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.

 

 

Second Philae Decree

 

Bibliography : Sethe, Kurt, Urkunden der griechisch-römischen Zeit, p. 214-230; von Recklinghausen, Daniel, Die Philensis-Dekrete, 2 vol., Ägyptologische Abhandlungen 73, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2018 (edition of text, transliteration, translation, notes and comments)

 

rnpt-sp 19 pȝrydys sw 3 ntï ỉr ȝbd n ỉmï^.w tȝ-mrỉ ȝbd 4 šmw sw 3

ḫr ḥm n ḥr ḥwn ḫʿ-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-tȝ-ṯnn ỉty-mỉ-rʿ

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

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

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

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

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

ȝ-r-s-d-ȝ-n-y-k-w-s sȝ ȝ-r-s-d-ȝ-n-y-k-w-s

ỉw d-m-d-r-y-ȝ-t sȝt p-y-l-y-n-s

fȝ(t)-šp-n-qn m-bȝḥ b-r-n-y-g-ȝ-t tȝ mnḫ(t)

ỉw p-y-l-y-n-ȝ-t sȝt (nt) p-t-w-l-m-y-s

fȝ(t) dn nbw m-bȝḥ ỉ-r-s-n-ỉ-n-ȝ-t tȝ mr(t)-sn

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

hrw pn sḫȝwï ỉw (ỉmïw-r) gs-prw ḥmw-nṯr

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

ḥnʿ sš^.w mḏȝt-nṯr ḥnʿ ṯy pr-ʿnḫ

ḥnʿ nȝ ky^.w wʿb^.w m ỉtrtï šmʿw mḥw

ntï m (pȝ-sbtï-n-ỉ-l-k-s-d-r-s)

ʿb.sn r sḥḏt nt ȝst ḥnʿ nṯrwï-snwï ḥnʿ nṯrwï-mnḫwï

ḥnʿ ntrwï-mr(wï)(-ỉt) ḥnʿ nṯrwï-pr(wï) nb^.w bȝqt

ḫft smỉ.w.s n ḥm.f m r mḥ-ỉb nw ḥm.f mr nsw

ḥr ḫrp nfrw (ỉ-w-r-s-d-ȝ-n-y-(k-)w-s) sȝ (ỉ-w-r-s-d-ȝ-n-y-g-w-s)

m st (q-ȝ-m-n-w-s) ntï ỉmỉwtỉ ỉmïw-ỉb tp(ïw) nw ḥm.f

m-ḏd (ʿḥȝ.n.f) m tȝ-šmʿw m ww n wȝst ḥnʿ sbỉ ḫftï nṯrw

(bṯnw ḫr-wn-nfr )

ḥnʿ ṯst nt nḥsï.w dmḏ.sn ḥnʿ.f

smȝ.n.f sn ȝm^.m (sntï) pn ʿnḫ(.w)

kȝ.sn

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

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)-ỉt

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

ḥr ỉr(t) ḫt nb(t) nfr(t) m ỉdb^.w ḥr ḥnʿ ỉmỉwtỉ(w).sn

ḥnʿ wn(nw) m-ḫnt ỉȝwt.sn mnḫ^.t r ȝw.sn

ỉw ỉb.sn mnḫ ḫr nṯrw

(mḥ.sn) ỉsk r tr nb sb.tw (sṯsw(?) qnw) (nṯrw) nw bȝqt r ȝw.sn

ḥnʿ nṯrwt r-ḏr.sn r rd^.t (wn^.n.sn) mn

kȝ.sn ỉsk r ỉr(t) tp-nfr n wnyw nw bȝqt mỉ ỉr.n ḏḥwtï ʿȝ ʿȝ

(wḏ.n ḥm.f) ỉsk r sb.tw ḥtp-nṯr n nṯrw

ḥnʿ nbw ḥḏ wȝḥy rd.tw r ḥwwt-nṯr(w) m ẖr-rnpt

ḥnʿ dnỉwt ỉrw nw nṯrw m ḥsp nw ȝḥw ḥnbwt dgr^.w

ḫt nb(t) wn ẖr(t).sn m rk^.y ḏfn^.w(.f)

r rd.t wȝḥ.sn

ỉsk ḥnk.n.f ȝḥ(wt) wr^.w(t) r gs-prw

ỉw rd.n.f nbw ḥḏ (ʿȝt) nb(t) n-mȝʿt mỉ ʿšȝ.sn

r sḫʿ(t) (sḫm^.w) n nṯr(w) ntï m gm wš m ḫm^.w

r rd.t wn.sn ḥr st.sn

ỉr.n.f ȝḫw wr^.w(t) n ḥp mr-wr ḥnʿ ktḫï ʿwt nṯr(t) ḫw(t) m tȝ-mrỉ

m-ḥȝw-r wn ẖr-ḥȝt.f

ỉb.f (ʿqȝ) ḥr sḫr(w).sn m tr (nb)

