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.

Mendes stela

 

Bibliography : Sethe, Kurt, Urkunden der griechisch-römischen Zeit, p. 28-54; Birch, Samuel, Records of the Past, Vol. 8, p. 92-102

 

ʿnḫ ḥr ḥwn-ḳn

nbty wr-pḥty

ḥr-nbw sḫʿ-n-s(w)-ỉt-f

nsw-bỉt nb tȝwy wsr-kȝ-rʿ mr(y)-ỉmn

sȝ-rʿ nb ḫʿw p-t-w-l-m-y-s

mry bȝ-nb-ḏdt nṯr-ʿȝ ʿnḫ n rʿ

ḥry nfrwt

nṯr wʿ

wsr šft

n nṯrw rmṯ

ḫʿ m ȝḫt m ḥr 4

sḥḏ pt m stwt.f

m ḥʿp

sʿnḫ.n.f tȝwy

ṯȝw pw ḫr ḥrw nb.w

dwȝ sw nṯrw

ḥfȝ s(w) nṯrwt

m ḫprw.f n ʿnḫ wr šft ḥr(y) nṯrw

nṯr nfr

snn n rʿ

tỉt ʿnḫ(t) nt ḫnty ȝḫt

mw nṯr n

mȝʿ(?) n wsny

.n.f r grg gsw-prw

r nb(t) spȝwt nṯr(wt)

smsw n ỉr wnn(t)

ḥry nst nt ḥry nṯrw

tỉt ḏsr(t) nt ḥwn spȝwt

ỉwr.t ỉm.f r nb

ḥḳȝ ḥḳȝ ms(w).n ḥḳȝt

wḏ(w) n.f ỉȝt ḥḳȝ tȝwy

ỉw.f m ẖt

n ms.tw.f

ỉṯ.n.f ḥr nwdt

ḥḳȝ.n.f ḥr mnd.wy

nb(t) ỉmy

bnr.t mr(wt)

šft ỉt.f m ḥȝt-mḥyt mỉ

nsw nḫt

sḫm pḥty

pr-ʿ

ỉṯ m sḫm.f

ʿḥȝ ḥr pg

ḳn m ʿbȝ(?)

nḫt-ʿ

(w) rḳy. w

ȝḫ sḥ

mʿr(?) sp.w

dr.n(.f) ʿbʿ(w) m.f

nb mȝʿt

mr hp.w

ỉb.f ʿḳ ḥr wȝt nṯr(?)

nmʿ kmt

swḏȝ gsw-prw

sbty n bỉȝ ḥȝ mrt.s

wr nr

ʿȝ ḥrt

snḏ.f m .w nb

... bȝw.f

ḥr-nb ʿḏʿḏ n .f

mỉ nḫ.f s(n)

mr.f m ỉb.w nṯrw

rḫ.sn mnḫ.f ḫr.sn

r-pr nb bʿḥ m ḫt.f

psšt.y ...

...

nswt-bỉt

(rnpt-sp) tpy prt ḥm.f r sḫn bȝ-nb-ḏdt

r dbḥ ʿnḫ m-ʿ nb ʿnḫ

r nḥ(t) nsyt m-ʿ nb.s

ḥr ỉr(t).f mr .w

sḫn ḥm.f ʿnḫ m sp tp(y) n sḫn.f ʿwt

ḏr ʿḥʿ.f ḥr nst ỉt.f

sḫn ḥm.f ... r-sȝ ỉrw

mỉ ỉr ẖr-ḥȝt ỉn nsyw m-šȝʿ sḫn

wn.(ỉ)n ḥm.f ḥr šsp ḥȝt nt wỉȝ n nṯr pn

ḥr ḫd.f m š wr

ḫnty.f m ʿḳn

mỉ ỉr.n nsyw ẖr-ḥȝt.f

ḥr ỉr(t) n.f ỉrw nb n sḫn

mỉ nty r

r spr.f r ḏdt (ʿnpt)

sḫʿ s(w) ḥm.f r ṯnṯȝt.f

ỉs sw m-sȝ nṯr pn mr nb.f

wḏȝ ... r wp-nṯrwy

nst sḫn.f nt sp tp(y)

wn.ỉn ḥm.f ḥr pẖr ḥwt .w

gm.n.f pr

ḥr ỉr(t) .f

m wḏ.n ḥm.f rw (ȝhw)

