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〈Stele des Beb (Leiden V 88 = AP 13)〉 / Stele des Beb (Leiden V 88 = AP 13)
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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 Abydos〉→Stele des Beb (Leiden V 88 = AP 13)→〈Stele des Beb (Leiden V 88 = AP 13)〉
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Egyptian
Transcription
ḥtp-ḏi̯-nswt Wsjr nb-Ḏd,w ḫnt(,j)-jmn,tjw nb-ꜣbḏw ḏi̯ Wp-wꜣ,t.pl ḫnt(,j)-tꜣ-ḏsr ḏi̯ Ḥq,t ḥnꜥ H̱nm,w nṯr.pl nb(.pl) ꜣbḏ,w 〈§〉 pr,t-ḫrw (n) ḫꜣ m tʾ ḥnq,t kꜣ ꜣpd ḫꜣ m (j)ḫ,t nb(.t) nfr(.t) pri̯.t m-bꜣḥ nṯr-ꜥꜣ n jmꜣḫ(,w) Bb mꜣꜥ-ḫrw 〈§〉 mz.t(w) n =f ꜥ.du ẖr ḥtp,t.pl m ḥꜣb.pl n.w ẖr,t-nṯr ḥnꜥ šms(,w).pl n(,j) Wsjr 〈§〉 sꜣḫ sw wr.pl n.w Ḏd,w šnw,t.pl jm(,j).t ꜣbḏ,w 〈§〉 wpi̯ =f wꜣ,t.pl mrr.t =f m-ḥtp zp-2 〈§〉 sqꜣi̯ sw jm(,j).w Tꜣ-wr wꜥb.w.pl n(.w) nṯr-ꜥꜣ 〈§〉 ḥnk.t(w) n =f ꜥ.du m nšm,t ḥr wꜣ,t.pl jmn,t 〈§〉 ḏd.t(w) n =f jy.w m-ḥtp jn wr.w.pl n.w ꜣbḏ,w 〈§〉 jmꜣḫ(,w) (j)m(,j)-rʾ-šnꜥ,w Bb ḏd 〈§〉 jw jri̯.n =(j) šnꜥ,w.pl n nswt m ḫꜣs,t.pl ḥr(,j).t.pl mj-qd =sn 〈§〉 n-zp gmi̯.t(w) zp n(,j) bꜣk jm m wp(w),t tn rḏi̯.t.n w(j) ḥm =f jm =s n rwd nnk ḥr jb =f 〈§〉 šnṯ =(j) ngy,t m N⸮ꜣ?ḥw m srwḏ (j)ḫ,t n nb =(j) 〈§〉 jy.k(wj) m-ḥtp r Šmꜥ,w jri̯.n =(j) hꜣb.t wj r =s 〈§〉 swd.n =(j) wp(w),t =(j) n zꜣ =j jw =(j) ꜥnḫ.k(wj) 〈§〉 jri̯.n =j n =f jm(,j).t-pr m-ḥꜣ,w jri̯.t.n jt =j 〈§〉 pr =j grg(.w) ḥr snt,t =f sḫ,t =j m s,t =s nn tši̯.t =s jš,t.pl nb.t m s,t jr(,j) 〈§〉 jn zꜣ =(j) sꜥnḫ rn =(j) ḥr wḏ pn 〈§〉 jri̯.n =f n =(j) jwꜥ(,w) m zꜣ qn (j)m(,j)-rʾ-mšꜥ n(,j) pr-nswt jmꜣḫ,y Bb,j mꜣꜥ-ḫrw 〈§〉 jmꜣḫ,w Bb mꜣꜥ-ḫrw 〈§〉 ḥm,t =f mri̯.t =f ḥzi̯.yt =f Rn≡f-ꜥnḫ mꜣꜥ,t-ḫrw 〈§〉 wdp,w Mn,w-ḥtp n kꜣ.pl =k nb 〈§〉 ꜥq,yt Ḏḏ,t n kꜣ.pl =k nb 〈§〉 zꜣ =f mri̯.y =f (j)m(,j)-r(ʾ)-mšꜥ Ḏḏ,w-Sbk mꜣꜥ-ḫrw 〈§〉 ḥm,t =f mri̯.t =f Jwn,tt mꜣꜥ,t-ḫrwTranslations (1)
An offering that the king gives and Osiris, Lord of Busiris, Khentamenty, Lord of Abydos,
that Wepwawet, foremost of the sacred land gives,
and that Heket and Khnum and all gods of Abydos give: an invocation offering (of) a thousand of bread and beer, bulls and fowl, a thousand of all good things that come before the Great God to the dignified Beb, justified. May hands be extended to him with offerings on the festivals of the necropolis together with the following of Osiris! May the great ones of Busiris and the courtiers who are in Abydos glorify him! May he open the ways which he pleases, in peace, in peace! May those who are in the nome of Abydos, the priests of the great god, exalt him! May hands be presented to him in the neshmet-bark on the ways of the west! May "Welcome!" be said to him by the great ones of Abydos! One well-provided, overseer of the police Beb, who says: I did police duties for the king in the all upper foreign countries. There was never found a fault of this servant in this task in which his majesty had placed me because I was firm in his heart. I punished breaches (of the law) in Nahu, in securing thing(s) for my (divine) lord. I returned in peace to Upper Egypt, (after) I had done that because of which I had been dispatched. I handed over my task to my son while I was still alive, I made for him a testament greater than that which my father had made, my house having been established on its ground-plan,
my field being in its place,
with nothing of it missing,
all things being in their respective place. It is my son who lets my name live on this stela. He acted as heir for me, like a diligent son: the overseer of the troops of the palace, the dignified Bebi, justified. The dignified Beb, justified. His beloved and praised wife Renefankh, justified. Der Aufwärter Minhotep:
"For your kas, (my) lord!" The servant Djedjet: "For your kas, lord!" His beloved son, the general Djedjusebek, justified. His beloved wife Iuntet, justified.
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Abydos
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