥw
Piankoff-Drioton p. 37
wḏ-mdw n nṯrw šsp.w tp.w.ṯn ỉʿb(w) n.ṯn ḳs.w.ṯn
Piankoff-Drioton p. 39
...
ȝḫw
sʿḥw
mtw
sỉȝ
Piankoff-Drioton p. 39
ḏd-mdw ỉp(w) ỉb(w.ṯn) šsp(w) ȝwt.ṯn
Piankoff-Drioton p. 38
nnyw
ssyw
nntyw
Piankoff-Drioton p. 38
ḏd-mdw ỉp(w) wḏb.w [ḏd-mdw šsp(w) n.ṯn tp.w.ṯn ỉʿb(w) n.ṯn ḳs.w.ṯn šsp(w) n.ṯn ḥtp.ṯn]
...
3e Heure
Piankoff-Drioton p. 39
sbḫt 2.nwt rkḥ.t bsw ʿḫm.t ḏȝft spd.t pʿw ḫȝḫ.t smȝ n nḏnḏ.n.s
ỉwt.t swȝ ḥr.s nn nhw sʿr.t n nb.s N
Piankoff-Drioton p. 41
sḳd.t ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn spr r sbḫt 2.nwt rkḥ(t) bsw ʿḫm.t ḏȝft
spd.t pʿw ḫȝḫ.t smȝ nn nḏnḏ.n.s ỉwt.t swȝ ḥr.s nn nhw sʿr.t
(n) nb.s r wnwt 3.nwt dn.t bȝ ḫfty.w nṯr ỉmy nỉwt tn m sšmw n nṯr pn kȝ tȝwy
Piankoff-Drioton p. 40
wtt
ỉryt
sšpt
nmḥ
sty-ḥr
ḥwn
bỉk
wȝḏ-ḥr
ḥns-wr
šwdw
ḫn-ỉb
smty
ỉwn-nww
nbt-rnpwt
ỉnn-ʿnḫ
ddw-ṯȝw
ỉmy-ḥwt-ȝtf
dfd-dbn
Piankoff-Drioton p. 42
rsw
sḏrw
ỉgrw
nhsw
mḥw
ȝḫw
šw
sḫtyw
mỉntyw
...
4e Heure
Piankoff-Drioton p. 43
sbḫt 3.nwt dm.t ds.w ḥnwt tȝwy sḥḏ.t ḫfty.w wrḏw-ỉb ỉr.t sdȝw
šw(w) m ỉw sḥr.t ḏwt [n nb tȝwy N]
Piankoff-Drioton p. 44
sḳd.t ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn spr r sbḫt 3.nwt dm.t ds.w ḥnwt tȝwy sḥḏ.t ḫfty.w
wrḏw-ỉb ỉr.t sdȝw šw(w) m ỉw sḥr.t ḏwt r wnwt 4.nwt wrt
m sḫm.s nṯr ỉmy wnwt tn m sšmw n nṯr pn psš-ḥtp-f
Piankoff-Drioton p. 46
ỉḫmtyw
ḥtrtyw
wḏbw
Piankoff-Drioton p. 44
ỉmy-sn
nbnnbn
ʿȝ-ỉb
ḥr(wy)-sy
sḫm
swḥ
ḏd(w)
ḥmswt
ʿḥʿ
ỉmy-ỉwnn-f
ḳȝ
nhȝ
ʿm-ʿȝ
...
5e Heure
Piankoff-Drioton p. 46
sbḫt 4.nwt nbt pt ḥnwt tȝwy ndb.yt nbt tȝ tm ʿȝ.t šfšft
Piankoff-Drioton p. 47
sḳd.t ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn spr r sbḫt 4.nwt nbt pt ḥnwt tȝwy ndb.yt nbt tȝ tm
ʿȝ(t) šfšft r wnwt 5.nwt ḥrt-ỉb dpt.s nṯr ỉmy wnwt tn m (sšmw) nṯr pn mȝʿ-ḥr
Piankoff-Drioton p. 47
ẖr-rmnty(?)
