Warning: In this
section I decided to display the literal transliteration that is to say the
word as it is written and NOT as it should be written. The transliteration of
reference will be mentioned when known to me. The comparison of both will
reveal in full to the reader the Ancient Egyptians' stenographical way of
writing.
Mendes stela
Bibliography : Sethe, Kurt, Urkunden der griechisch-römischen Zeit, p.
28-54; Birch, Samuel, Records of the Past, Vol. 8, p. 92-102
ʿnḫ ḥr ḥwn-qn
nbtï wr-pḥtï
ḥr-nbw sḫʿ-n-s(w)-ỉt-f
nsw-bỉt nb tȝwï wsr-kȝ-rʿ mr(y)-ỉmn
sȝ-rʿ nb ḫʿw p-t-w-l-m-ï-s
mry bȝ-nb-ḏdt nṯr-ʿȝ ʿnḫ n rʿ
kȝ ḥrï nfrwt
nṯr wʿ
wsr šft
n nṯrw rmṯ
ḫʿ m ȝḫt m ḥr 4
sḥḏ pt tȝ m stwt.f
ỉ m ḥʿp
sʿnḫ.n.f tȝwï
ṯȝw pw ḫr ḥrw nb.w
dwȝ sw nṯrw
ḥfȝ s(w) nṯrwt
m ḫprw.f n bȝ ʿnḫ wr šft ḥr(ï) nṯrw
nṯr nfr
snn n rʿ
tỉt ʿnḫ(t) nt ḫntï ȝḫt
mw nṯr n kȝ
sȝ mȝʿ(?) n wsny
kȝ.n.f r grg gsw-prw
r nb(t) spȝwt nṯr(wt)
sȝ smsw n bȝ ỉr wnn(t)
ḥrï nst nt ḥrï nṯrw
tỉt ḏsr(t) nt ḥwn spȝwt
ỉwr.t ỉm.f
r nb
ḥqȝ sȝ
ḥqȝ ms(w).n
ḥqȝt
wḏ(w) n.f
ỉȝt ḥqȝ tȝwï
ỉw.f m ẖt
n ms.tw.f
ỉṯ.n.f ḥr nwdt
ḥqȝ.n.f ḥr mnd.wï
nb(t) ỉmy
bnr.t mr(wt)
šft ỉt.f
bȝ m ḥȝt-mḥït mỉ
nsw nḫt
sḫm pḥtï
pr-ʿ
ỉṯ m
sḫm.f
ʿḥȝ ḥr
pg
qn m
ʿbȝ(?)
nḫt-ʿ
ḥ(w) rqy.
w
ȝḫ sḥ
mʿr(?) sp.w
dr.n(.f) ʿbʿ(w)
m.f
nb mȝʿt
mr hp.w
ỉb.f ʿq
ḥr wȝt nṯr(?)
nmʿ kmt
swḏȝ gsw-prw
sbtï n
bỉȝ ḥȝ mrt.s
wr nr
ʿȝ ḥrt
snḏ.f m
tȝ.w nb
... bȝw.f
ḥr-nb ʿḏʿḏ
n mȝ.f
mỉ nḫ.f s(n)
mr.f m ỉb.w nṯrw
rḫ.sn mnḫ.f ḫr.sn
r-pr nb bʿḥ m ḫt.f
psšt.ï ...
...
