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 the Heavenly Cow
Bibliography : Maystre, Charles, Le Livre de la Vache du Ciel dans les tombeaux de la Vallée des Rois, BIFAO XL, 1941, p. 53-115; Carrier, Claude, Grands livres funéraires de l’Egypte pharaonique, Paris, 2009, p. 423 et sq.
ḫpr ... rʿ nṯr ḫpr ḏs.f m-ḫt wn.f m nsyt rmṯ.t nṯrw m ḫt
wʿ.t wn.ỉn rmṯ ḥr kȝ.t mdt r ḫfty.w rʿ ỉswt rf ḥm.f ʿ.w.s
ỉȝw.w ḳs.w.f m ḥḏ ḥʿw.f m nbw šnw.f m ḫsbd mȝʿ wn.ỉn ḥm.f ḥr sỉȝ
mdt nt kȝ.t r.f ỉn rmṯ.t ḏd.ỉn ḥm.f ʿ.w.s n nty.w ỉmyw-ḫt.f nỉs m
n.ỉ r ỉrt.ỉ šw tfnt gb nwt ḥnʿ ỉt.w mwwt wn.nyw
ḥnʿ.ỉ ỉst wỉ m nwn ḥnʿ nṯr.ỉ nwn ỉn.n.ỉ šnyt.f ḥnʿ.f ỉn n.k st m
ktkt ỉm mȝȝ rmṯ.t ỉm wʿr.sn ỉ.y.k ḥnʿ.sn r ḥwt-ʿȝt ḏd.sn sḫrw.sn
ḏr ỉw.ỉ m nwn r bw ḫpr(w).n.ỉ ỉm ỉn.ỉn.tw n.f nn nṯrw ... nn nṯrw
ỉpn ḥr gs.f ḥr dhn tȝ m-bȝḥ ḥm.f ḏd.f mdt.f m-bȝḥ ỉt smsw.w ỉr rmṯ
nswt rḫyt ḏd.ỉn.sn ḫft ḥm.f mdw n.n r sḏm.t.n st ḏd.ỉn rʿ
n nwn nṯr sms ḫpr(w).n.ỉ ỉm.f nṯrw tpw-ʿ mtn rmṯ.t ḫpr.w m ỉrt.ỉ
kȝ.n.sn mdt r.ỉ ḏd.w n.ỉ ỉr.t(ỉ).tn r.s mtn wỉ ḥḥy.ỉ n smȝ.n.ỉ
st r sḏm.t.ỉ ḏd.tỉ.tn r.s ḏd.ỉn ḥm n nwn sȝ.ỉ rʿ nṯr ʿȝ r ỉr(w) sw smsw r
ḳmȝ.yw sw ḥms st.k wr snḏ.k ỉw ỉrt.k r wȝ.yw ỉm.k ḏd.ỉn ḥm n
rʿ mtn st wʿr(.w) r ḫȝst ỉb.sn snd.w ḥr ḏd.ỉ n.sn ḏd.ỉn.sn ḫft ḥm..f d šm
ỉrt.k ḥw.s n.k st wȝ.w m ḏw.w nn ỉrt ḫnty(t) ỉm.s(n) r ḥw.t n.k sn
hȝ.s m ḥwt-ḥr ỉw.ỉn rf nṯrt tn smȝ.n.s rmṯ.t ḥr ḫȝst ḏd.ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn
ỉỉ.wy m ḥtp ḥwt-ḥr ỉr.t n ỉr.w ỉ.n.ỉ r.s ḏd.ỉn nṯrt tn ʿnḫ.k n.ỉ ỉw
sḫm.n.ỉ m rmṯ.t ỉw nḏm(.w) ḥr ỉb.ỉ ḏd.ỉn ḥm n rʿ ỉw.ỉ r sḫm ỉm.sn m nswt m sʿnd.w.sn
ḫpr sḫmt pw šbbt nt grḥ r rhn.t ḥr snf.sn šȝʿ.ỉ m
nn-nsw ḏd.ỉn rʿ nỉs.w m n.ỉ wpwty.w ḫȝḫ.w sỉnw
sḫs.sn mỉ šwt nt ẖt ỉn.ỉn.tw nn wpwty.w ỉpn ḥr-ʿwy ḏd.ỉn ḥm n
nṯr šȝs.(t)n r ȝbw ỉn.(t)n n.ỉ (dỉdỉ) wr ỉn.ỉn.tw n.f nn (dỉdỉ) rd.ỉn
