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
kȝ
ḥry nfrwt
nṯr
wʿ
wsr
šft
n
nṯrw rmṯ
ḫʿ
m ȝḫt m ḥr 4
sḥḏ
pt tȝ m stwt.f
ỉ
m ḥʿp
sʿnḫ.n.f
tȝwy
ṯȝw
pw ḫr ḥrw nb.w
dwȝ
sw nṯrw
ḥfȝ
s(w) nṯrwt
m
ḫprw.f n bȝ ʿnḫ wr
šft ḥr(y) nṯrw
nṯr
nfr
snn
n rʿ
tỉt
ʿnḫ(t) nt ḫnty ȝḫt
mw
nṯr n kȝ
sȝ
mȝʿ(?) n
wsny
kȝ.n.f
r grg gsw-prw
r
nb(t) spȝwt nṯr(wt)
sȝ
smsw n bȝ ỉr wnn(t)
ḥry
nst nt ḥry nṯrw
tỉt
ḏsr(t) nt ḥwn spȝwt
ỉwr.t ỉm.f r nb
ḥḳȝ
sȝ 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 bȝ m ḥȝt-mḥyt mỉ
nsw
nḫt
sḫm
pḥty
pr-ʿ
ỉṯ
m sḫm.f
ʿḥȝ
ḥr pg
ḳn
m
ʿbȝ(?)
nḫt-ʿ
ḥ(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 tȝ.w nb
...
bȝw.f
ḥr-nb
ʿḏʿḏ n mȝ.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 ỉ 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
bȝ.w
sḫn
ḥm.f bȝ 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 sš
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 bȝ.w
gm.n.f
pr bȝ
ḥr
ỉr(t) kȝ.f
m
wḏ.n ḥm.f rw (ȝhw)
ỉr(w)
ḫȝswt bšt.w(t) r.f
wḏ.n
ḥm.f r ʿrḳ.f m kȝ(t).f
n nḥḥ
mȝ.n
ḥm.f ẖn n bȝ šps
ỉr
ʿ n smȝwy.s
rd.n.f
m ḥr n ... rʿ nb
r
sʿḥʿ bȝ m ʿnpt ḥr
nst.f ỉm
wn.ỉn
ḥm.f ỉr tp-rd.f m r-pr
tn
ḥr
ỉr(t) ȝḫw n bȝ.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 bȝ.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)
bȝ
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 bȝ ʿnḫ
nhm
n.s m ʿnpt
ḥr
ỉr(t) ḥb.s
ḥr
sʿnḫ bȝ.s m r-gs bȝ.w
ʿnḫ.w
mỉ
ỉr n bȝ.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 bȝ(?).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
bȝ 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
kȝ 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
wȝ.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
tȝ 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 kȝ(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 sȝ.f nḏ-ḥr(?) rn
n bȝ wtṯ s(y)
r
ỉr(t) ḥb
mk nw
ḥwt-bȝ
...
nw wȝḏ( ?) ...
tpy
prt sw 16 hrw nfr m
pt tȝ
sʿḳ
bȝ r pr.f
ḥtp
ḥr st.f wr.t
ḥtp
pw n nṯrw nb m
ḫm.sn
ntf
bȝ.sn pw r ȝw.s(n)
r-pr
nb ẖr
sr(?).f
spȝt
nb(t) ẖr ʿḫm.f
...
.f sn m bȝ ʿnḫ
ḥb.f
nb ḥb.sn
ỉr
ḥb ʿȝ m tȝ 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) bȝ 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)
ỉ
ṯt pr-ʿnḫ
r
mȝ.f
ʿḥʿ.n
hȝb.n ḥm.f r gsw-prw nw
šmʿw mḥw
r
rd(t) ỉ ṯt pr-ʿnḫ m
wʿb.w nw spȝwt
...
gm-sp 5 ỉmy.w nỉwwt.sn
ỉr-m-ḫt
mȝ s(w) ṯt pr-ʿnḫ
sỉȝ.sn
ȝbwt(?).f r ḥb(t)
ỉr
nḫb(t).f m bȝ ʿnḫ n
rʿ
bȝ
ʿnḫ n šw
bȝ
ʿnḫ n nbwty
bȝ
ʿnḫ n wsỉr
mỉ
ỉr ḏr tpyw-ʿ
r
nt(t) m sš
...
n ḥm.f
m
ḏd
bȝ
ʿnḫ pw mȝʿ
ỉr
nḫb(t).f ỉn ṯt pr-ʿnḫ nw
ḥm.k
(ỉwnn.f)
ʿrḳ m kȝ(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 bȝ 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 bȝ
...
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
bȝ
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
sȝ.f
ḥr nst.f r km nḥḥ
n
ws(y) r ḏr ḏt
ḥr-nt(t)
nḥ.n.f n nb nṯrw