ḏbʿty
ỉmnt-wrt
nbỉt
ḫtw-r-ḫtw
stn-ḥȝt
nḏm-ỉb
st(nt)-ỉt-s
rmnwtt
Piankoff-Drioton p. 48
(ỉmyw-ḫt stš)
rmntyw
wtw
ḥȝw
bȝwtyw
ngȝyw
dt-ḏrw
ḏȝmww
wʿšw
...
6e Heure
Piankoff-Drioton p. 49
sbḫt 5.nwt nbt ʿnḫ ḥr rn n nswt-bỉt nb tȝwy N sȝ-rʿ nb ḥʿʿwy m ḥrt nb ḫʿw N mr ptḥ-skr
Piankoff-Drioton p. 50
sḳd.t ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn spr r sbḫt 5.nwt nbt ʿnḫ r wnwt 6.nwt msprt nṯr
ỉmy wnwt tn m sšmw n nṯr pn ḥr-ḥry-ḫt
Piankoff-Drioton p. 49
ḥkn-tp
nbt-wȝḏt
sšn
sṯnt
mḳryt
ỉp-ỉbw
ḫpr-m-nww
wṯss
ȝw-ʿ
ʿšȝt-ʿmȝw
smnḫt
msḫtywt(?)
ỉȝw
nḥsy.w
mḏȝw.w
ʿȝm.w
...
7e Heure
Piankoff-Drioton p. 56
sbḫt 6.nwt nbt ḏsrw štȝ.w ḥr rn n nswt-bỉt nb tȝwy N sȝ-rʿ sḥb sp 3 wỉȝ n nb ḥḥ.w nb ḫʿw N mr wsỉr ḫnty mȝʿt
Piankoff-Drioton p. 57
sḳd.t ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn spr r sbḫt 6.nwt nb ḏsrw štȝ.w r wnwt 7.nwt ḥw.t smȝy.w swty nṯr ỉmy wnwt tn m šsmw nṯr pn srr (skr)
Piankoff-Drioton p. 58
sḳd.d bȝ.w ʿnḫ.w sḳd.d ẖȝwt.sn m st.sn
šmȝw
ʿḫw
...
Piankoff-Drioton p. 57
sḫm-wr
nty
ỉwtw
n-ʿmm-f
ỉbȝ
ḫns
tȝ-snt
mst-sȝ-s
ḫpr-m-kkw
ḥrrty
sfg
knsty
Piankoff-Drioton p. 52
ỉr.t.n ḥr n ỉt.f wsỉr ỉr.t ʿḳt sȝḫ nṯr ḏbȝ sšd
ntṯn sbỉ.w ỉr.w wt.w (ḫr) ỉt.ỉ
d(t) n ỉt.ỉ wsỉr ḥw.n.ỉ ḫfty.tn pw m ḫnty-n-ỉrty
...
8e Heure
Piankoff-Drioton p. 59
sbḫt 7.nwt ḥrt-tp ʿḥȝ(t) ḥr nb.s ḥr rn n nswt-bỉt nb tȝwy N sȝ-rʿ nb ḫʿw nb nryt
Piankoff-Drioton p. 60
sḳd.t ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn stnm wȝt swȝ ḥr sbȝ nȝrrf spr r sbḫt 7.nwt ḥrt-tp ʿḥȝ(t) ḥr nb.s r wnwt 8.nwt nbt grḥ
nṯr ỉmy wnwt (tn) m šsmw n nṯr pn ḥr-dwȝty
Piankoff-Drioton p. 60
ʿḥʿty
ḥry-mkȝt
sšmw
Piankoff-Drioton p. 59
nb-ḏȝrw
ḥry-ḫnty
Piankoff-Drioton p. 62
sỉȝ
dwȝ-mwt-f
ȝst
ḳbḥ-snw-f
nbt-ḥwt
sḫm-ỉr-f
wʿb-tp-ḥȝt
bnn-ḥr-psḏt-pḏt
ḥr-tp-nḥb(t)
ṯs-ḥrw
wsỉr
ḥr-nḏ-ỉt-f
(stš)
nt
...