nswt-bỉt
(rnpt-sp) tpï
prt ỉ ḥm.f r sḫn bȝ-nb-ḏdt
r dbḥ ʿnḫ
m-ʿ nb ʿnḫ
r nḥ(t) nsyt
m-ʿ nb.s
ḥr ỉr(t).f mr bȝ.w
sḫn ḥm.f bȝ ʿnḫ m sp tp(ï) n sḫn.f ʿwt
ḏr ʿḥʿ.f ḥr nst ỉt.f
sḫn ḥm.f ... r-sȝ ỉrw
mỉ ỉr ẖr-ḥȝt ỉn nsïw m-šȝʿ sḫn
wn.(ỉ)n ḥm.f ḥr šsp ḥȝt nt wỉȝ n nṯr pn
ḥr ḫd.f m š wr
ḫntï.f m ʿqn
mỉ ỉr.n nsïw ẖr-ḥȝt.f
ḥr ỉr(t) n.f ỉrw nb n sḫn
mỉ ntï r sš
r spr.f r
ḏdt (ʿnpt)
sḫʿ s(w) ḥm.f r ṯnṯȝt.f
ỉs sw m-sȝ nṯr pn mr nb.f
wḏȝ ... r wp-nṯrwï
nst sḫn.f nt sp tp(ï)
wn.ỉn ḥm.f ḥr pẖr ḥwt bȝ.w
gm.n.f pr bȝ
ḥr ỉr(t) kȝ.f
m wḏ.n ḥm.f rw (ȝhw)
ỉr(w) ḫȝswt bšt.w(t) r.f
wḏ.n ḥm.f r ʿrq.f m kȝ(t).f n nḥḥ
mȝ.n ḥm.f ẖn n bȝ šps
ỉr ʿ n smȝwï.s
rd.n.f m ḥr n ... rʿ nb
r sʿḥʿ bȝ m ʿnpt ḥr nst.f ỉm
wn.ỉn ḥm.f ỉr tp-rd.f m r-pr tn
ḥr ỉr(t) ȝḫw n bȝ.w nṯrw
mỉ gm r drf n ḏḥwtï
m-ḫt nn wḏȝ.n ḥm.f r ẖnw.f
ỉb.f m ḥʿʿ m ỉr(t).n.f n ỉt.w.f bȝ.w
šps.w ʿȝ.w
ʿnḫ.w ḫnt
ʿnpt
d.sn n.f nsyt ʿȝ.t
m ȝw-ỉb
ỉst ḥm.f snsn.n.f (ḥrt) snt.f
... ntf-ʿnḫ
ḥnʿ bȝ-ỉȝbtï(?)
ỉr nḫb.s
m rpʿt(t) wr(t) ḥsw(t)
nb(t) ỉmï
bnr(t) mrt
ʿn(t) ḫʿ
šsp(t) nbtï
mḥ(t) ʿḥ
m nfrw.s
mr(t) bȝ
wḏȝ-bȝ
snt nsw
ḥmt-nsw wr.t
mr(t).f
ḥnwt tȝwï
ỉ-r-s-n-ȝ-t
rnpt-sp 15 ȝbd
1 šmw sw 10
nṯrt ṯn
pr.s r pt
ẖnm.s ḥʿw
n ṯn(ï)-nfrw-s
...
ỉr-m-ḫt wp-r
nt nṯrt tn r hrw fdw
pr.s m bȝ ʿnḫ
nhm n.s m ʿnpt
ḥr ỉr(t) ḥb.s
ḥr sʿnḫ bȝ.s m r-gs bȝ.w
ʿnḫ.w
mỉ ỉr n bȝ.w
n nṯrw nṯrt nb ḏr sp tp(ï) r mỉn
ḥr-nt st ḥʿ pw nt nsyt n nṯrw nb
nst(?).sn nt wḥm rnp
snsn.sn ṯȝw ỉm
... pw n nṯrt nb(t)
wḥm.sn ʿnḫ ỉm
ḥr ỉwḥ.sn m ʿntïw tp sw-mḏ nb
wḏ.n ḥm.f r sʿḥʿ bȝ(?).s / ẖntï.s m ḥwwt nb(t)
nfr ḥr ỉb n ḥmw-nṯr.sn
ḥr gm(tỉ).s gs(?) nṯrw ḫr mnḫ.s ḫr ḥr-nb
sḫʿ(tỉ) sšm.s m ḥȝt-mḥït r-gs nṯrw
mỉ nṯrwt nt(t) ḥnʿ.f
nb ʿẖm.w.s m spȝt nb(t)
mỉ ḫnwt.f nt(t) m.sn
ỉr rn.s m mr(t)-bȝ(-nb-ḏdt) nṯrt
mr(t)-sn-s ỉ-r-s-n-ȝ-t
(ỉr) gr ḥm.f stp(?).n.f ḏȝm.f
m ḥwn.w nfr.w
m ms.w mnft.ïw nw
bȝqt
tp.w.sn m ms.w sbḫt-tȝ-pn(?)
