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〈Stele des Bebi (Kairo CG 20578 = JE 20265)〉 / Stele des Bebi (Kairo CG 20578 = JE 20265) Abydos

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〈Literarische Texte〉→〈6. Historisch-biographische Literatur des Mittleren Reiches und der 2. Zwischenzeit〉→〈Biographien der 13.-17. Dynastie〉→〈Biographien aus Abydos〉→Stele des Bebi (Kairo CG 20578 = JE 20265)→〈Stele des Bebi (Kairo CG 20578 = JE 20265)〉

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Egyptian

Transcription

[...] ḥtp-ḏi̯-nswt Ḥr,w zꜣ-Ꜣs,t Wsjr-Wnn-nfr [ḏi̯] =[f] pr,t-ḫrw 〈tʾ〉 ḥnq,t kꜣ.pl ꜣpd.pl ṯꜣw nḏm n(,j) ꜥnḫ jnn.t ⸢p,t⸣ ⸢qmꜣ⸣[.t] tꜣ ꜥnḫ.t nṯr jm ꜣḫ m p,t wsr [m] tꜣ mꜣꜥ-ḫrw m ḏꜣḏꜣ,t n kꜣ n(,j) zꜣ-nswt [⸮nḫt?] Bbj mꜣꜥ-ḫrw 〈§〉 jri̯ n =f šms,w =f mri̯ =f ḥr,j-pr Ptḥ-ꜥꜣ m jri̯ ḥm mrr nb =f ḥsi̯ n [m]rr.w kꜣ =f šms nb =f m ẖr,t-nṯr jri̯ ḏd.t.pl ⸢tp⸣ tꜣ 〈§〉 [...] zꜣ-nswt Bbj 〈§〉 [...] ḥr,j-pr Ḥrw,j 〈§〉 [...] šms,w Ptḥ-ꜥꜣ

Translations (2)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-mini (from scholarly German)
A sacrifice that the king gives to Horus, son of Isis (and) of Osiris-Wenennefer, that he may give a funerary offering (consisting of) 〈bread〉, beer, bulls, and fowl, the sweet breath of life, that which the sky (brings forth) and that which the earth creates, from which a god lives, glorification in heaven (and) strength [on] earth (as well as) justification in the assembly (of the dead) for the Ka of the [strong(?)] king's son Bebi, the justified. (This stele) has been made for him by his beloved follower, the steward Ptah-aa, as something that a servant does, whom his lord loves very much and who is praised by the one whom his Ka loves very much, who follows his lord in the necropolis and who carries out what is said on earth. The king's son Bebi. The steward Hori. The follower Ptahaa.
DE scholarly · TLA / ORAEC
Ein Opfer, das der König gibt dem Horus, Sohn der Isis (und) des Osiris-Wenennefer, er möge ein Totenopfer geben (bestehend aus) 〈Brot〉, Bier, Stieren und Geflügel, dem süßem Hauch des Lebens, dem, was der Himmel (hervor)bringt und dem, was die Erde erschafft, von dem ein Gott lebt, Verklärung im Himmel (und) Stärke [auf] Erden (sowie) Rechtfertigung im Kollegium (des Totengerichts) für den Ka des [starken(?)] Königsohnes Bebi, des Gerechtfertigten. (Diese Stele) hat für ihn hergestellt sein geliebter Gefolgsmann, der Hausverwalter Ptah-aa, als etwas, was ein Diener tut, den sein Herr sehr liebt und der gepriesen wird von dem, den sein Ka sehr liebt, der seinem Herrn in der Nekropole folgt und der das, was gesagt wird, auf Erden ausführt. Der Königssohn Bebi. Der Hausverwalter Hori. Der Gefolgsmann Ptahaa.

Connections

Found at Abydos

Cross-references (2)

  • TLA-Text J2YSQ4ODUNCXZH3SWJ5NWCCHEU tier-1
  • ORAEC-id oraec1745 tier-2
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