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〈Stele des Sobekhotep (London, BM EA 257)〉 / Stele des Sobekhotep (BM EA 257)

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Description

〈Literarische Texte〉→〈6. Historisch-biographische Literatur des Mittleren Reiches und der 2. Zwischenzeit〉→〈Biographien der 11. und 12. Dynastie〉→〈Biographien unbekannter Herkunft〉→Stele des Sobekhotep (BM EA 257)→〈Stele des Sobekhotep (London, BM EA 257)〉

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Egyptian

Transcription

rnp,t-zp 6 ḫr [ḥm] [n(,j)] Ḫꜥi̯-ḫpr-Rꜥ(w) ḏi̯(.w) ꜥnḫ ḏ,t 〈§〉 ḥtp-ḏi̯-[nswt] [Wsjr] [...] nṯr-ꜥꜣ nb-ꜣbḏw ḏi̯ =f pr,t-ḫrw tʾ ḥnq,t kꜣ ꜣpd šs [mnḫ,t] [...] mrḥ,t n kꜣ n(,j) jmꜣḫ,y šd-wḥꜥ,t Sbk-ḥtp(.w) mꜣꜥ-ḫrw ḏd =f 〈§〉 jw wḏ.n ḥm =f zbi̯.t(w) bꜣk r gs.pl-pr.pl Tp-rsj Wꜣs,t r swꜥb ḥw,t.pl-nṯr 〈§〉 jri̯ =(j) n =sn sꜥb n-mr(w),t wꜥb ꜣbd(,w) twr =sn smd,t.pl 〈§〉 [...] ḥm,t =f mri̯.t =f Kfn 〈§〉 [...] zꜣ =f Mntw-ḥtp(.w) 〈§〉 [...] zꜣ =f Jmn-m-ḥꜣ,t

Translations (1)

DE scholarly · TLA / ORAEC
Year 6 under the Majesty of 𓍹Khakheperra𓍺, given life for ever. An offering which [the king] gives [and Osiris, lord of Busiris, Khontamenti,] the great god, lord of Abydos: May he give an invocation offering (of) bread and bear, bulls and birds, alabaster [and linen, ...], merehet-oil to the ka of the dignified scorpion-catcher Sebekhetep, justified, who says: His Majesty ordered the servant to be sent to the shrines of Waset in the Head of the South, in order to purify the temples. I performed a purification for them, in order (for them) to be clean on the monthly festival and so that they are pure on the half-monthly festival. His beloved wife Kefen. His son Mentuhotep. His son Amenemhet.

Cross-references (2)

  • TLA-Text 7YGPNEJW6FG6PEZ3GWQYEPU2KA tier-1
  • ORAEC-id oraec2325 tier-2
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