ḥm n nṯr pn ʿȝ ḥnsktt nt(t) m ỉwnw nḏ (dỉdỉ) ỉpn ỉswt gr ḥmwt ḥr tš ỉt r ḥnḳt
rd.ỉn.tw (dỉdỉ) ỉpn ḥr šbbt tn wn.ỉn mỉ snf n rmṯ.t ỉr.ỉn.tw ḥnḳt hbnt 7000
ỉw.ỉn rf ḥm n nswt-bỉt rʿ ḥnʿ nṯrw ỉpn r mȝȝ nn ḥnḳt ỉswt ḥḏ tȝ n smȝ rmṯ.t
ỉn nṯrt m sw.w.sn nw ḫntyt ḏd.ỉn ḥm n rʿ nfr.wy st ỉw.ỉ r mk.t
rmṯ.t ḥr.s ḏd.ỉn rʿ fȝ.y m st r bw ḏd(w).n.s smȝ.ỉ rmṯ.t ỉm
nhp.ỉn ḥm n nswt-bỉt rʿ m nfrw grḥ r rd.t st.t.n.tw(?) nn sḏrt wn.ỉn ȝḥwt nt
spwt ḥr mḥ m mw m bȝw n ḥm n nṯr pn šm.t.n nṯrt tn m dwȝw gm.n.s nn ḥr mḥ.t
nfr.ỉn ḥr.s ỉm wn.ỉn.s ḥr swr nfr(.w) ḥr ỉb.s ỉ.ỉ.n.s tḫ.tỉ nn sỉȝ.n.s rmṯ.t
ḏd.ỉn ḥm n rʿ n nṯrt tn ỉỉ.wy m ḥtp ỉmȝyt ḫpr nfrwt m ỉmȝw ḏd.ỉn ḥm n rʿ n nṯrt
tn ỉr n.s sḏrt m tr.w rnpt ỉp.n.s r ḥmwt.ỉ ḫpr ỉr.t sḏrt pw m ỉpt
ḥmwt ḥb n ḥwt-ḥr ỉn rmṯ.t nb(t) ḏr hrw tpy ḏd.ỉn ḥm n rʿ n nṯrt tn ỉn-ỉw mr n hh n
mr ḫpr.ḫr tỉ(?) pw ỉn mr ḏd.ỉn ḥm n rʿ ... ỉb.ỉ wrd.w
wr(.w) wn.n ḥnʿ.sn smȝ.ỉ sn sp n ỉwty nn wn ʿndt ʿ.ỉ ḏd.t.n nṯrw
nty.w m-ḫt.f m bh m wrdw.k ỉw.k sḫm.tỉ m (mrwt).k ḏd.ỉn
ḥm n nṯr pn n ḥm n nwn ḥʿw.ỉ ȝhd(.w) m sp tpy nn ỉ.ȝy.ỉ r pḥ.t wỉ
ky ḏd.ỉn ḥm n nwn sȝ(.ỉ) šw ỉrt.k n ỉt(.k) m nḏ.f sȝt(.ỉ) nwt d.t sw ... ḏd.ỉn nwt
mỉ-m ỉrf ỉt.ỉ nwn ỉ.ỉn nwt m ... nwn ḫpr nwt ...
swt ḥm n rʿ ḥr psdw.s ... pw ỉr.n nn rmṯ.t ... ʿḥʿ mȝȝ.n.sn (sw)
ḥr psdw n ỉḥt ... ḏd.n n.f nn rmṯ.t ... n.n sḫr.n
ḫfty.w.k wȝ.w mdt r ỉr.w st wḏȝ ḥm.f r ʿḥ
ỉdt tn ỉw(?).f ḥnʿ.sn ʿḥʿ.ỉn rf tȝ m kk ḥḏ rf tȝ dwȝw ỉw nn
rmṯ.t pr(.w) ẖr pḏwt ḫt.w ... n st.t r ḫfty.w.ỉ ḏd.ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn
ḫww.tn ḥȝ.w.tn šʿty.w ḥr šʿt ... r šʿt pw m rmṯ.t
ḏd.ỉn nṯr pn n nwt d.n(.ỉ) n-wỉ ḥr sȝ.k r ʿḫ.t wỉ pw-tr sy ḫrw.f(y) st nwt
ḫpr.t pw ỉm m pt.y ... ḥm n nṯr pn ḥr.tỉ r.sn ʿr(.ỉ) wỉ
mȝȝ(.ỉ) wỉ ḫpr ... ḥrt wn.ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn (ḥr) mȝȝ m-ẖnw.s
ḏd.s ḥww grg.k n.ỉ m ʿšȝ ḫpr ...