ỉnp
šw
ḥpwy
srḳt
ḥpỉ
ỉmstỉ
tfnt
sndt
Piankoff-Drioton p. 61 (put in a different order)
... ȝḫ.w sʿḥ.w mwt.w nnw ssyw ... nntyw rsyw sḏrw ỉgr.w nhsw mḥw bȝ.w(?) šwtyw sḫty.w mỉntyw
...
9e Heure
Piankoff-Drioton p. 64
sbḫt 8.nwt smr.t nswt ḥr rn n nswt-bỉt nb tȝwy N sȝ-rʿ nb ḫʿw N mry nṯrw ỉmy.w ẖrt-nṯr m smt
Piankoff-Drioton p. 65
sḳd.t ỉn nṯr pn spr r sbḫt 8.nwt mr.t (nswt) r wnwt 9.nwt mk.t nb.s nṯr ỉmy wnwt tn m šsmw n nṯr pn (bȝ-pf)
Piankoff-Drioton p. 64
...
ỉ ...
... sḫrw ...
...
Piankoff-Drioton p. 66
ḏd-mdw ỉn (sỉȝ) ỉ.nḏ ṯn bȝ.w.ṯn ỉnpw ỉp.f ỉb.w.ṯn nṯr(w) r pt bȝ.w r tȝ
ỉsfty.w ỉmy.w.ṯn nw(.w) m bw pf nty.ṯn ỉm.f nn mȝ.ṯn
nṯr.tn nnw mḥ.ww mḥ.w.ṯn ḥnʿ ḥʿp mnỉ.ṯn ḥnʿ ḏfywt
sr.y.tn wḏb.w sȝḫ.w mȝʿ.t(w) ḥb{yt} r (wdḥw.w).ṯn
dd.t(w) n.ṯn šsp.ṯn kȝmw(tt).ṯn ỉr.t.ṯn ỉrw rs wnn-nfr
ỉm.ṯn r bw (ẖry.f) ḏt mȝʿ.w ỉm.ṯn m-ḫt wsỉr m-bȝḥ.f
m tpyw-ʿ.f d(.w) ȝwt.ṯn (ỉtn) m ỉrt.y.ṯn ṯȝw m fnd.ṯn
Piankoff-Drioton p. 68
ḏd-mdw ỉ.n n tȝ.n hȝ.n m (spȝt).n n ỉr.n ỉsft ...
r tȝ ỉgr ỉty.n mr.n nṯr ḫnty nṯrw.n nn (ỉḥw) ḥr mȝʿt.f
...
Piankoff-Drioton p. 66
ȝḫ.w sʿḥ.w mwt.w nnw ssyw nntyw rsyw sḏrw ỉgr.w nhsw
mḥw bȝ.w(?) šwtw sḫty.w mỉntyw
...
10e Heure
Piankoff-Drioton p. 71
sbḫt 9.nwt nbt snḏ ḥr rn n nswt-bỉt nb tȝwy N sȝ-rʿ nb ḫʿw nb mȝʿt m ẖrt-nṯr
sḳd.t ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn spr r sbḫt 9.nwt nbt snḏ (r) wnwt mḥ.t
10 ḏnḏn.yt nṯr ỉmy wnwt tn m šsmw n nṯr pn wȝḏ-mwt-f
...