ỉr(w) ḫȝswt bšt.w(t) r.f

wḏ.n ḥm.f r ʿrḳ.f m (t).f n nḥḥ

.n ḥm.f ẖn n šps

ỉr ʿ n smȝwy.s

rd.n.f m ḥr n ... rʿ nb

r sʿḥʿ m ʿnpt ḥr nst.f ỉm

wn.ỉn ḥm.f ỉr tp-rd.f m r-pr tn

ḥr ỉr(t) ȝḫw n .w nṯrw

mỉ gm r drf n ḏḥwty

m-ḫt nn wḏȝ.n ḥm.f r ẖnw.f

ỉb.f m ḥʿʿ m ỉr(t).n.f n ỉt.w.f .w šps.w ʿȝ.w ʿnḫ.w ḫnt ʿnpt

d.sn n.f nsyt ʿȝ.t m ȝw-ỉb

ỉst ḥm.f snsn.n.f (ḥrt) snt.f

... ntf-ʿnḫ

ḥnʿ bȝ-ỉȝbty(?)

ỉr nḫb.s m rpʿt(t) wr(t) ḥsw(t)

nb(t) ỉmy

bnr(t) mrt

ʿn(t) ḫʿ

šsp(t) nbty

mḥ(t) ʿḥ m nfrw.s

mr(t)

wḏȝ-bȝ

snt nsw ḥmt-nsw wr.t mr(t).f

ḥnwt tȝwy ỉ-r-s-n-ȝ-t

rnpt-sp 15 ȝbd 1 šmw sw 10

nṯrt ṯn pr.s r pt

ẖnm.s ḥʿw n ṯn(y)-nfrw-s

...

ỉr-m-ḫt wp-r nt nṯrt tn r hrw fdw

pr.s m ʿnḫ

nhm n.s m ʿnpt

ḥr ỉr(t) ḥb.s

ḥr sʿnḫ .s m r-gs .w ʿnḫ.w

mỉ ỉr n .w n nṯrw nṯrt nb ḏr sp tp(y) r mỉn

ḥr-nt st ḥʿ pw nt nsyt n nṯrw nb

nst(?).sn nt wḥm rnp

snsn.sn ṯȝw ỉm

... pw n nṯrt nb(t)

wḥm.sn ʿnḫ ỉm

ḥr ỉwḥ.sn m ʿntyw tp sw-mḏ nb

wḏ.n ḥm.f r sʿḥʿ (?).s / ẖnty.s m ḥwwt nb(t)

nfr ḥr ỉb n ḥmw-nṯr.sn

ḥr gm(tỉ).s gs(?) nṯrw ḫr mnḫ.s ḫr ḥr-nb

sḫʿ(tỉ) sšm.s m ḥȝt-mḥyt r-gs nṯrw

mỉ nṯrwt nt(t) ḥnʿ.f

nb ʿẖm.w.s m spȝt nb(t)

mỉ ḫnwt.f nt(t) m.sn

ỉr rn.s m mr(t)-bȝ(-nb-ḏdt) nṯrt mr(t)-sn-s ỉ-r-s-n-ȝ-t

(ỉr) gr ḥm.f stp(?).n.f ḏȝm.f

m ḥwn.w nfr.w

m ms.w mnft.yw nw bȝḳt

tp.w.sn m ms.w sbḫt-tȝ-pn(?)