ỉw.sn m mḥ ỉb.w
n.f-ỉm
n-ʿȝ-n mr.f kmt r ḫȝst(?) nb(t) ʿq(t).n.f
ḥr sỉȝ.n.f mnḫ ỉb.sn ḫr.f
sk ʿq-mẖnt ḏȝ(t) nw kmt r ȝw.f
swȝ.sn r pr-nsw
wḏ.n ḥm.f r tm ḥtr ʿq-mẖnt
nw w n ḥȝt-mḥït r ȝw.f m-ʿ.sn
m ḏd.sn ḫft ḥm.f
n ḥtr.sn ḏr-ʿ r.f
ỉw ʿq pr nb r nỉwt.sn r-ḫft-ḥr-n nb ʿqw(?) ḥrï(?).f
ḥr-nt(t) rd n.f rʿ tȝwï r ẖr(t).f
ʿqw(?).f sʿm(w).f(?) ḥnʿ rmṯ kmt
mỉ ỉr(t).n ỉt.f ỉty nṯr ẖr-ḥȝt.f
r psšt nt
pȝq n nỉwt nb(t)
ḥtr r pr-nsw
wḏ.n ḥm.f tm ỉr.t
psšt nt pȝq n pr-bȝ-nb-ḏd ḥnʿ ww.f
m sỉȝ n.f
wḏ ỉr(w).n ḏḥwtï r-gs rʿ n nsïw ʿḥʿ.sn
m ḏd
hr ỉb nṯr(?) srwd pȝwt nt bȝ ʿnḫ
ȝḫ n nsw m (?) srwd pȝwt nt bȝ-nb-ḏdt
r sʿȝ ... ḥtp-nṯr
swsḫ ḥtp šwt.f
ỉr ȝḫ nb(t) n pr.f
ỉr ḫb.t(w) pȝwt.f
ḫr ḥḥ ȝq m rmṯ
ỉr sḏfȝ.t(w) pȝwt.f
ỉṯ.f kȝ ʿȝ m ḫpr ḏr.f
ḥr-nt(t) bʿḥ ȝḫ(t) ẖr pȝwt.f
ʿq(?).f pw n nsw
mȝṯ.n ḥm.f r snḏm ḥtr nw tȝ-mrỉ
r sḥb tȝwï
n qmȝ(w) nfrw.f
wȝ.n ḥm.f r ḥḏ dbn ḥfn...
(70000) tp-rnpt nb
ỉw.sn ḥtr r pr-nsw r ḥntï rnpwt
n ỉr mỉtt
(ỉ)n nsw nb ḫpr ẖr-ḥȝt.f
wn tȝ ḏr.f ḥr nhm r qȝw n pt
ḥr dwȝ-nṯr ḥr rn wr n ḥm.f
ky sp nfr ỉr(w).n ḥm.f
šd.t(w) ỉtrw ḥr ỉȝbtt nt kmt
r ỉr(t) ḏr.f
r ḫȝswt
r ... ḥwt-nṯr
n ỉr mỉtt
ỉn nsïw ẖr-ḥȝt.f
rnpt-sp 21 sṯȝ
r ḏd n ḥm.f
pr ỉt.k bȝ-nb-ḏdt ʿrq m kȝ(t).f nb(t)
nfr.wï sw r ỉmï.f ẖr-ḥȝt
m wḏ ỉr(w).n
ḥm.k
ḫt ḥr rn.k rn n ỉt.k nṯrt mr(t)-sn.s ỉ-r-s-ï-n-ȝ-t
wḏ.n ḥm.f sȝ.f nḏ-ḥr(?) rn n bȝ wtṯ s(ï)
r ỉr(t) ḥb
mk nw ḥwt-bȝ
... nw wȝḏ( ?) ...
tpï prt sw 16 hrw nfr m pt tȝ
sʿq bȝ r pr.f
ḥtp ḥr st.f wr.t
ḥtp pw n nṯrw nb m ḫm.sn
ntf bȝ.sn pw r ȝw.s(n)
r-pr nb ẖr sr(?).f
spȝt nb(t) ẖr ʿḫm.f
... .f sn m bȝ ʿnḫ
ḥb.f nb ḥb.sn
ỉr ḥb ʿȝ m tȝ ḏr.f
ḥr nhm r qȝ n pt
ḥr rd(t) ỉwï ... n ḥm.f
ỉr-m-ḫt swȝḏ pr n nb.f
wḏȝ pw ỉr.sn r ẖnw
r snḏm ỉb n ḥm.f
ḥmw-nṯr m-ḫt.sn ẖr ʿnḫ (ḥr) ỉb n ḥm.f
ms bȝs ḥm.f m ʿntïw.