11e Heure
Piankoff-Drioton p. 72
sbḫt mḥ.t 10 mk.t nb.s ḥr rn n nswt-bỉt nb tȝwy N sȝ-rʿ nb ḫʿw N mȝʿ-ḫrw (ḫr) nb.w ẖrt-nṯr
Piankoff-Drioton p. 73
sḳd.t ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn spr r sbḫt mḥ.t 10 mk.t nb.s r
wnwt mḥ.t 10 sbȝyt nṯr ỉmy wnwt tn m šsmw nṯr pn nbw-nṯrw
Piankoff-Drioton p. 72
ḏsr-ỉrt
mry-ḥr
ỉn-s-nmʿ-s
nḥm-s-m-ʿ-nḳn-s
bnbn
ḥḏḏw
wȝḥ-ʿḫw
ns-tp-r-f
mr(w)-f-wʿw-wrt(?)
Piankoff-Drioton p. 74
...
wn.n(w) tp tȝ ỉr.w.sn snṯr n nṯrw ỉmy.w dwȝt
wn.n.sn m šmsw nṯr pn d(.w) n.sn ȝwt n
šnʿ.ʿ.sn ḥr sbȝ.w n nb.w ḫrt kf(t) n ʿfnt.ṯn
12e Heure
Piankoff-Drioton p. 75
sbḫt mḥ.t 11 ḫsf.t ḫmyw ḥr rn wr n nswt-bỉt nb tȝwy N sȝ-rʿ nb ḫʿw N mȝʿ-ḫrw m nb.w sbȝ.w m ḥtp
Piankoff-Drioton p. 76
sḳd.t ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn spr r sbḫt mḥ.t 11 ḫsf.t ḫmyw
r wnwt mḥ.t 12 mȝȝ.t nfrw rʿ nṯr ỉmy wnwt tn m šsmw n
nṯr pn pȝwty nnt nsw-bỉt nb tȝwy N sȝ-rʿ nb ḫʿw N (ỉmȝḫ ḫr) ptḥ n tȝ st nfrw
Piankoff-Drioton p. 75
ỉry-n-mny
sȝw-ḫȝb(y)t
ḳn-sbỉw
ṯȝw-n-r
ỉmy-ȝgb-f
ḥr(y)-ỉb-ỉʿḥ-f
nḥm-ḥʿw-f
smh-ḫftyw-f
ỉn-ḥrt-ʿnḏ
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Cryptographic texts
Piankoff-Drioton p. 84; Carrier, op. cit. p. 509
bȝ.w ỉȝbty.w nṯrw pw nḏ.w ȝḫt ỉȝbt.t ỉwnw
dwȝ rʿ sḫʿ.t.f ỉn bȝ.w ỉȝbty.w bȝ.w ỉȝbty.w
nṯrw 4 pw dwȝ.ww rʿ ntsn sḫʿ.ʿ rʿ wn
r-ʿȝ m sbȝ 4 n ȝḫt ỉȝbt.t nt pt
ntsn sḥḏ.ww n.f m ỉtrty wḏȝ.sn
r-ḥȝt rʿ wbn(.w) rʿ nb ḫft ḫpr wbn
rʿ ḫpr.sn m gỉf.w ỉw.sn ḥr wȝt.f nb.t ḫft
ḥr 4 ỉw pȝ nty m sš ḥr nḥbt wʿ.t
mỉ sšm wr pn ỉmy ḏdt ʿn.n.sn ḫft
ʿḥʿ rʿ r šsp mdw-nṯr ỉmy.w wỉȝ
pt m ḥs.t.f ỉw.ỉ rḫ.k(wỉ) sn m mdw-nṯr ṯs 4 pw
sštȝ(w) ʿḳ(w).k m-ẖnw.s ỉm.k ḏd r
Carrier, op. cit. p. 509 and 501
ḏd-mdw ḥst ỉn mw nṯrw m-ḫt rʿ wbn.f
m ȝḫt ỉȝbt.t nt pt nb.w ȝḫt pw ntsn