ỉw.sn m mḥ ỉb.w n.f-ỉm

n-ʿȝ-n mr.f kmt r ḫȝst(?) nb(t) ʿḳ(t).n.f

ḥr sỉȝ.n.f mnḫ ỉb.sn ḫr.f

sk ʿḳ-mẖnt ḏȝ(t) nw kmt r ȝw.f

swȝ.sn r pr-nsw

wḏ.n ḥm.f r tm ḥtr ʿḳ-mẖnt

nw w n ḥȝt-mḥyt r ȝw.f m-ʿ.sn

m ḏd.sn ḫft ḥm.f

n ḥtr.sn ḏr-ʿ r.f

ỉw ʿḳ pr nb r nỉwt.sn r-ḫft-ḥr-n nb ʿḳw(?) ḥry(?).f

ḥr-nt(t) rd n.f rʿ tȝwy r ẖr(t).f

ʿḳw(?).f sʿm(w).f(?) ḥnʿ rmṯ kmt

mỉ ỉr(t).n ỉt.f ỉty nṯr ẖr-ḥȝt.f

r psšt nt pȝḳ n nỉwt nb(t)

ḥtr r pr-nsw

wḏ.n ḥm.f tm ỉr.t psšt nt pȝḳ n pr-bȝ-nb-ḏd ḥnʿ ww.f

m sỉȝ n.f wḏ ỉr(w).n ḏḥwty r-gs rʿ n nsyw ʿḥʿ.sn

m ḏd

hr ỉb nṯr(?) srwd pȝwt nt ʿnḫ

ȝḫ n nsw m (?) srwd pȝwt nt bȝ-nb-ḏdt

r sʿȝ ... ḥtp-nṯr

swsḫ ḥtp šwt.f

ỉr ȝḫ nb(t) n pr.f

ỉr ḫb.t(w) pȝwt.f

ḫr ḥḥ ȝḳ m rmṯ

ỉr sḏfȝ.t(w) pȝwt.f

ỉṯ.f ʿȝ m ḫpr ḏr.f

ḥr-nt(t) bʿḥ ȝḫ(t) ẖr pȝwt.f

ʿḳ(?).f pw n nsw

mȝṯ.n ḥm.f r snḏm ḥtr nw tȝ-mrỉ

r sḥb tȝwy n ḳmȝ(w) nfrw.f

.n ḥm.f r ḥḏ dbn ḥfn... (70000) tp-rnpt nb

ỉw.sn ḥtr r pr-nsw r ḥnty rnpwt

n ỉr mỉtt (ỉ)n nsw nb ḫpr ẖr-ḥȝt.f

wn ḏr.f ḥr nhm r ḳȝw n pt

ḥr dwȝ-nṯr ḥr rn wr n ḥm.f

ky sp nfr ỉr(w).n ḥm.f

šd.t(w) ỉtrw ḥr ỉȝbtt nt kmt

r ỉr(t) ḏr.f r ḫȝswt

r ... ḥwt-nṯr

n ỉr mỉtt ỉn nsyw ẖr-ḥȝt.f

rnpt-sp 21 sṯȝ r ḏd n ḥm.f

pr ỉt.k bȝ-nb-ḏdt ʿrḳ m (t).f nb(t)

nfr.wy sw r ỉmy.f ẖr-ḥȝt

m wḏ ỉr(w).n ḥm.k

ḫt ḥr rn.k rn n ỉt.k nṯrt mr(t)-sn.s ỉ-r-s-y-n-ȝ-t

wḏ.n ḥm.f .f nḏ-ḥr(?) rn n wtṯ s(y)

r ỉr(t) ḥb mk nw ḥwt-bȝ

... nw wȝḏ( ?) ...

tpy prt sw 16 hrw nfr m pt

sʿḳ r pr.f

ḥtp ḥr st.f wr.t

ḥtp pw n nṯrw nb m ḫm.sn

ntf .sn pw r ȝw.s(n)

r-pr nb ẖr sr(?).f

spȝt nb(t) ẖr ʿḫm.f

... .f sn m ʿnḫ

ḥb.f nb ḥb.sn

ỉr ḥb ʿȝ m ḏr.f

ḥr nhm r ḳȝ n pt

ḥr rd(t) ỉwy ... n ḥm.f

ỉr-m-ḫt swȝḏ pr n nb.f

wḏȝ pw ỉr.sn r ẖnw

r snḏm ỉb n ḥm.f

ḥmw-nṯr m-ḫt.sn ẖr ʿnḫ (ḥr) ỉb n ḥm.f

ms bȝs ḥm.f m ʿntyw.

