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.
Pithom Stela
Bibliography:
Sethe, Kurt, Urkunden der griechisch-römischen Zeit, p. 81-105; Naville,
Edouard, The store-city of Pithom and the route of the Exodus, London, 1885, p.
19-21; Thiers, Christophe, Ptolémée Philadelphe et les prêtres d'Atoum de
Tjékou, Orientalia Monspeliensia XVII, Université Paul Valéry-Montpellier III,
passim
ʿnḫ ḥr ḥwn-qn
nbtï wr-pḥtï
ḥr-nbw sḫʿ-n-s(w)-ỉt-f
nsw-bỉt nb tȝwï wsr-kȝ-rʿ mr(ï)-ỉmn
sȝ-rʿ nb ḫʿw p-t-w-l-m-ï-s
ʿnḫ mỉ rʿ ḏt
mry tm nṯr-ʿȝ ʿnḫ ṯkw
ʿnḫ tm ḫntï ʿnḫw
ʿnḫ ḥrï-tp tȝ mỉ rʿ ḏt
ʿnḫ ḥr-nb ỉm.f
nṯrw nṯrwt nw ḥwỉ-gs-ỉȝbtï
ʿnḫ ḏt
ʿnḫ nṯr nfr šrỉ ỉtm
smȝ tȝwï snn ʿnḫ nṯr
ỉwʿ mnḫ n wn-nfr
šȝ m nsw r nḥḥ
dp ʿnḫ n ỉtm nṯr-ʿȝ ʿnḫ n ṯkw
tỉt ḏsr.t nt ḥr-ȝḫtï
mw nṯr n ỉtm nb tȝwï ỉwnw
prt ȝḫ.t nt ḫpr
snq(.n) mwt.f ḥwt-ḥr nb(t) ʿn
pr m ẖt ȝtf ḥr tp.f
wȝdd ỉs r (tp.f) ḥr šsp.f
šd ỉsk r nb tȝ
mstw ỉtm wtt.n.f sw r ʿḥʿ ḥr (gs.f) m nsw
ḥqȝ m srḫ m šrỉ.f ḥr-smȝ-tȝwï
nṯr-ʿȝ ḥrï-tp
ṯkw
nsw-bỉt ḥr ṯmȝ-ʿ
smȝ.n.f nst nbwï
sḏsr s(w) ỉt.f ỉtm ḫnt ḥḥ.w
r ḫsf ȝd m tȝ pn
sṯn.n.f st ỉt.f m dbn 100000 r-ḥr ḏḥwtï sw ḥm.f
ʿḥȝ ḥr kmt
mk ẖrd.w.s
rs nfr swḏȝ bȝqt
ỉdr n ssm.w ḥr
spt.ï tȝwï
ḫȝswt
(ḏȝḏȝ) kbnwt ỉmt wȝḏ-wr
qnd dšrt m ȝḫw ḏbʿ.w.f
wʿf ḫȝswt m kmt
snḏ.f m (wȝḏ-wr) m šȝʿ nrw.f
wsr (m-ḫnt) ... ḫȝst nb(t) nw tȝ nw mw
ỉ.sn ỉsk m ỉrï-rdwï(.f)
nsw nḫt
ḥwn ḥqȝ ḫȝswt
qȝ ʿ hrw ... ʿḥȝ
bḥn pḏt
dr ỉtnw
sḫr ḫftï m r-pḏt ḥsq ʿšȝ qnw
šd ỉb.w m ẖȝwt pʿt sprw.f
(fȝ) qn nḫt
nb ssmw ỉty nfrw n r-ʿ.sn
ȝtp.f trwt nb(t) bỉk.w
ʿšȝ m wȝḏ-wr
prtš ẖr ỉmï-ỉrtï wỉȝ m nfrw ỉwtï sbỉ
ʿḥʿy.f wr.w (m) kbnwt.f ȝtp(wt) fȝw.sn
(dns) m mȝ.t(w).s n mȝw.f n dwȝw
stȝ.sn r ʿḥȝ m ȝt
(mỉtt) sqd sbȝ.w n
ḥm.f ḥr (nmt) mỉ rʿ
wḏȝ sktt ỉs nb nsy nfr(t)
p-t-w-l-m-y-s (šȝy ḥqȝ
kmt)
mỉ ỉt.f ỉtm m rwt nw fȝ(t) qn nḫt pr ỉȝb
ḥr spt.ï.f tȝwï
rnpt-sp 6 ḫr ḥm.f smỉ.tw ỉsk
