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〈Stele des Chnumherpeges (Privatsammlung Turin)〉 / Stele des Chnumherpeges (Privatsammlung Turin)

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〈Literarische Texte〉→〈6. Historisch-biographische Literatur des Mittleren Reiches und der 2. Zwischenzeit〉→〈Biographien der 13.-17. Dynastie〉→〈Biographien aus Esna〉→Stele des Chnumherpeges (Privatsammlung Turin)→〈Stele des Chnumherpeges (Privatsammlung Turin)〉

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Inscription #1 · Egyptian

Transcription

[...] [rḫ],yt 〈§〉 qd m ⸮ḏb,t? m j[nr] [...] 〈§〉 [...] ꜣḥ,t 〈§〉 wꜣḥ mn,w m pr Mnḥ,t.t 〈§〉 ẖnn ḥr [mw] [...] 〈§〉 [...] rḏi̯ ⸮k〈ꜣ〉,t? m ḥr =f [...] 〈jb〉 =〈f〉 〈§〉 mdwi̯ jb =f pḫꜣ(.w) 〈§〉 sḏm ḏd n ḫn =f ⸢ḥr⸣ [...] 〈§〉 [...] ⸮m? ḥsi̯.n ḥsi̯.y ḏd =f grḥ jb r mw m swn,w 〈§〉 rḫ ⸮k(ꜣ)[,t]? [...] ḏd〈.t〉 ⸮nb.t? 〈§〉 jnk ḫrp ꜥšꜣ,t.pl ⸢m⸣ [...] n〈n〉 kꜣhs mꜣ.tw =j [...] m ⸮k〈ꜣ〉,t? 〈§〉 jnk n{r}f〈r〉 jwn ḏr šr.y =j 〈§〉 wšd(.w) n rḫ,yt ⸮j:rḫ.y? ꜥḥꜥ =f r ꜣb =f 〈§〉 mtj ⸢ns⸣ [...] tḫ n mḫꜣ,t 〈§〉 jdnw nb w H̱nm,w H̱nm,w-ḥr-pgz [...] 〈§〉 [...] zꜣ =f zꜣ-nswt H̱nm,w-[___] [...] 〈§〉 [...] mw,t =f Nb,t-w [...]

Translations (2)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-mini (from scholarly German)
[... Rech]it, who builds with brick and stone, [... ... ...] [...] the field, who establishes monuments in the temple of Menhit, who rows on [...], [...] who gives a thought (?) to his face (or: his heart); who speaks, while his heart is open/revealed; who listens to the one who speaks, without having a dark countenance [...] [...] whom the Blessed has praised, while he speaks, as his heart is more balanced/perfected than water in the pond; who knows the thought (?) [...] every utterance (?), I am the leader of the multitude in/with [...], without being arrogant, as I was seen (?) in thought (?). I am one with a perfected character, since I was a child; who is greeted by Rechit, one whose position is (generally) known at his request, one with a sincere tongue, [like] the plumb line of the scale; the representative of the lord of the Chnum district Chnumherpeges, [the Justified.] His son, the king's son, Chnum[...] His mother, Nebtu [...]
DE scholarly · TLA / ORAEC
[... Rech]it, der mit Ziegel und Stein baut, [... ... ...] [...] den Acker, der Denkmäler im Tempel der Menhit stiftet, der rudert auf [...], [...] der einen Gedanken (?) in sein Gesicht (oder: sein Herz) gibt; der spricht, indem sein Herz offen/kundig ist; der den, der spricht, zuhört, ohne daß er finster an Gesicht ist [...] [...] den der Gelobte gelobt hat, indem er spricht, während sein Herz ausgeglichener/vollendeter als Wasser im Teich ist; der den Gedanken (?) kennt [...] jedes Gesagte (?), Ich bin der Leiter der Menge in/mit [...], ohne hochmütig zu sein, als ich gesehen wurde (?) im Gedanken (?). Ich bin einer mit vollendetem Charakter, seit ich ein Kind war; der durch die Rechit begrüßt wird, einer, dessen Stellung auf seinen Wunsch hin (allgemein) bekannt ist, einer mit aufrichtiger Zunge, [wie] das Lot der Waage; der Stellvertreter des Herrn des Chnum-Bezirks Chnumherpeges, [der Gerechtfertigte.] Sein Sohn, der Königssohn, Chnum[...] Seine Mutter, Nebtu [...]

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  • TLA-Text F7SZRJAD6FB4NJM6U6NQIZKT3M tier-1
  • ORAEC-id oraec1386 tier-2
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