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.

 

 

First Philae Decree

 

Bibliography : Sethe, Kurt, Urkunden der griechisch-römischen Zeit, p. 198-214; von Recklinghausen, Daniel, Die Philensis-Dekrete, 2 vol., Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 73, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2018 (edition of text, transliteration, translation, notes and comments)

 

rnpt-sp 21 ... ntï ỉr ȝbd n ỉmï^.w tȝ-mrỉ (ȝbd 1 ȝḫt sw 22)

ḫr ḥm n ḥr ḥwn-ḫʿ(ï)-m-nsw-ḥr-st-ỉt-f

nbtï wr-pḥtï smn-tȝwï

snfr-tȝ-mrỉ mnḫ-ỉb-ḫr-nṯrw

ḥr-nbw wȝḏ-ʿnḫ-n-ḥnmmt

nb-ḥb(w)-sd-mỉ-ptḥ ỉty-mỉ-rʿ

nswt-bỉt ỉwʿ-n-nṯrwï-mr(wï)-it stp-(n-)ptḥ wsr-kȝ-rʿ sḫm-ʿnḫ-(n-)ỉmn

sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ nṯrwï-pr(wï)

sȝ n p-t-w-l-m-y-s ḥnʿ ỉ-r-s-ỉ-n-ȝ-t nṯrwï-mr(wï)-ỉt

(ỉw) wʿb n ỉ-l-k-s-ỉ-n-d-r-s ḥnʿ nṯrwï-nḏwï ḥnʿ nṯrwï-snwï

ḥnʿ nṯrwï-mnḫwï ḥnʿ nṯrwï-mr(wï)-it ḥnʿ nṯrwï-pr(wï)

p-t-w-l-m-y-s (pȝ n) p-t-w-l-m-y-s ...

ỉw (t-r-w-p-y-ȝ-n) sȝt (n-m-f-y-n) fȝ(t)-šp-n-qn m-bȝḥ b-r-n-y-g-ȝ-t tȝ-mnḫ(t)

ỉw (p-r-q-s-ỉ-r-n-y-g-ȝ-t) sȝt (nt) p-y-l-y-n-s fȝ(ït) dn (nbw) m-bȝḥ ỉ-r-s-ỉ-n-ȝ-t tȝ-mr(t)-sn

ỉw h-y-r-n-ȝ-t sȝt (nt) p-t-w-l-m-y-s n wʿb nt ỉ-r-s-ỉ-n-ȝ-t (tȝ-mr(t)-ỉt-s)

hrw pn sḫȝwï ỉw mr gsw-prw ḥmw-nṯr

ḥrïw-sštȝ ʿbw-nṯr ʿq r (bw-ḏsr) smʿr nṯrw m stt.sn

ḥnʿ sš(w) mḏȝt-nṯr ṯy pr-ʿnḫ

ḥnʿ ky^.w wʿb^.w ỉ m ỉtrtï šmʿw mḥw r ỉnb-ḥḏ

r sḫn (n) ḥp ʿnḫ

ʿb.sn r sḥḏt nt mḫȝt-tȝwï ỉs (swt) kȝ.sn

m-ʿ-ntï wn^.n nswt-bỉt sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ nṯr-pr(ï)

sȝ n nswt-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ḥnʿ ḥqȝt nb(t) tȝwï (ỉ-r-s-ỉ-n-ȝ-t) nṯrwï-mr(wï)-it

ḥr ỉr(t) ḫt nb(t) nfr(t) m ỉdb^.w ḥr

ḥnʿ wn m-ḫnt ỉȝwt.f mnḫ^.t r ȝw.sn

r rd^.t ỉr.sn ḫt nb(t) twt n ỉr(t) mỉ ỉr.n ḏḥwtï ʿȝ ʿȝ

(swt) ḥm.f m ỉb (n nṯr mnḫ) ḫr nṯrw

rd.n.f (ʿrq-wr) wȝḥy qnw m rw-prw

(ỉw) ḥnk.n(.f) ḥnbw (wr^.w r ktḫ wn^.n ỉmỉwtỉ.sn m-ḥȝw-r) wn (ỉm ḏr) rk (ỉt^.w.f)

(ḥrïwt-ʿ nt) ḥm.f wn(nt) ḫr.sn nfry-r rnpt-sp 19

m šd^.w nw sʿnḫ^.w ḥnʿ ỉȝwt ḥmw-nṯr wn (m) sp ḫr.sn

mỉtt-ỉrw m ḫt nb(t) tš(t) r wʿb^.w

ḥnʿ ḫt nt ʿḏw-mr rd(t).n ḥm.f nfry-r rnpt-sp 19 m (ssnï npr)

