User:Vorziblix/Old Kingdom inscriptions

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Inscriptions from the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period, for use as Wiktionary quotations (and for finding gaps in our lexical coverage). References refer to the source of the original glyphs, but transcriptions and translations are generally my own. As a result, this is all in the public domain.

The texts are arranged in roughly chronological order.

Part of a jar-seal of dull grey clay with a seal-impression of Peribsen

Featuring the oldest known complete sentence in Egyptian, and possibly in any language (there might be some older ones in Archaic Sumerian texts from Ur, but they remain poorly understood).

Cylinder Seal of Mycerinus

Lintel of Enseperi

Striding Statue of Minnefer

Seated Statue of Nykara

False Door of Nykara

Lintel of Mereruka

Tomb of Nyankhnesut

Relief of Agricultural Scenes

Upper Register

    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), upper register, caption above boy sowing seeds:[17]
      sT
      sT
      t
      sṯt
      sṯt
      Sowing
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), upper register, caption above front two cows drawing a plow:[18]
      skA
      hb      		 mhbhbXrr
      T      		 bAk
      t
      skꜣ m hb ẖrṯ(j) bꜣkt(j)
      skꜣ m hb ẖrṯ(j) bꜣkt(j)
      Plowing with a plow. “!”
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), upper register, caption above plowman:[19]
      skAhbwAHhbhb
      skꜣ wꜣḥ hb
      skꜣ wꜣḥ hb
      Plowing. “Press the plow!”

Middle Register

    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736) and Inscribed Relief (fragment of the former; Cleveland 1930.136), middle register, caption in front of Nynemty holding a duck:[21]
      nTrHmswt
      n      		 A6sn
      n      		 ]]D&t&N17 G7AAni
      ḥm-nṯr wꜣb nswt -ḏt nj-nmtj
      ḥm-nṯr wꜣb nswt -ḏt nj-nmtj
      Priest, cleaner-priest of the king, of the funerary estate, Nynemty
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), middle register, caption in front of Hetep holding a bundle of flax:[22]
      HqAHtp
      t p      		 sx
      p      		 tD54AV33 V33
      t      		 W2
      ḥqꜣ ḥtp sḫpt ꜣggt
      ḥqꜣ ḥtp sḫpt ꜣggt
      Administrator Hetep — bringing a bundle of flax
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), middle register, captions around Iyankhef, gesturing to flute-player:[25]
      HqAO7iianxf

      iHwn
      n      		 zb
      A244
      mDAAsn
      ḥqꜣ ḥwt jj-ꜥnḫ.f
      j ḥwn zb(ꜣ) (j)m ḏꜣ sn
      ḥqꜣ ḥwt jj-ꜥnḫ.f
      j ḥwn zb(ꜣ) (j)m ḏꜣ sn
      Administrator of the estate Iyankhef
      “Hey, lad, play the flute, and don’t cross them.”
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), middle register, caption above flax-bundler:[26]
      d
      U2      		 HASHHASH
      dmꜣ
      dmꜣ
      Binding

Lower Register

    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), lower register, caption above man carrying ears of grain:[27]
      m&r V35
      jmj-r sšrw
      jmj-r sšrw
      Overseer of linen
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), lower register, caption above lost carving:[28]
      iV6pwTAmt
      A1      		 sHASHf
      H_HASH      		 HASH
      jšs(t) pw ṯꜣ(y)
      jšs(t) pw ṯꜣ(y)
      “What man is this, who  ?”
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), lower register, caption above farmer with outstretched arms:[29]
      h
      r      		 wra
      H_SPACE      		 nfrp
      hrw nfr p(j)
      hrw nfr p(j)
      “It’s a beautiful day!”
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), lower register, captions around Setju, gesturing to flute-player and drinker:[30]
      HqAO7z
      T
      A133A
      w

      iHM42n
      t      		 Hrz
      wr
      ḥqꜣ ḥwt zṯw
      j ḥwn nt(j) ḥr zwr
      ḥqꜣ ḥwt zṯw
      j ḥwn nt(j) ḥr zwr
      Administrator of the estate Setju
      “Hey, lad who is drinking!”
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), lower register, caption above lost carving:[31]
      mk]]T
      w      		 Xr
      r
      ṯw ẖr(.j)
      ṯw ẖr(.j)
      “ you are under (me).”
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Agricultural Scenes (Cleveland 1930.736), lower register, caption above lost carving:[32]
      mAxw
      mꜣḫw
      mꜣḫw
      Sheaves of grain

Rightmost column

Relief of Three Offering Bearers

    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Three Offering Bearers (Cleveland 1930.737), captions in front of Seshemnefer holding a goose:[34]
      xrpzHsT33nfr
      ḫrp zḥ sšm-nfr
      ḫrp zḥ sšm-nfr
      Director of the hall, Seshemnefer
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Three Offering Bearers (Cleveland 1930.737), caption in front of Irenptah holding a duck and tray of bread:[35]
      zAbsHDzSp
      t      		 Hir
      n
      zꜣb sḥḏ zẖꜣw(w) jr.n-ptḥ
      zꜣb sḥḏ zẖꜣw(w) jr.n-ptḥ
      Dignitary, inspector of scribes, Irenptah
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Three Offering Bearers (Cleveland 1930.737), caption in front of Nynemty holding a bird and basket of figs:[36]
      praAW18t
      S      		 G7AAnim&r wp
      p t      		 snD
      t
      n
      ḫnt(j)-š pr-ꜥꜣ nj-nmtj jmj-r wp(ww)t sn-ḏt
      ḫnt(j)-š pr-ꜥꜣ nj-nmtj jmj-r wp(ww)t sn-ḏt
      Palace attendant Nynemty, overseer of commissions, brother of the funerary estate

Relief of Men Bringing Birds and Cattle

    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Men Bringing Birds and Cattle (Cleveland 1930.738), caption above pintail duck:[37]
      xAxA
      ḫꜣ snwj
      ḫꜣ snwj
      Two thousand
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Men Bringing Birds and Cattle (Cleveland 1930.738), caption above bird resembling pintail duck:[38]
      xA
      ḫꜣ
      ḫꜣ
      One thousand
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Men Bringing Birds and Cattle (Cleveland 1930.738), caption above s-bird (Eurasian teal?):[39]
      sxA
      ḫꜣ s
      ḫꜣ s
      One thousand Eurasian teals
    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Men Bringing Birds and Cattle (Cleveland 1930.738), caption above pigeon:[40]
      mn
      nw t      		 xAxA
      ḫꜣ snwj mnwt
      ḫꜣ snwj mnwt
      Two thousand pigeons

Relief of Men Bringing Desert Animals

    • Early 6th Dynasty, Tomb of Nyankhnesut, Relief of Men Bringing Desert Animals (Cleveland 1930.734), caption above addax:[46]
      r
      n      		 nw
      Dw
      rn nwḏw
      rn nwḏw
      Young addax

Lintel of Neferi

Block of sunk relief inscription mentioning the dog Abutiu

Headrest of Irut

Stele of Itetioqer and Family

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