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〈Stele des Khety-ankh (Heni) (Heliopolis)〉 / Stele des Khety-ankh (Heni) (Heliopolis)

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〈Literarische Texte〉→〈6. Historisch-biographische Literatur des Mittleren Reiches und der 2. Zwischenzeit〉→〈Biographien der 11. und 12. Dynastie〉→〈Biographien aus Heliopolis〉→Stele des Khety-ankh (Heni) (Heliopolis)→〈Stele des Khety-ankh (Heni) (Heliopolis)〉

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[...] ḥtp-ḏi̯-nswt Wsjr nb-Tꜣ-wr pr,t-ḫrw tʾ ḥnq,t kꜣ ꜣpd n jmꜣḫ(,w) ḫr nṯr-ꜥꜣ {{(j)m(,j)-r(ʾ)-tꜣ-mḥ,w}} {{Hnj}} [[(j)m(,j)-r(ʾ)-ḥw,t-nṯr]] [[H̱ty-ꜥnḫ]] 〈§〉 (j)r(,j)-pꜥ(,t) ḥꜣ,tj-ꜥ ḥr(,j)-tp-n-tꜣ-r-ḏr≡f {{(j)m(,j)-r(ʾ)-tꜣ-mḥ,w}} {{Hn}} [[(j)m(,j)-r(ʾ)-zẖꜣ(,w)]] [[H̱ty]] mꜣꜥ-ḫrw ḏd =f 〈§〉 jy.n =j [...] m nʾ,t =j hꜣi̯.n =(j) m spꜣ,t =j 〈§〉 jri̯.n =(j) mꜣꜥ,t n nṯr šps nb-ḥw,t-ꜥꜣ.t 〈§〉 sḥtp.n =(j) nṯr m mrr.t =f 〈§〉 jw rḏi̯.n =(j) tʾ.pl n ḥqr ḥbs.w.pl n ḥ(ꜣ),y 〈§〉 dr.n =(j) sꜣr n(,j) ẖr(,j)-jw 〈§〉 jw nḥm.n =(j) mꜣr ⸢m⸣-ꜥ wsr r =f 〈§〉 ḏḏ =j grg n ḏd sw mꜣꜥ,t n jy.y ẖr =s 〈§〉 n-mrw,t nfr rn =(j) jm ḫr nṯr-⸢ꜥꜣ⸣ nb-p,t wn rn =j nfr tp tꜣ 〈§〉 nb-jmꜣḫ ḫr nswt (j)m(,j)-rʾ-zẖꜣ(,w) ẖr(,j)-ḥ(ꜣ)b(,t)-ḥr(,j)-tp H̱ty-ꜥnḫ [...] 〈§〉 [...] ḥtp-ḏi̯-nswt Jnp,w nb-Spꜣ ḏꜣi̯ =f p,t zmꜣ =f tꜣ jmꜣḫ(,w) (j)m(,j)-r(ʾ)-Tꜣ-mḥ,w Hn,j 〈§〉 (j)r(,j)-pꜥ(,t) ḥꜣ,tj-ꜥ wr-n(,j)-nswt-ꜥꜣ-n(,j)-bj,tj ḥr(,j)-tp-ꜥꜣ n(,j) ḥqꜣ-ꜥnḏ(,w)-jꜣb(,j) 〈§〉 ḏḏ hp.pl [...] sḫnti̯ jꜣw,t.pl (j)m(,j)-r(ʾ)-sḏm,t-wḏꜥ,t 〈§〉 šm.w n =f wr.w.pl ⸢m⸣ ⸢k⸣[s,w] ⸢ḥr⸣ r[w,tj] pr[-nswt] 〈§〉 mj,t(j) nswt m shr.yt tꜣ,du ḥz,y =f m-ẖr,t-hrw 〈§〉 jrr wḏ.t ḥm =f nn sni̯.t ḥr jm 〈§〉 jr,j-ḫ,t-nsw ḫrp [...] ḫpr-rḫ(.w)-nsw wr m jꜣ(w),t =f ꜥꜣ m sꜥḥ =f ḫnt(,j)-s,t ꜥꜣ-mrw,t 〈§〉 ḏḏ snḏ,w [nsw]t [...] ⸢s⸣grḥ n =f ḥr(,j).w.pl-šꜥ 〈§〉 jmꜣḫ,w ḫr nṯr-ꜥꜣ nb-p,t (j)m(,j)-r(ʾ)-ḥw,t-nṯr ẖr(,j)-ḥ(ꜣ)b(,t)-ḥr(,j)-tp H̱ty-ꜥnḫ{t} [...] 〈§〉 jmꜣḫ(,w) ḫr nṯr-ꜥꜣ nb-p,t (j)m(,j)-rʾ-zẖꜣ(,w) H̱ty 〈§〉 [...] ḫꜣ tʾ ḫꜣ ḥnq,t ḫꜣ kꜣ ḫꜣ ꜣpd ḫꜣ šs mnḫ,t rnp,t nb(.t) 〈§〉 [...] n jmꜣḫ(,w) ḫtm,tj-bj,tj (j)m(,j)-r(ʾ)-ḥw,t-nṯr H̱ty 〈§〉 [...] dbḥ,t-ḥtp tʾ ḥnq,t 〈§〉 [...] ḥtp-ḏi̯-nswt Jnp,w tp(,j)-ḏw≡f jm(,j)-wt nb-tꜣ-ḏsr qrs.t(w) =f nfr m z(mj),t Ḏd,t-ꜥꜣ.t-n.t-Jwn,w nb-jmꜣḫ ḫr nswt (j)m(,j)-r(ʾ)-ḥw,t-nṯr H̱ty-ꜥnḫ 〈§〉 [...] ḥtp-ḏi̯-nswt Wsjr nb-Ḏd,w ḫnt(,j)-jmn,tjw nb-ꜣbḏw pr,t-ḫrw tʾ ḥnq,t kꜣ ꜣpd n =f nfr m js =f n(,j) ẖr,t-nṯr jmꜣḫ(,w) (j)m(,j)-r(ʾ)-ḥw,t-nṯr H̱ty-ꜥnḫ 〈§〉 [...] jmꜣḫ,w ḫr Wsjr nb-jmn,tt ḥꜣ,tj-ꜥ ḫtm,tj-bj,tj smr-wꜥ(,tj) ḏḏ wḏ,w.pl n Šmꜥ,w wp(w),t.pl n Tꜣ-mḥ,w ẖr(,j)-ḥ(ꜣ)b(,t)-[ḥr(,j)]-⸢tp⸣ [H̱ty]-ꜥnḫ 〈§〉 [...] jmꜣḫ,w{t} n(,j)-mrw,t ḏḏ hp.w.pl sḫnti̯ jꜣw,t.pl ḥr(,j)-tp m-m smr.w.pl ḥꜣ,tj-ꜥ sm ḫrp-šnḏ,t-nb(.t) ẖr(,j)-ḥ(ꜣ)b(,t)-ḥr(,j)-tp H̱ty-ꜥnḫ 〈§〉 [...] zꜣ =f sms,w mr,y =f ___ Sḥtp-jb-Rꜥ-ꜥnḫ,j 〈§〉 [...] mr,y nb =f [...] ⸢m⸣ [ḫtm,tj]-⸢bj,tj⸣ [...] ⸮ḥm? =f m [...] rḏi̯.y n =f n zꜣ =f nḫ n mnḫ(,w) =(f) ḥr jb n(,j) ḥm =f ḫtm,w H̱nm,w-ḥtp 〈§〉 [...] ḥm,t =f mr(,yt) =(f) Nb,y⸢w⸣ ⸮⸢msi̯.n⸣? ⸮J?[___]