ḏd.ỉn ḥm.f ʿ.w.s ḥtp sḫt ʿȝ ḫpr sḫt-ḥtp pw ỉȝrd.ỉ smw ỉm.s ḫpr sḫt-ỉȝrw
pw grg.ỉ sw m ḫt nb.t ỉḫỉḫw pw sbȝ.w wn.ỉn nwt sdȝdȝ n ḳȝt
ḏd.ỉn ḥm n rʿ ḥw ȝ n.ỉ ḥḥ.w ḥr twȝ.s ḫpr ḥḥ.w pw ḏd.ỉn ḥm n rʿ sȝ.ỉ šw ỉmỉ tw
ẖr sȝt(.ỉ) nwt sȝ n.ỉ ḥḥ.w ḥḥ.w ỉm ʿnḫ.sn m ỉḫḫw ỉmỉ sy ḥr tp.k mnʿ.k
st ḫpr rd.t mnʿt pw n sȝ n sȝt ḫpr rd.t sȝ pw ỉn ỉt.f ḥr ḏȝḏȝ.f ḏd.tw r pn ḥr
ỉdt ḥḥ.w nty.w ḥr ḳȝbt.s ḥḥ.w nty.w ḥr-sȝ.s mḥ.w spt 4.s m ryt sbȝ 9 ḥr ẖt.s (stš(?))
m pḥwy ỉry ẖr-ḥȝt mnty.sy {ẖr-ḥȝt mnty.sy} šw ẖr ẖt.s ỉr.w m ḳnỉt(?)
gbȝ.wy.fy ẖr nȝ n sbȝ.w m rn.f r-ỉmytw.sn m-ḏd šw ḏs.f wỉȝ ḥmy (2)
kȝry ỉm.f ỉtn r-ḥr.f rʿ ỉm.f ẖr-ḥȝt šw r-gs ḏrt.f ky-ḏd ḥȝ.f r-gs ḏrt.f
ỉr.w mndwy.s m ḥr-ỉb (mnty.s ỉȝbty) ỉr.w gs.sn m sš m ḥr-ỉb tȝ mnt m-ḏd
rwty ỉw.ỉ ỉm.ỉ nn rd.ỉ ỉr.sn m shȝ.t nty(t) ẖr pȝ wỉȝ nty.f ḫft-ḥr m-ḏd
n wrd.k sȝ.ỉ sn m shȝ.t m-ḏd ḫrt.k mỉ ʿnḫ ḏd m-ḏd ỉm sȝ.k ỉm ʿ.w.s r fnd.k pwy
nty ḥȝ šw r-gs gbȝ.f m-ḏd sȝw.sn nty ḥȝ.f r ḏrww.f m shȝ.t
m-ḏd (m-mȝʿt) ʿḳ.sn ỉw.ỉ ḥm rʿ nb nty ẖr gbȝ n pȝ tw nty ẖr
mnt ỉȝb(t) ḫtm(.w) ḫt nb(t) nty ḥr ḏȝḏȝ.f ẖr pḥwy n tȝ ỉdt nty m
mnty.sy m-ḏd ỉr(y) prt.f nty ḥȝ tw 2 nty m mnty.sy ḥr ḏȝḏȝ.sn ỉȝ m
ỉgrt nȝ(?) ỉw d.tw ỉȝwt ẖrt ʿḳt.f nty ḥr ḏȝḏȝ n pȝ twt 2 nty r-ỉmytw ḫpš.wy.sy
mt.t sḏm wȝs ḥrw ḏd.ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn n ḏḥwty nỉs m n.ỉ r ḥm n gb r-ḏd mỉ
sỉn ḥr-ʿwy ỉw.ỉn rf ḥm n gb ḏd.ỉn ḥm n nṯr pw ʿḥȝ tw ḥr ḥfȝw.w.k
ỉmy.w.k mk snḏ.n.sn n.ỉ m wn.ỉ ỉm ỉw gr rḫ.n.k bȝw.sn ỉr r.k grt r
šȝs r bw nty ỉt.ỉ nwn ỉm ḏd.k n.f sȝ ỉmt tȝ mw ḥfȝw.w
ḥnʿ grt ỉr.t sš.w ntk r ỉȝt nb.t n ḥfȝw.w.k nty(w) ỉm r-ḏd sȝw.w
ṯn sȝw ḥbʿ ḫt nb.t rḫ.sn ntt wỉ ʿȝ mk wỉ wbn.ỉ