wrḥ sšrw.f m sšn
rd.n ḥm.f ỉṯ.tw wỉȝ r pr-nsw
msw-nsw r ȝw.sn ỉr.sn mỉtt ỉr(t).n.f
rnpt-sp 10 ȝbd 4 ȝḫt spr.t(w) r ḏd n ḥm.f
ms.t(w) bȝ
ʿnḫ pr m sḫt ỉmnt.t nw
ḏdt
b(w) gm(w).tw.f ỉm
m sp tp(ï)
ỉw.f ḥr ...
r sʿḥʿ s(w)
ḥm.k ḥr nst.f
(ỉmỉ) ỉ
ṯt pr-ʿnḫ
r mȝ.f
ʿḥʿ.n hȝb.n
ḥm.f r gsw-prw nw šmʿw mḥw
r rd(t)
ỉ ṯt pr-ʿnḫ m wʿb.w nw
spȝwt
... gm-sp 5 ỉmï.w
nỉwwt.sn
ỉr-m-ḫt mȝ s(w) ṯt pr-ʿnḫ
sỉȝ.sn ȝbwt(?).f r ḥb(t)
ỉr nḫb(t).f m bȝ ʿnḫ n rʿ
bȝ ʿnḫ n šw
bȝ ʿnḫ n nbwtï
bȝ ʿnḫ n wsỉr
mỉ ỉr ḏr tpïw-ʿ
r nt(t)
m sš
... n
ḥm.f
m ḏd
bȝ ʿnḫ
pw mȝʿ
ỉr nḫb(t).f
ỉn ṯt pr-ʿnḫ nw ḥm.k
(ỉwnn.f)
ʿrq m kȝ(t) nb(t)
m wḏ
ỉr(w).n ḥm.k
mr wḏ
ḥm.k r sʿḥʿ.f ḥr nst.f ỉm.f
ỉsk ḥm.f
sỉȝ ỉb mỉ ḏḥwtï
wȝwȝ.n.f sḫr
n ʿwt ỉty nw kmt
n ỉr
mỉtt ỉn nsw nb ḫpr ẖr-ḥȝt.f
sḫʿ.n.f dỉ-ʿnḫ
...
ỉ-r-s-ï-n-ȝ-t
bdt m
ʿ.wï.s rḫ(.tw)
ʿwt nṯr(t) ỉm
ḥnʿ ʿnḫ.sn
m ḥtt.sn n nb tȝwï
wḏ.n ḥm.f
r sḫʿ(t) nṯrw ỉpn r ḥȝt-mḥït
m-ʿ ḥmw-nṯr
swʿb sn
ḥr(ï) mšʿ
n.f-ỉmy nw ḥm.f m-ḫt.sn
r sʿḥʿ
bȝ m ʿnpt ḥr nst.f
ỉr ḥb
mk m pr.f
...
mỉ ỉr(t).n
ḥm.f m sp tp(ï) n sḫn.f ʿwt
ḏr ʿḥʿ.f
ḥr nst ỉt.f
ȝbd 2 prt
sw 16 sṯȝ.n nṯrw ỉpn r ḏdt
ḥmw-nṯr wʿb.w
nw ḥm.f ḥr(ï)w mšʿ n.f-ỉmy m-ḫt.sn
ỉr ỉrw.sn
n bȝ
...
m ȝbd
2 prt sw 18
ỉr ḥb
mk m pr.f
ỉw.sn ḥtp
ỉm ḥnʿ.f r hrw 4
ḏdt wḥm.n.s
šn
ʿnpt m
ḥb
ỉmï(w).f m
ḥʿʿ
dbn.f nb
ḥr nhm
ḥȝt-mḥït m
ršrš (ṯḥḥwt)
...
bȝ-nb-ḏdt pw
m wḥm ʿnḫ
bȝ pw
n nṯr nb
ỉsw nn
ỉr(w).n ḥm.f
sqȝ rnpwt.f
m nsw r nḥḥ n ḏt
nsyt mn.tỉ
ḥr rn.f
sȝ.f ḥr
nst.f r km nḥḥ
n ws(ï)
r ḏr ḏt
ḥr-nt(t) nḥ.n.f
n nb nṯrw