ḏȝ-ʿrq.tw sbḫt nt ỉt.f ỉtm nṯr-ʿȝ <ỉmï> ṯkw
ȝbd 3 ȝḫt sw 11 wḏȝ.n nsw ḏs.f r ḥwỉ-gs-ỉȝbtï
nỉwt pw nt ỉt.f ỉtm
tȝ m ṯḥḥ
mrrt.sn mḥ.tw m ḥʿʿ
ḥḏ-tȝ sw 4 rs.f m ḥb.f n ʿnḫ ỉs
spr.n ḥm.f r ḥwt nt pr-qrḥt
sʿrq.f sbḫt nt ỉt.f ỉtm nṯr-ʿȝ ʿnḫ n ṯkw
m ḫʿ n nṯr pn ḥr-tp tȝ
pẖr.f pr
pn m dbḥw
mȝ.f ẖr(t)
ḫm n ỉt.f ỉtm
ỉr.n ḥm.f
pr pn nfr ỉr(t).n nswt-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-ï-s n
ỉt.f ỉtm
n pr
nfr mỉtt.f ỉr(w).n nsïw-bỉtïw
ḫws(ï) n
ỉt.f šps nswt-bỉt nb tȝwï wsr-kȝ-rʿ mr(y)-ỉmn
sȝ-rʿ nb
ḫʿw p-t-w-l-m-ï-s ʿnḫ
mỉ rʿ ḏt
spr.n ḥm.f
r mȝmỉ
nḏ sḫr
n ỉt.f ỉtm
mỉtt ḥm.f
m ḫt.f nb(t)
m nsw
ʿnḫ ḥrï-ỉb tȝ bỉt m-mȝʿt(?) ʿnḫ ḏt
wḏ n.f
rʿ r ẖr(t).f
nṯr šps
sʿnḫ t(?) pr ỉt.f
n šmt
m tȝwï
ỉr.tw n.f
ỉrw n nsw m sbḫt.f n ḥrï-ỉb tȝ
fȝ.tw(?) ssmw r mr.f
bỉt tn(ỉ) m tȝ-nṯr
nṯr pw n ḫȝstï.w
ḏsr.n.tw ỉnw n.f
sšm(w).n nsw m (ḥwt-nṯr)
grg(t) ḥr ḫt.f
bs ḥʿp r ẖr(t).f
ỉ (wḥm-ʿnḫ)
((r) ḥwt.f ỉ ḥr tp-r) ỉr(w).n ḥm.f
ḥr dwȝ-nṯr n bȝw(.f)
wḏ(.f) r ỉr(t) ẖr(t).f
ḥnk.f pr-ỉtm pẖrw.f
ḥnʿ ḫt.s
nb(t) pr(t)
ỉm.sn
šȝʿ ḫnt
nt ỉȝbtt pẖrw m-ḫnt smt.s ỉȝbt.t
r š-srqt
ḥr ʿq.sn
ỉr.n ḥm.f
nn n ỉt.f ỉtm ḥqȝ ḥqȝ.w
šm nsw
r tȝš stt
pḥ.n.f r
prst
gm.f nṯrw
bȝqt ỉm m ȝw
ỉn.f sn
r kmt
ỉ.sn ḥnʿ
nswt-bỉt nb
(tȝwï) p-t-w-l-m-y-s r
(ḫnt-ṯȝty)
wḏ sn
ḥm.f r kmt
šsp.sn ỉn
ỉrï.w kmt
m ḥʿʿ
m wḏt
nṯrw ỉpn
m-ḫt nn
ỉr.n ḥm.f
ȝḫ n
sṯȝ nṯrw bȝqt r kmt
ỉ.sn ḫft
ḥm.f
n-mr ṯn.f
r nsïw
r sqȝ(t)
nsyt.f m ȝw n ḏt
wn.f ḥr
mry ḫn.sn
šȝʿ m
ḫnt nt tȝ ỉȝbtt n kmt
nfr-r ỉnb-ḥḏ
tȝ-mrỉ r
ḏr.s m ṯḥḥwt
ḥr dwȝ-nṯr
bȝw ... .f pw
... nsw n nṯrw ỉpn
(n
pȝ.t(w) ỉr(t)
mỉtt.s) n tȝ pn
šs.s(n) r
nst nt ptḥ
ḥtp.s(n) ḥr
ȝbd 9 (m)
pr-dwȝt ḏd.ỉn
ḥm.f n sš-nsw.f
ỉmy sš
wḏ-nsw r gsw-prw nw šmʿw mḥw
r rd.t
ỉ.t nḏ-ḫt
stp(w) wʿb.w
nw sʿḥ m ḥwt-nṯr.s(n)
ḫr nṯrw
bȝqt
sṯȝ.s(n) r
kmt ỉ.sn r b nt ḥm.f r-ḫft nṯrw ỉpn
gm.n.s(n) sḫm
nw ḥwỉ-gs-ỉȝbtï
pw
ỉr(t).n.s(n) pw ỉrm ḥm.f ỉm
nṯrw bȝqt
ỉ.sn r kmt
