〈Stele des Hornacht (Kairo CG 20499)〉 / Stele des Hornacht (Kairo CG 20499)

An offering which the king gives and Horus of Behedet, Osiris, Lord of Busiris, great god, lord of Abydos, and Anubis who is upon his mountain, who is in the embalming place, lord of the sacred land, may they give an invocation offering (of) bread and beer, bulls and fowl, and all good and pure things through which the gods live, to the ka of the wab-priest who is allowed to enter, Hornakht, born of the wab-priest who is allowed to enter, Hornakht. He says: I was an excellent shade for his brothers, one who spoke with his mouth and acted with his arms. He says: I ferried in my $jmw$-ship, I ploughed with (my) span and have trodden with (my) she-donkeys, I said "welcome" to everyone who came. (I am a) Possessor of serfs, rich in all (kinds of) cattle, firm of speech, possessor of love, one without fault, who walks calmly for (?) the great one with respect to his speech (or: who walks calmly, but to whose word the Great one hastens). The ruler gave me a beautiful servant (or: Neferbatit, the Beautiful) for the precision of my speech. His son Hornakht, his son Senuim, his son Nebitef, his daughter Neferetwebenes, his daughter Neferu, his daughter Nebitef/Neb(et)itef, his wife Merianqet. The servant Tetu(?).

An offering which the king gives and Horus of Behedet, Osiris, Lord of Busiris, great god, lord of Abydos, and Anubis who is upon his mountain, who is in the embalming place, lord of the sacred land, may they give an invocation offering (of) bread and beer, bulls and fowl, and all good and pure things through which the gods live, to the ka of the wab-priest who is allowed to enter, Hornakht, born of the wab-priest who is allowed to enter, Hornakht. He says: I was an excellent shade for his brothers, one who spoke with his mouth and acted with his arms. He says: I ferried in my $jmw$-ship, I ploughed with (my) span and have trodden with (my) she-donkeys, I said "welcome" to everyone who came. (I am a) Possessor of serfs, rich in all (kinds of) cattle, firm of speech, possessor of love, one without fault, who walks calmly for (?) the great one with respect to his speech (oder: der geruhsam geht, aber auf dessen Wort der Große herbeigeeilt kommt). The ruler gave me a beautiful servant (oder: Neferbatit, die Schöne) for the precision of my speech. His son Hornakht, his son Senuim, his son Nebitef, his daughter Neferetwebenes, his daughter Neferu, his daughter Nebitef/Neb(et)itef, his wife Merianqet. The servant Tetu(?).