〈Stele des Montu-user (MMA 12.184)〉 / Stele des Montu-user (MMA 12.184)

Year 17 under the Majesty of Horus $Ankh-mesut$, the good god 𓍹$Kheper-ka-Ra$𓍺, who lives for ever. My Majesty has given this stone to you as an offering which the king gives so that Osiris, the great god, lord of Abydos, may give an invocation offering of bulls and fowl, alabaster and clothes, and all good and pure things from which the god lives, to the ka of the praised overseer of the house, Montu-weser, born of $Ab-kau$, who says: I am one who cared for the sick (?), who buried the dead, who gave things to the one who was poor. I am second to the strong one in the royal palace, a messenger of an energetic character. I was an overseer of the Double granary at the count of northern barley. I was an overseer of over a thousand people. I was an overseer of large cattle, an overseer of small cattle, an overseer of donkeys, an overseer of sheep, an overseer of pigs, I delivered clothing to the treasury, the accounting being in my charge in the royal palace, and I was acclaimed and thanked (lit: there was acclaim for me and there was thanking for me). I am a generous one of food and nourishment, there was no suffering for him to whom I was giving, I allotted a lot of meat to those who sat by my side. I am one beloved of his neighbourhood, one fitting in his family. I did not turn my face away from the one in servitude. I was a father to the poor one, one who took care of a widow; none went to sleep hungry in my district. I did not hinder a man in the bargue. I did not defame anyone by his superior. I did not rely on calumny. I am one who spoke according to the art of the officials, one free of saying $pꜣ$'s. I am one who listened to righteousness, who was not partial to the briber. I am one rich in goodness and nobility; there was no loss in any of my things. I am a possessor of bulls, rich in small cattle, a possessor of donkeys, rich in sheep. I am one great of emmer, noble of clothes, without lack in any riches. I was one rich of ships, one great of vineyards. But as for any people, who shall hear this stele among the living ones, who shall say: "It is true!" and whose children shall say to (their) children: "It is true, there is no lie therein!" And as for any scribe who shall read this stela, (and) all people who shall reach it, as you love life and hate death, may Khentamenti love you, may he praise you on his terrace, when you say: "bread and beer, bulls and fowl, food and nourishment, to the owner of this stela!" The praised overseer of the house, Mon […]

Year 17 under the Majesty of Horus $Ankh-mesut$, the good god 𓍹$Kheper-ka-Ra$𓍺, who lives for ever. My Majesty has given this stone to you as an offering which the king gives so that Osiris, the great god, lord of Abydos, may give an invocation offering of bulls and fowl, alabaster and clothes, and all good and pure things from which the god lives, to the ka of the praised overseer of the house, Montu-weser, born of $Ab-kau$, who says: I am one who cared for the sick (?), who buried the dead, who gave things to the one who was poor. I am second to the strong one in the royal palace, a messenger of an energetic character. I was an overseer of the Double granary at the count of northern barley. I was an overseer of over a thousand people. I was an overseer of large cattle, an overseer of small cattle, an overseer of donkeys, an overseer of sheep, an overseer of pigs, I delivered clothing to the treasury, the accounting being in my charge in the royal palace, and I was acclaimed and thanked (lit: there was acclaim for me and there was thanking for me). I am a generous one of food and nourishment, there was no suffering for him to whom I was giving, I alotted a lot of meat to those who sat by my side. I am one beloved of his neighbourhood, one fitting in his family. I did not turn my face away from the one in servitude. I was a father to the poor one, one who took care of a widow; none went to sleep hungry in my district. I did not hinder a man in the bargue. I did not defame anyone by his superior. I did not rely on calumny. I am one who spoke according to the art of the officials, one free of saying $pꜣ$'s. I am one who listened to righteousness, who was not partial to the briber. I am one rich in goodness and nobility; there was no loss in any of my things. I am a possessor of bulls, rich in small cattle, a possessor of donkeys, rich in sheep. I am one great of emmer, noble of clothes, without lack in any riches. I was one rich of ships, one great of vineyards. But as for any people, who shall hear this stele among the living ones, who shall say: "It is true!" and whose children shall say to (their) children: "It is true, there is no lie therein!" And as for any scribe who shall read this stela, (and) all people who shall reach it, as you love life and hate death, may Khentamenti love you, may he praise you on his terrace, when you say: "bread and beer, bulls and fowl, food and nourishment, to the owner of this stela!" The praised overseer of the house, Montu-weser. D(ieses Denkmal), das für ihn angefertigt hat sein Sohn, der Hausvorsteher Antef, der Gerechtfertigte, geboren von Nefersechet, der seinen Namen wiederbelebt. Seine geliebte Tochter, Dedet, geboren von Nefersechet. Sein Vater, der für ihn seinen Namen wiederbelebt, Antef, geboren von Senet.