ḥnʿ kt-ḫt m tnw(.sn rd) st ḥm.f r tȝ

(wȝ.n.f) ỉsk r (pȝqt ỉwt^.t ỉr(t) m-m dr) pg ỉr(t) r pr-nsw

m gsw-prw nfry-r rnpt-sp 19

wḏ.n.f ỉsk r sb.tw (s nb srd ḥnbw) nw nṯrw

ḥnʿ (kww m ỉdb^.w rd^.t dnỉt wʿ^.t ỉm.w (n)) nṯrw

r rd^.t ḥnk.ṯ(w) ḫt nb(t) twt n (rd^.t.s n nṯrw) m.w

wȝḥ (ỉw-ms ỉṯ.tw) ḫt mỉ ỉr (nḏw-ḫt nw pr ḥm.f wn^.n.sn ỉsk)

m-m (ḏȝy^.w) pḥ^.yw ỉṯ(.tw) ḫt m dnỉwt nw tȝ mr(t)-sn ḥnʿ nṯrwï-mr(wï)-it

ỉsk ȝ rd.n ḥqȝt nb(t) tȝwï q-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t

snt ḥmt nt sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ

ḥḏ nbw ʿȝt nb(t) (n-mȝʿt) mỉ ʿšȝ.sn

r ... (sḫm nṯr m nṯrw nw) bȝqt ḥnʿ nṯrwt (wn^.n.s)

ḥr ỉr(t) ʿȝbt (wȝḥ ʿḫ sqr wdnw m gsw-prw ỉr^.t ḥb^.w) nw nṯrw (bȝqt) ḥnʿ nṯrwt r ȝw.sn

(wr ḏsr ỉb.s mnḫ sḫr^.w.sn ḥr ỉdb^.w.sn r tr nb)

(ỉsw nn) rd.n nṯrw nṯrwt nw bȝqt r ȝw.sn

(ḥbw-sd) ʿšȝ m qn nḫt ʿnḫ wḏȝ snb

n nswt-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ

ḥnʿ snt.f ḥmt.f ḥqȝt nb(t) tȝwï q-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t nṯrwï-pr(wï)

ḥr (ḫb^.t ỉnw) m tȝ ḏr(.f)

ỉȝwt.sn wr^.t ḏd.tw ẖr.sn ḥnʿ ms^.w.sn ḏt

ḥnʿ sḫn nfr

(ʿq.s) m ỉb n wʿb^.w nw ỉtrtï šmʿw mḥw mỉ-qd.sn

swr (ḫt ḏsr^.t n) nswt-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ

ḥnʿ snt.f ḥmt.f ḥqȝt wr^.t nb(t) tȝwï q-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t nṯrwï-pr(wï)

m-ḫnt ỉdb^.w ḥr

ḥnʿ nṯrwï-mr(wï)-it (sḫpr) sn

ḥnʿ nṯrwï-mnḫwï sḫp sn

ḥnʿ nṯrwï-snwï sḫp ỉr(w) sn

(ḥnʿ) nṯrwï-nḏwï (ḏfn.sn)

(r) swr.sn

mtw.tw sʿḥʿ rpyt (nt) ḥqȝt nb(t) tȝwï q-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t

snt ḥmt nt sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ nṯrwï-pr(wï)

m gsw-prw nw bȝqt r ȝw.sn m (kȝt) qstï^.w nw bȝqt

r-gs ẖntï n nswt-bỉt sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ nṯr-pr(ï)

ḥnʿ (snn) nw nṯr nỉwtï rd.t(w) n.f ḫpš nsw n qn

ḫt ḥr pȝ sḫȝwï ỉr(w).n wʿb^.w n gsw-prw

n rnpt-sp 9 ḫr ḥm n (sȝ-rʿ) p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ

ẖr r^.w qn.f

mtw sʿq^.w nw ḥwt-nṯr m r-prw nb ḥr rn.f šms ẖntï^.w ỉpn m sp 3 (m ẖrt-hrw)

(ḥnʿ ỉr(t)) rd^.t dbḥw (m-bȝḥ.sn ỉr^.t n.sn) tp-rd nb twt n kȝ.sn

mỉ ỉr.t(w) n nṯrw spȝwt m ḥb^.w tp-rnpt ḥnʿ hrw^.w sḫʿ (ḥnʿ) ȝ hrw n rn.f

mtw.tw ms(t) sšm-ḫw n ḥqȝt nb(t) tȝwï q-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t nṯrt-pr(t)

snt ḥmt nt nswt-bỉt sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ nṯr-pr(ï)

ḥnʿ (gȝyt) šps(t) m ḏʿm mḥ(t) m ʿȝt nb(t) m r-prw nb ḥr rn.f

mtw.tw ... sšm-ḫw n nswt-bỉt sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ

ḥnʿ sšm n nṯrt n rn.s (snt.f ḥmt.f) ḥqȝt nb(t) tȝwï q-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t nṯrt-pr(t)

(mtw.s)

ḥtp m (bw-ḏsr) ḥnʿ (gȝywt) nw nṯrw spȝt

(ỉr r.f) ḫp ḥb^.w wr^.w n prt nṯr ... r rwt pr.f m.sn

mtw.tw sḫʿ (gȝyt) šps(t) nt nṯrwï-pr(wï) ḥnʿ.sn

r rd^.t sỉȝ.tw (gȝyt) ṯn (m hrw pn) r ḥntï rnpwt

mtw.tw d(t) sḥn (10 n ḥm.f ỉw wnwt tp-ʿ.sn m wʿ nb ỉm mỉ ỉr tp-nfr m sḥn nb ḥr-tp gȝït tn m ỉsw n)

wrtï wn ḥr-tp (gȝyt) ỉw sḫmtï m ḥr-ỉb ỉrw

ḏr-ntï ... nswt-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ m.f r (ḥwt-kȝ-ptḥ)