ỉw ỉr.n.f ḏʿr r ỉʿb ḏt.sn wr.tw ḏsr.tw

ỉṯ.n.f sḫn m.sn r ḥwt-nṯr.sn

ỉw.sn m (ḥb wȝḥ) ʿḫ (sqr wdnw) ḥnʿ ḫt nb(t) twt n ỉr(t)

ỉsk ỉr.n.sn tp-rd nb n (ỉmt wr.sn) mỉ ntï r ḏrf nt ḏḥwtï ʿȝ ʿȝ

sḫr^.w (tp(ï)w) gs-prw ḥnʿ ḫt nb(t) wr(t) ... ḥm.f r (nt-ʿ).sn

ỉw ỉb.f mnḫ ḫr nṯrw ḥr nḏ (sp^.w(?)).sn nfrw r smȝw.sn m rk.f

rd.n nṯrw bȝqt mỉ-qd.sn ḥnʿ nṯrwt r-ḏr.sn

ỉr(t.n) nswt-bỉt sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-ptḥ nṯr-pr(ï) nb(t) n ḫftï / sbỉ n nṯrw

(ḫr-wn-nfr) (šȝ bʿr) ỉmỉwtỉ bȝqt

twt ʿwny^.w stnm (w^.w) nb nw bȝqt (ỉw.f sḫpr) twȝy (ẖr) sḫm.sn

tš nỉwt ḥr sk(t) ḫm^.w ...

(ḥr npḏ wʿb^.w.sn) ḥnʿ wnwt ḥwt-nṯr.sn

ỉṯ ḫȝwï.sn (dbḥw.sn)

(spr^.w ʿ.sn r gȝywt.sn) ḥnʿ ȝ ỉsk (sḫm^.w) nw nṯrw

wỉȝ.sn (nỉwwt) ḥnʿ mšʿ.sn m (ṯȝy^.w ḥmwt ẖrd^.w)

mỉtt (ỉr.sn) ktḫ m tp-šw (ṯtf.sn) ḥtr nw w^.w

(ḫb.sn) mw ḫȝʿ.sn šs(?)

ỉr.n nsw-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ ḏt mr(y)-pṯh sḫr^.w

ỉsk ỉw.sn nn wr(.w)

ỉs (ỉr.w mḥ) nb r swḏȝ (ḫm.w)

(sḫpr.n.f sky^.w) nṯ(ïw) ḥȝw-nbw m(.sn)

... wnyw nwd m bȝqt m tp-rd.f

(ẖnm ʿ^.wï ḥnmmt.f) ỉw.sn mỉ ms ḥnʿ.sn

(r tm rd^.t wȝ.sn sbỉw bʿr) r.f ḥnʿ ỉt.f

(ʿn.sn r ỉr^.t) mỉtt nn

rd.n ḥm.f ỉṯ.tw ḥḏ nbw m tnw (ḥḥ^.w) ʿȝ^.w r (tȝ-bḫȝ)

rd^.t ỉn.tw ṯst r bȝqt m ỉsw n sỉp(t) r ỉdb^.w

r swḏȝ ... (.sn r ỉr^.t kȝt pr-ʿ ḥnʿ) sbỉ^.w (bhȝ^.y.sn)

ỉw.sn sʿr spr m-bȝḥ ḥm.f n ȝbd 4 šmw sw 3 m-ḏd

ḫfʿ.sn (sbỉ nw nṯrw bṯnw ḫr-wn-nfr m ḫrwy) ỉr(ï) ḥnʿ.f (n) rnpt-sp 19 ȝbd 3 šmw sw 23