nṯrw pr-ỉtm
ṯkw ỉw.sn r ḥtp m
st.sn pw ḏt
nḏm ỉb n ḥm.f ḥr.s r ʿȝ wr
m-ḫt nn ỉr.n ḥm.f sḫȝw r nṯrw ỉpn
tp-r pr... ḫtm.yw
ṯȝ(?) sn nsw r ʿḥʿy.f n / m sp.sn
ỉ.s(n) r ṯkw
ḥtp.s(n) ỉm pw ḏt
ṯn.sn ḥm.f ḫft-ḥr-n ỉt.f ỉtm nṯr-ʿȝ ʿnḫ n ṯkw
m nsw r nḥḥ
kmt m ȝmmt.f
ḫȝswt nb(t) ẖr ṯbwtï.f
r sȝ.f mn.tw ḥr nst rʿ nst ḥr ḫnt ʿnḫw mỉ rʿ ḏt
wȝḥ nsw-bỉt wsr-kȝ-rʿ
mr(y)-ỉmn sȝ-rʿ p-t-w-l-m-y-s
ḥr nst ỉt.f rʿ ḥr ḥqȝ tȝwï.fï
rnpt-sp 12 ȝbd (3) ȝḫt ḫr ḥm ḥr
km ỉb.f
wn ḥm.f pẖr tȝ-mrỉ
ḥnʿ rpʿtt wr.t ḥswt
nb(t) ỉmȝt bnr(t) mrt
ḥmt-nsw ḥnwt tȝwï ỉ-r-s-n-ȝ-t
sȝt-nsw nb tȝwï p-t-w-l-m-y-s
nṯrt mrt-sn-s
spr ḥwỉ-gs-ỉȝbtï
nỉwt pw nt ỉt.s(n) ỉtm
ḥsb ḥnʿ snt nsw ḥmt-nsw
r mk kmt r ḫȝswt ỉm
rnpt-sp 16 ȝbd (tpï prt) ḫr ḥm(.f)
šd.n.f ỉtrw
r-ḏr ỉb ỉt.f ỉtm nṯr-ʿȝ ʿnḫ n ṯkw
r swḏȝ nṯrw nw ḫntï-ỉȝbtï
ḥȝt (m) ỉtrw mḥtï n ỉwnw
pḥwï.f m š-srqt
ỉr.n.f sbtï wr ḥr-ỉb smt.f ỉȝbt(t)
m qȝ stw n (snb)
r ḫsf bdšw m (snn) nṯrw
h(ȝ).sn ḥr kmt
rd(t) nsw r nḏ-ḫt n ỉt.f (ḏd.w m)
dqr nfr nfr hn 148
dqr (m) ḥsȝ ḥs 13
1/3 m ...
ỉḥ.w 400
ȝpd.w
ỉrp nfr nfr n ḫȝrw
ỉḥ nfr kb wʿ
šdḥ hn wʿ
bỉt hnw 6
šdrw(?) hnw 12
ỉrt hnw 160
ỉḥḥ nw mw nḫt hn 6
ỉšd hnw 3
smỉ hn wʿ
ʿd ps dbn 3
mrḥ dbn 3
snṯr wȝḏ dbn 3
bȝq .... dbn 3
sšn
...
tỉšps tpï
n nnyb
r ỉw(t) m ẖrt-hrw nt rʿ nb (r) r-prw šmʿw mḥw
nb n nṯrw ḥs.tw
dqr nb bnr ỉr ... hnw 16000
ȝpd-ỉb ps ḥr bỉt hnw 4
dqr šw mk (23)
nnyb ỉr(w) r-prw dbn 7
mḏt 5 pẖr(?) nst(?)
smȝw nsw 1000
(dr qbt) 2
sšd nsw 3 ḫȝt
swḥ sšd 3
mn ...
rd.t n pr-ỉtm m tpï-rnpt sḏsr.t.n
nswt-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s
dqr nfr nfr hnw 800
ỉḥ wʿ
bsr nfr ḫȝrw 12
tp šd wʿ
bỉt hnw 26
wḏ(t) nb(t) ḥm.f r ỉȝbtt
dqr 2080
ỉḥ 101
bsr nfr nfr ... 13
smw 1001
bỉt pgȝ 3
1/4 m ḫt nb(t) m ḫȝswt rs(t)
ḥḏ dbn 1060 qdt 6 m ḥtr m r n tȝ ỉȝbtt
m ... ḫt nb(t)
ỉȝdb wʿ
tỉšps
nnyb wʿ
wȝḥ(t) nsw-bỉt p-t-w-l-m-y-s r ẖr(t) nṯr šps ỉtm
nṯr-ʿȝ ʿnḫ n ṯkw
...