n.sn mk grt ỉr grg.sn ntf wn.n.ty.fy m tȝ pn sȝw tw grt r
nw n ḥkȝy.w rḫ.yw r.w.sn mk ḥkȝ ỉm ḏs.f
mk ỉr ʿm(w) sw mk w(ỉ) nn ḫpr.n sȝwt.ỉ m-ʿ ʿȝt ḫpr.n.f
m-ḥȝt.ỉ wḏ.ỉ sn n sȝ.k wsỉr sȝ.w šrr.w.sn smh.w
ỉb n wr.w.sn ỉm ȝḫw.sn nty.w ỉr.sn m mr.r.sn r tȝ r-ḏr.f
m ḥkȝw.sn ỉmy.w ẖwt.sn ḏd.ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn nỉs m n.ỉ ḏḥwty
ỉn.ỉn.tw.f ḥr-ʿwy ḏd.ỉn ḥm n nṯr pn mtn wỉ ʿȝ m pt m st.ỉ
ḏr-ntt wỉ r ỉr.t sšp ȝḫw.ỉ m dwȝt ḥnʿ ỉw bȝbȝ sš.k ỉm.s sỉd.k nt(yw)
ỉmy.w.sn ỉr.ryw sbỉt ỉn ỉr.k rw šmsw.w n špt ỉb pn ỉw.k
m st.ỉ sty.ỉ ỉḫ ḏd.tw n.k ḏḥwty sty rʿ ỉw(.ỉ) grt r rd.t hȝb.k wr.w
r.k ḫpr hȝby pw n ḏḥwty ỉw.ỉ gr r rd.t dwn.k ḏrt.k r-ḫft-ḥr-n
pȝwty.w ʿȝ.w r.k ỉw nfr ḫn ỉr.k ḫpr tḫn.y n ḏḥwty pw ỉw.ỉ
gr r rd.t ỉnḥ.k pt.y m nfrw.k m ḥḏwt.k ḫpr ỉʿḥ pw n ḏḥwty ỉw.ỉ gr
r rd.t ʿnʿn.k ḥȝw-nbwt ḫpr ʿnʿn pw n ḏḥwty ḫpr rf pw m
ṯȝt.ỉ wn.n.k gr m sty.ỉ ḥr mȝ.yw tw nb.w wbȝ.w ỉm.k ỉr.t(w) n nb ḥr
dwȝ n.k nṯr ḏd s mdw pn ḥr.f ḏs.f sỉn.w m bȝḳt mrḥt
sḥtp.t(ỉ) ḥr ʿ.wy.fy m snṯr ḥȝ msḏr.wy.fy ḥsmn bd tp r.f wnḫw.f
ʿpr(.w) m-mȝwt wʿb.f sw m mw (mḥyt) tb.y m tỉwy nty ḥḏ.ty sš mȝʿt ḥr
ns.f m ryt ḥḏ.t nt sš ỉr wn.n ỉb n ḏḥwty r šd(t) st ḥr rʿ wʿb.ḫr.f m
wʿbt 9 hrw.w ỉr ḥm.w rmṯ m-mỉtt-ỉry ỉr šd.d st (ỉw) ỉr.f ỉrw pn
nty r mḏȝt tn ỉw.f ỉr.f ʿḥʿw.f m-ḳȝb ... ḥȝw ỉw ỉrt.y.fy r.f ʿwt.f nb(t) r.f n sn šmwt.f ..w
ḏd.w r.f ỉn rmṯ.t ỉw.f mỉ rʿ hrw mswt.f n šrỉ.n ḫt.f n sȝ.t.n
ʿrryt.f sšrw mȝʿ ḥḥ n sp ... sḫn nwn ỉn smsw
ḏs.f ḏd.f n nṯrw pr.yw m ỉȝbtt pt ỉmỉ ỉȝw n nṯr smsw ḫpr(w).n.ỉ
ỉm.f ỉnk ỉr pt smn ... r rd.t bȝ.w nṯrw ỉm.s ỉw.ỉ ḥnʿ.sn r nḥḥ
ḥkȝw pw bȝ.ỉ wr(.w) sw r.s bȝ pw n šw (ṯȝw) bȝ pw n nḥḥ ḥwt(?)