ỉw.f (m) smȝ.sn sȝ.f (ḥnʿ kȝyw) sbỉ^.w

ḥnʿ pḏt nṯ nḥsï^.w ... ḥnʿ.f

ỉw.sn ỉn(t) m.f r (bw) ntï ỉw ḥm.f ỉw.f snḥ m bỉȝ

... ỉr.sn (n.f) wḏȝ wr n spr r.f

mỉ ỉr n sbỉ^.w nn wn tp-ʿ (kȝyw nḫt^.w tš(?)) r-r.sn

r mn^.n(?) wḏȝ ... ḥm 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)

mỉ wḏ n sḫr n nṯrw m ḏbȝw.sn  ... nṯrw

ḥr ỉr(t) n.s(n) ḫt twt n ỉr(t) ʿȝ ḏsr

m ỉsw n ȝḫw ỉr(w).sn n nṯrw

ḥnʿ sḫn nfr

msb m ỉb n ỉrïw-nṯr nw ỉdb^.w ḥr mỉ-qd.sn

(mdw-qn) 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 nṯrwï-pr(wï)

m-ḫnt ỉdb^.w ḥr

ḥnʿ ḫp n nṯrwï-mr(wï)-ỉt sḫpr (sn)

ḥnʿ nṯrwï-mnḫwï sḫpr qmȝ.sn

ḥnʿ nṯrwï-snwï

ḥnʿ nṯrwï-nḏwï ḏfny.sn

r swr.sn

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

kȝ.tw n(.f) p-t-w-l-m-y-s-nb-qn

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

m qbḥwï n ḫm nb ḥr rn.f m wsḫt mšʿ nṯ ḥwt-nṯr

m (kȝt) qstï^.w nw bȝqt

mtw.tw (sʿḥʿ) ... n nṯr nỉwtï m ḥwt-nṯr ṯn

... twt n nb ḥr ḥr nṯr

d n.f ḫpš nsw n qn

(mtw sʿq^.w(?)) ntï m ỉtrtï ((šms) ẖntï^.w ỉpn m ḫmt sp m ẖrt-hrw)

ḥnʿ rd^.t dbḥw m-bȝḥ.sn

ỉr.sn tp-rd nb tw n ỉr(t)

mỉ ỉr(.tw) n nṯrw spȝt

(m ḥb^.w) ḥnʿ (hrw ḥb) n rn.f

sšm n ḥm.f ḫt ḥr ʿḥʿy ntï sḫȝwï pn ḥr.f

ỉr.tw.f ḥr smȝ sbỉ ỉw pȝ nṯr nỉwtï rd^.t n(.f) ḫpš nsw n qn

mtw.tw ỉr(t) ȝbd 4 šmw sw 3 hrw n smỉ.s

(r ḥm.f m r mḥ-ỉb n ḥm.f mr) n nsw ḥr ḫrp nfrw

ỉ-w-r-s-d-ȝ-n-y-g-w-s sȝ ỉ-w-r-s-d-ȝ-n-y-g-w-s

m-ḏd nḏr (n(?) btnw)

ḥnʿ ȝbd 3 šmw sw 23 hrw (rd(w).n qȝmnws)

ntï ỉmỉwtỉ ỉmïw-ỉb (tpï^.w nw) ḥm.f

ȝm.tw m.f

m ḥb wr (m-ḫnt) qbḥwï r tp-rnpt nb r tr nb / tr^.wï(?)

ỉw.sn wȝḥ ʿḫ sqr wdnw ... ḥnʿ ḫt nb(t) twt n ỉr(t)

mtw.tw rd^.t wȝḥ r tp.sn m ḥb^.w ỉpn

šȝʿ... r ḥb(w) ... ʿȝ^.w ḏsr^.w

mtw.tw ...

ḥnʿ ỉsk sw(?) rd^.t ḫʿ sšm n ḥqȝt

rd.t(w) sḫʿ.f ḥnʿ.f m hrw^.w ỉpn

mtw.tw (ỉqḥ)... nb(t) tȝwï m hrw^.w ỉpn tp-rnpt nb

ḥnʿ pšt(.sn m ʿnḫ) ḏd wȝs

mtw.tw ỉr(t) pȝ grḥ ntï (ḥȝt) hrw^.w ḥr sfḫ ḫtm(?) (st-rdwï(?)) m ỉtrtï

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

mtw.tw ḫt sḫȝwï pn ḥr ʿḥʿy nt ʿȝt rwḏ(t)

m sš n mdw-nṯr ... ḥȝw-nbw

(mtw.tw) sʿḥʿ.f m wsḫt mšʿ nṯ ḥwt-nṯr m r-prw nb ḥr rn.f

m ... mḥ 1 mḥ 2 mḥ 3

d ʿnḫ mỉ rʿ ḏt nḥḥ