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An offering which the king gives so that Osiris, Lord of the Thinite nome, may give an invocation offering of bread and beer, bulls and birds, to the revered one in front of the great god, {overseer of lower Egypt Heni} 〈overseer of the temple Khetyankh〉. The hereditary noble and local prince, chief of the whole land, {overseer of lower Egypt Hen} 〈overseer of scribes Khety〉, justified, says: I came from my city, I descended from my nome, I did justice for the noble god, lord of the great house (i.e. the temple of Heliopolis), I satisfied the god with what he loved. I gave bread to the hungry, clothes to the naked. I drove away affliction from the misfortunate. I rescued the oppressed from the one who was more powerful than him, I gave the lie to one who said it, truth to the one who came with it, so that my name would be good therewith in front of the great god, lord of heaven, and so that my name be good upon earth. Possessor of dignity before the king, overseer of scribes, chief lector priest Khetyankh. An offering which the king gives and Anubis, lord of Sepa, that he might cross the sky and unite (with) the earth, the dignified overseer of Lower Egypt Heni. The hereditary noble and local prince, great one of the king of Upper Egypt, magnate of the king of Lower Egypt, nomarch of the Heliopolitan and Eastern nomes, who gives laws and advances offices, overseer of hearing judgments, one to whom the great ones come [bowing at the double gate of the palace?], one like the king in pacifying the two lands, praised by him in the course of the day, one who did what His Majesty ordered without negligence (?) therein, keeper of the royal property (or: royal acquaintance) and controller (?), a magnate in his office, one great in his dignity, foremost of position, great of love, who places fear of the [king in the ... of the ...], who pacifies for him the Bedouin, one dignified in front of the Great God, lord of the sky, overseer of the temple, chief lector priest Khetyankh. One revered in front of the great god, lord of the sky, overseer of scribes Khety. Thousand of bread, thousand of beer, thousand of bulls, thousand of birds, thousand of alabaster, linen and all fresh vegetables ... ... for the dignified one, the seal-bearer of the king of Lower Egypt, overseer of the temple, Khety. A funerary meal of bread and beer. An offering which the king gives and Anubis, who is upon his mountain, who is in the embalming place, lord of the sacred land: may he be buried well in the necropolis of Djedet-aat of Heliopolis, the possessor of dignity in front of the king, overseer of the temple, Khetiankh. An offering which the king gives so that Osiris, lord of Busiris, Khentamenty, lord of Abydos, may give an invocation offering for him perfectly in his tomb at the necropolis: the revered one, overseer of the temple Khetyankh. One dignified in front of Osiris, lord of the west, hereditary noble, seal-bearer of the king of Lower Egypt, the unique friend, who gives commands to Upper Egypt and missions to Lower Egypt, the [chief] lector priest [Khety]ankh. The beloved revered one, who gives laws and advances offices, chief among the officials, the count, sem-priest, master of every kilt, chief lector priest Khetyankh. His beloved eldest son, ...?..., Sehetepibreankh. One beloved of his lord, [...] as a [seal-bearer] of the king of lower Egypt, [...] his majesty in [...], which was given to him for his young (?) son because of (his) excellence in the heart of His Majesty, the sealbearer Khnumhotep. His beloved wife, Nebyu, born of (?) [...]?

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Found at Heliopolis

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