bȝ pw n kkt grḥ bȝ pw n nwn ... bȝ pw n wsỉr bȝ-nb-ḏdt bȝ pw
n sbỉk.w msḥ.w ỉw bȝ n nṯr nb m ḥfȝw.w ỉw bȝ n ʿȝpp m
bȝẖw ỉw bȝ n rʿ ḫt tȝ r-ḏr.f ḏd s ỉr.f mkt.f m
ḥkȝw ỉnk ḥkȝw pwy wʿb ỉmy r ẖt rʿ nṯrw
ḥr.tywny r.ỉ ỉnk rʿ ỉȝḫw ḏd.k swȝ.k m mšrw
m (ʿnḏw) ḥr ḥr.k ḫr.k ḫfty n rʿ ỉnk bȝ.f ḥkȝw ỉ nb nḥḥ
ḳmȝ ḏt sk.k rnpwt nṯrw hȝ.w rʿ ỉm.f rʿ nb (nb) nṯr.f ḥḳȝ
ỉr(w) ỉr-sw mr.r tw ỉt.w nṯrw ḥkȝw wʿb ḥr ḏȝḏȝ.f ỉr rpyt
ʿḥʿ.tỉ ḥr tȝ.k rsy ỉr(t) nṯrt ḥr.s m ḥr-ỉb.s ḥfȝw ʿḥʿ ḥr sd.f ḏrt.s ḥr ẖt.f sd.f ḥr tȝ
d.w n.f ḏḥwty ỉȝw sʿḥ pt ḥr.f dd.w n.f šw ʿ.wy.f nḥm.k wỉ
m-ʿ nṯr.wy ỉpwy wr.wy ʿȝ.wy ḥms.yw ḥr ỉȝbtt nt pt sȝ.ȝw tȝ
rd.w štȝw ḏd.ḫr.sn ʿȝ.wy pr.f r mȝȝ nwn ḏd-mdw wʿb.w m ȝbd ... mỉtt
ỉrw pn tpy-ʿ wn.n ḏd(w) r pn ʿnḫ(.w) m ẖrt-nṯr wr snḏ.f r tpy.w tȝ(wy) ỉr ḏd.sn pw rn.w kȝ nḥḥ ḥnʿ ḏt ḏd.ḫr.sn
nṯr(w) ... ḏd.ḫr.sn ỉw pḥ.n.f ʿȝ m tȝ wȝt ỉw(.ỉ) rḫ.kwỉ (rn) n nṯr
pwy wn.n ḥr.f ḥry-š-f ỉnk ṯs n.f ... m psḏt šnyt.f
n ẖt(.ỉ) mry(.ỉ) nb tȝwy nb-ḫprw-rʿ
wn.n.k ḥnʿ ỉt.k rʿ m wʿ m nn nṯrw nty
mḥt-wrt ỉw wsỉr nsw twt-ʿnḫ-ỉmn nsw ḥḳȝ-ỉwnw
nty.w wn.n(w) wsỉr nswt nb tȝwy
dwȝ(w) mt ỉ.sḏm wȝs ḥrt sȝ(.ỉ) ḥnʿ.ỉ
ỉw ʿ.w.s r fnd.k sȝ.k ỉm ỉw prt.f m-ḫt pr gn(w)