wrḥ sšrw.f m sšn

rd.n ḥm.f ỉṯ.tw wỉȝ r pr-nsw

msw-nsw r ȝw.sn ỉr.sn mỉtt ỉr(t).n.f

rnpt-sp 10 ȝbd 4 ȝḫt spr.t(w) r ḏd n ḥm.f

ms.t(w) ʿnḫ pr m sḫt ỉmnt.t nw ḏdt

b(w) gm(w).tw.f ỉm m sp tp(y)

ỉw.f ḥr ...

r sʿḥʿ s(w) ḥm.k ḥr nst.f

(ỉmỉ) ṯt pr-ʿnḫ

r .f

ʿḥʿ.n hȝb.n ḥm.f r gsw-prw nw šmʿw mḥw

r rd(t) ṯt pr-ʿnḫ m wʿb.w nw spȝwt

... gm-sp 5 ỉmy.w nỉwwt.sn

ỉr-m-ḫt s(w) ṯt pr-ʿnḫ

sỉȝ.sn ȝbwt(?).f r ḥb(t)

ỉr nḫb(t).f m ʿnḫ n rʿ

ʿnḫ n šw

ʿnḫ n nbwty

ʿnḫ n wsỉr

mỉ ỉr ḏr tpyw-ʿ

r nt(t) m

... n ḥm.f

m ḏd

ʿnḫ pw mȝʿ

ỉr nḫb(t).f ỉn ṯt pr-ʿnḫ nw ḥm.k

(ỉwnn.f) ʿrḳ m (t) nb(t)

m wḏ ỉr(w).n ḥm.k

mr wḏ ḥm.k r sʿḥʿ.f ḥr nst.f ỉm.f

ỉsk ḥm.f sỉȝ ỉb mỉ ḏḥwty

wȝwȝ.n.f sḫr n ʿwt ỉty nw kmt

n ỉr mỉtt ỉn nsw nb ḫpr ẖr-ḥȝt.f

sḫʿ.n.f dỉ-ʿnḫ ...

ỉ-r-s-y-n-ȝ-t

bdt m ʿ.wy.s rḫ(.tw) ʿwt nṯr(t) ỉm

ḥnʿ ʿnḫ.sn m ḥtt.sn n nb tȝwy

wḏ.n ḥm.f r sḫʿ(t) nṯrw ỉpn r ḥȝt-mḥyt

m-ʿ ḥmw-nṯr swʿb sn

ḥr(y) mšʿ n.f-ỉmy nw ḥm.f m-ḫt.sn

r sʿḥʿ m ʿnpt ḥr nst.f

ỉr ḥb mk m pr.f

...

mỉ ỉr(t).n ḥm.f m sp tp(y) n sḫn.f ʿwt

ḏr ʿḥʿ.f ḥr nst ỉt.f

ȝbd 2 prt sw 16 sṯȝ.n nṯrw ỉpn r ḏdt

ḥmw-nṯr wʿb.w nw ḥm.f ḥr(y)w mšʿ n.f-ỉmy m-ḫt.sn

ỉr ỉrw.sn n

...

m ȝbd 2 prt sw 18

ỉr ḥb mk m pr.f

ỉw.sn ḥtp ỉm ḥnʿ.f r hrw 4

ḏdt wḥm.n.s šn

ʿnpt m ḥb

ỉmy(w).f m ḥʿʿ

dbn.f nb ḥr nhm

ḥȝt-mḥyt m ršrš (ṯḥḥwt)

...

bȝ-nb-ḏdt pw m wḥm ʿnḫ

pw n nṯr nb

ỉsw nn ỉr(w).n ḥm.f

sḳȝ rnpwt.f m nsw r nḥḥ n ḏt

nsyt mn.tỉ ḥr rn.f

.f ḥr nst.f r km nḥḥ

n ws(y) r ḏr ḏt

ḥr-nt(t) nḥ.n.f n nb nṯrw