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〈Stele des Dedusobek (BM EA 566)〉 / Stele des Dedusobek (BM EA 566)

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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 Dedusobek (BM EA 566)→〈Stele des Dedusobek (BM EA 566)〉

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Egyptian

Transcription

jmꜣḫ ḫr Wsjr Ḫnt(,j)-jmn,tjw nb-ꜣbḏw ḫr Wp-wꜣ,t.pl nṯr-ꜥꜣ nb-ꜣbḏw rpꜥ ḥꜣ,tj-ꜥ ḥr(,j)-sštꜣ n jz,t m nḏ [j]mn-jb 〈§〉 sjꜣ z r tp,t-rʾ =f sḥꜣi̯.n n =f ẖ,t jm,jt =s 〈§〉 ḏḏ bši̯ ḥꜣ,tj ꜥm.t.n =f pḥ.t =f wꜥ,t 〈§〉 ḫnt(,j)-s,t m stp-zꜣ hrw sḏm md(w),t 〈§〉 wꜥ ḥr ḫw m-bꜣḥ nb-tꜣ,du ḫft ṯjꜣ sḥ 〈§〉 sḏfꜣ.w nsw r tr r tr.wj 〈§〉 swꜣḏ.w nb ꜥḥ šnꜥ.pl =f 〈§〉 smr-wꜥ〈,tj〉 bn{t}〈r〉j mrw,t nb ḥꜣw ⸮m? jmꜣ,t 〈§〉 (j)r(,j)-pꜥ,t.pl (j)m(,j)-r(ʾ)-šnt Dd,w-Sbk mꜣꜥ-ḫrw nb-jmꜣḫ 〈§〉 jmꜣḫ,t ḫr Wsjr Ḫnt(,j)-jmn,tjw nb-ꜣbḏw ḫr Wp-wꜣ,t.pl nṯr-ꜥꜣ nb-ꜣbḏw ḥm,t =f mri̯.t =f n,t-s,t-jb =f Ḥm,t msi̯.t.n J:y mꜣꜥ,t-ḫrw nb,t-jmꜣḫ 〈§〉 tʾ ḫꜣ ḥnq,t ḫꜣ kꜣ ḫꜣ ꜣpd ḫꜣ šs ḫꜣ mnḫ,t ḫꜣ n kꜣ n jmꜣḫ jm,j-rʾ-šnt Dd,w-Sbk 〈§〉 (j)n mri̯ =k nb rḏi̯.t.n =f 〈§〉 n kꜣ n jmꜣḫ,t Ḥm,t 〈§〉 (j)n mri̯ =t nb rḏi̯〈.t〉.n =f

Translations (2)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-mini (from scholarly German)
One dignified in front of Osiris-Khontamenti, Lord of Abydos, and in front of Wepwawet, the great god, Lord of Abydos, the hereditary noble and count, master of secrets of the palace in questioning the one whose heart is hidden, who knows a man according to his utterance, to whom the belly has revealed that which is in it, who causes the heart to spit what it has swallowed when (?) he/it reaches the private palace (?), one foremost of place in the palace on the day of hearing (legal) cases, the unique one in the presence of the Lord of the Two Lands, while the council cries out (?), whom the king periodically nourished, whose granaries the lord of the palace made prosper, the sole friend (of the king), one sweet of love, possessor of an excess of charm, hereditary noble, overseer of police Dedusobek, justified, lord of dignity. One dignified in the presence of Osiris-Khontamenti, Lord of Abydos, and in the presence of Wepwawet, the great god, Lord of Abydos: his beloved wife, the one of his affection, Hemet, whom Iy has born, justified, lady of dignity. A thousand bread(s), a thousand (jugs of) beer, a thousand bulls, a thousand fowl, a thousand (pieces of) alabaster, a thousand (pieces of) linen for the ka of the dignified overseer of police Dedusobek. Is (it) all that you love (or: desire)? (It) is what he has given. (??) for the ka of the dignified Hemet. Is (it) all that you love (or: desire)? (It) is what he has given. (??)
DE scholarly · TLA / ORAEC
One dignified in front of Osiris-Khontamenti, Lord of Abydos, and in front of Wepwawet, the great god, Lord of Abydos, the hereditary noble and count, master of secrets of the palace in questioning the one whose heart is hidden, who knows a man according to his utterance, to whom the belly has revealed that which is in it, who causes the heart to spit what it has swallowed when (?) he/it reaches the private palace (?), one foremost of place in the palace on the day of hearing (legal) cases, the unique one in the presence of the Lord of the Two Lands, while the council cries out (?), whom the king periodically nourished, whose granaries the lord of the palace made prosper, the sole friend (of the king), one sweet of love, possessor of an excess of charm, hereditary noble, overseer of police Dedusobek, justified, lord of dignity. One dignified in the presence of Osiris-Khontamenti, Lord of Abydos, and in the presence of Wepwawet, the great god, Lord of Abydos: his beloved wife, the one of his affection, Hemet, whom Iy has born, justified, lady of dignity. A thousand bread(s), a thousand (jugs of) beer, a thousand bulls, a thousand fowl, a thousand (pieces of) alabaster, a thousand (pieces of) linen for the ka of the dignified overseer of police Dedusobek. Ist (es) alles das, was du liebst (oder: dir wünschst)? (Es) ist das, was er gegeben hat. (??) for the ka of the dignified Hemet. Ist (es) alles das, was du liebst (oder: dir wünschst)? (Es) ist das, was er gegeben hat. (??)

Connections

Found at Abydos

Cross-references (2)

  • TLA-Text 4MP2LUCCIVGCXDD2LHYZFE5S3M tier-1
  • ORAEC-id oraec1195 tier-2

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