(m-ḫt ỉr(.w) n.f) ỉrw nb n bs nsw r ḥwt-nṯr ḫft šsp.n.f ỉȝwt.f wr^.t

mtw.tw sḫʿ sḥn n ḥqȝt nb(t) tȝwï q-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t nṯrt-pr(t)

r-gs.f

mtw.tw rd^.t m gs ḥrï pȝ qnb ntï m (rwt ḥpwt) ỉpn

m ʿqȝ n sḥn^.wï ỉpn šmʿw ḥnʿ mḥw

nrt ḥr nbt šmʿw ẖr.s ḥr qʿḥ wnm n (gȝyt) ṯn

(ỉʿrt) mỉtt ḥr nbt mḥw ẖr.s ḥr qʿḥ.s ỉȝb

wḥʿ.f pw nbtï sḥḏ šmʿw mḥw

(mỉ ntï ḫt) ḥr sḫȝw n rnpt-sp 9

ḏr-ntt wn^.n ȝbd 4 šmw ʿrq (hrw) n ms nṯr nfr (ʿnḫ) ḏt

ḏd.tw m ḥb ḫʿ n ỉdb^.w ḥr ẖr-ḥȝt

mỉtt-ỉrw n ȝbd 2 ȝḫt sw 17 ỉr.n.f ỉrw nb n ḫʿ nsw

m šsp.n.f nsyt m-ʿ ỉt.f

ḥnʿ tpï ȝḫt sw 23 (hrw n ms(?) nt) ḥqȝt nb(t) tȝwï q-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t

(ỉsṯ r.f ḫntt(?)) (ḫt nb(t) ȝḫw) wr^.w(t) wn(t) ẖr (tpïw-tȝ) n (mswt) nṯr nfr ʿnḫ ḏt

ḥnʿ šsp(.n.f) ỉȝwt.f mnḫ(t)

ḥr mswt nt ḥqȝt nb(t) tȝwï q-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t

ỉr hrw^.w ỉpn ʿrqy sw 23 sw 17 m ȝbd nb m ḥb m gsw-prw nw bȝqt r ȝw.sn

mtw.tw wȝḥ ʿḫ sqr wdnw ḥnʿ ỉr(t) ḫt nb(t) twt (n ỉr(t)) m ḥb^.w ỉpn tp-ȝbd nb

ỉr.w m (ḥb^.w) ỉpn sšm r s nb ỉr wnwt.sn m ḥwt-nṯr

mtw.tw ỉr(t) ḥb ḫʿ n gsw-prw nw bȝqt r ȝw.sn

n nswt-bỉt sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ ḥnʿ snt.f ḥmt.f ḥqȝt nb(t) tȝwï q-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t

tp-rnpt šȝʿ-m tpï ȝḫt nfry-r sw 5

mḥ r tp.sn (ḥb) ḫȝwï sqr wdn ḥnʿ ḫt nb(t) twt n ỉr(t)

wʿb^.w nw gsw-prw m r-prw nb ḥr rn.f

kȝ.tw n.sn (ḥm(w)) nṯrwï-pr(wï) (m-ḥȝw-r) ỉȝwt wʿb n.sn-ỉmy

spẖr.sn (sï) ḥr tp-rd ...

ỉȝwt wʿb nt nṯrwï-pr(wï) ḥr (ḫtm) ḏrt.s(n) ȝẖʿ (ḏbʿt.sn)

ỉsk rf wn^.n.s m-ʿ wnnyw ntï.sn ȝb sn

sʿḥʿ mỉtt (gȝyt) tn nt nṯrwï-pr(wï) r rd^.t wn^.n(.s) m pr.sn

mtw.sn ỉr(t) ḥb^.w n ḫʿ ỉpn tp-ȝbd tp-rnpt

r rd^.t sỉȝ.tw wn^.n ỉmï^.w tȝ-mrỉ ḥr ḏsr nṯrwï-pr(wï) mỉ ntï r tp-nfr

ḫt.tw sḫȝwï pn ḥr ʿḥʿy nt ʿȝt rwḏ(t)

m sš n mdw-nṯr sš n šʿt sš n ḥȝw-nbw

rd^.t ʿḥʿ.f m (gsw-prw m r-pr nb ḥr rn.f) m mḥ 1 mḥ 2 mḥ 3

r-gs ẖntï n nswt-bỉt nb tȝwï sȝ-rʿ nb ḫʿw p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ

ḥnʿ rpyt ḥqȝt wr^.t nb(t) tȝwï q-l-ỉ-w-p-ȝ-d-r-ȝ-t nṯrwï-pr(wï)

d ʿnḫ nb snb nb mỉ rʿ ḏt