sỉȝ.n.tw.f twt ḏrty snḏ(.w) pt m
wsrw.k sšd(w) wpt m ḥnwty ỉnḏ-ḥr.k
m ỉmnw.f ḫm.n mwt.f rn.f ḏȝ.k pt
m ḥtp pḏ(.w) n.k ngȝ.w ỉnw ỉn ỉmy.w
pt sḫr.n.k ʿȝpp nḏm(.w) ỉb.k m š.w.k
štȝ.w ḥtp.k m sḫwt.k nt mfkȝt nw nṯrw
bntyw rn.sn nỉwt.sn pwnt ỉw.w m
ḫȝst knmtyw-ḥr ḥr ḫȝst wṯnt rn.s
wȝḏ-wr ỉȝbty tȝ.sn ȝḫt ỉȝbt.t ẖȝwt.sn pw
Carrier, op. cit. p. 487
ỉmnt.t ỉwnw ntsn sb(y)w wỉȝ n rʿ r pt
smȝ.n.sn sṯȝyw m-ẖnw ȝḫt ỉmnt.t
tȝ.sn ỉnrty ʿȝ.ty ḥr-ỉb wȝḏ-wr
ỉmnty š rḫyt nty.w r ḏr.w nw tȝ
rn.sn nỉwt.sn pw ỉw.ỉ rḫ.kwỉ sn ḏrt.y dpt-nṯr
m ḳd pn nty m sš ỉw.w m bȝ.w ʿnḫ.w
ḥtp.sn m nw n sḫn.y pw nn spr rʿ
ȝt ʿp.p.w m ȝḫt nn ʿḳ.w n t(ȝ) pt
...
ḫnty.w pw pt sȝw.w ȝḫt mk.w ỉwnw
ntsn ḏȝ rʿ rʿ nb ḫft ms.tw nṯr
mḥt.t m ʿ mḥt(y) sȝ(ww) sȝw ḥnʿ ḏdw
Carrier, op. cit., p. 507
bȝ.w 4 mḥty.w nṯr 4 pw nw šmsw.w
ntsn ḫsf.ww nšny m pt hrw pf n ʿḥȝ ʿȝ
mḥtyw 4 msḫtyw wpš.sn m ḥr-ỉb pt
m ʿ rsy sȝḥ ʿn.n.sn r ȝḫt ỉmnt.t
ỉr msḫtyw pw n stš wn.n.f m pt mḥt.t wȝ
n mnỉt.y n ds.w m nwḥ n ḏʿm ỉw n ȝst
ḥȝ ḥȝ m nṯrw ȝḫt rd.n st rʿ m-ḫt.f
ḥnʿ ȝst r-ḏd sȝw šm.f r pt rs.t
r mw nṯrw ḫpr.w m wsỉr nty m-ḫt sȝḥ
nb.w ʿnḏty pw bntyw rn.sn ỉw.w
nỉwt.sn pw kftyw ỉw ḫpr.sn m š.w nw pt
m wȝḏ-wr mḥty ny-sn pw ḫȝst.sn pw ȝḫt
mḥt.t
m ʿnḏty ntsn swḏȝ rmṯ.t m-ʿ bȝ pn
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Piankoff-Drioton p. 79
nṯrw dwȝ.ww rʿ pr.f m dwȝt hȝ.f m tȝ-tnn sb.sn rʿ m
Piankoff-Drioton p. 80
wnn-nfr
nb-ʿnḫ
wḏʿ-ỉt-f
nfȝ-ḥr
ḥȝywt
ʿḥȝ-dn-tpw
sdndn-pt
wḏʿ-mdw-ḫft-rḫ-f
sḫty-pt
ỉwʿ-n-nḥḥ
Piankoff-Drioton p. 80
pr.t m dwȝt ḥtp m mʿnḏt sḳd.t nwn r wnwt nt rʿ ptr(t) nfrw
nb.s ḫpr m ḫpr ḥfd.t r ȝḫt ʿḳ m r pr(t) m kȝt wbn m r
n ʿȝ.wy ȝḫt r wnwt sḫʿ.t nfrw rʿ r ỉr.t ʿnḫ rmṯ.t
Piankoff-Drioton p. 80
ḥḥw
ḥḥwt
mʿnḏt
ȝst
nbt-ḥwt