smỉ ps
ỉrt ps(t) hnw
wʿ
(wȝḥ(t)) nb(t)
ḥm.f n ḥḏ
rd m ỉḥ n ỉt.f ỉtm m ẖr-rnpt
m ḥḏ 1400
ỉr n ... ỉḥ
1001
n-ḥȝw-n ẖr(t) nt nṯr pn mnḫ
m ẖr(t) nṯr
pn
r ỉnw nw
smr.w
m-ḫt nn spr.n
ḥm.f r km-wr
nḥp.n.f n dmy
ʿȝ n nsw
... ḥr rn
wr n sȝt-nsw p-t-w-l-m-y-s
qd.tw ḥwt-nṯr n
mrt snt.f
sʿḥʿ.f nṯrwï-snwï ỉm
ỉr.tw ỉrw nb
snt pr ỉm
ỉn ḥmw-nṯr wʿb(w)
n ỉb ỉt.f ỉtm nṯr-ʿȝ ʿnḫ n ṯkw
mỉ ỉr n gsw-prw nw šmʿw mḥw
rd ʿš ḥm.f
ʿḥʿy.f wr.w
m kbnt 4
ḥnʿ rmṯ.sn n
qn nt mḥ-ỉb
ḫt nb(t) nfr(t)
nt kmt tȝ.w ḫȝswt
m ḥȝw tp
n ḥm.f
fȝ.tw ḥtȝw
sȝḥ.sn km-wr mỉ
nšn
pt ḥbs.tỉ m
gp n mw
sqd.f m qȝb
n mw ỉpn
pḥ.f r ḫmytỉt
....
pḥ nḥsï
ỉn.tw n.f ỉrï-ḏf
n dpt-nsw.f
ỉm
ỉn ḥpt ỉw
ntï m š-srqt
ỉn.tw n.f mr(rt)
nb(t) nsw ḥnʿ snt.f ḥmt-nsw mr(t).f
qd.tw dmyt ỉm
wr n nsw
ḥr rn wr nsw-bỉt nb tȝwï p-t-w-l-m-y-s
grg.n.f m mšʿ
n ḥm.f
m ỉȝwtï nb
n kmt n tȝ.w
ks(ïw)
sḫpr.n.f ȝḥ m.s
hb.n.f m hb.w ỉḥ.w
n ḫp ỉm ḏr pȝt
sḫt.n.f dnhr ʿšȝ n nsw ỉm
ỉn.tw m bỉȝ n nsw ḥr mr.w.f ḥr-ỉb
wȝḏ-wr
ỉn.tw n.f mỉtt ḥr dmỉ ḏw ỉȝb
n pȝ.t(w) ỉr(t) mỉtt ỉn nsw nb nw tȝ ḏr.f
ỉ.n mr.w.f
r-ḥr-n mr.w.f
ḥr-ỉb km-wr
mỉ
ḫpr.n rmṯ n kmt ḫt ỉm ḫt
sḫpr (sȝw) m-ḫt ḥqr m-tp rmṯ
sššt ỉrt mḏt ḥbs m ḫȝst rḫ.sn
wr bỉȝ n nsw m ỉb.sn
h(ȝ) n.f wr.w.sn ẖr
ỉnw.sn
(ʿȝ) nr n nsw m ỉb.sn
bȝk.sn ḥtr r ḥwt.f
ỉw pn ỉr(w).n nsw nn ỉm.f
ỉw n ỉt.f ỉtm nṯr-ʿȝ ʿnḫ n ṯkw
ỉr(w) n.f rʿ r ỉr(t) mr(t).f ỉm.f
ỉr.n.f s(w) n sȝ.f mr.f sȝ-rʿ nb ḫʿw p-t-w-l-m-y-s
m-ḫt nn sḏsr.n.f ḥp mr-wr kȝ sȝb
ỉr.n.f sḫn.sn r nfr
r sʿq.sn r ỉn.sn m-mȝ
ỉw ḥm.f ḥnʿ ḥmt-nsw ḥnʿ.sn
n pȝ.tw ỉr(t) mỉtt ỉn nsw nb ʿḥʿ ỉm tȝ pn
rḫt ḫt nb(t) ỉr(t).n ḥm.f m ȝḫw m ỉtrtï šmʿw mḥw
m ḥtr nw tp-rnpt
šd n nbw rd.n ḥm.f ḥḏ 150000
rḫt ḫt rd.t.n ḥm.f
m ȝḫw m pr-qrḥt
ḫt šd(t) n pr.w
nw nỉwt tn
ḥr ḫt šd(t) m-ʿ ḥnmmt
m ḥtr nw tp-rnpt
ḥḏ 950
ỉr.n ḥm.f nn m ḥb tpï n ỉt.f ỉtm
mk.n.f ḥʿw.f m ʿnḫ ỉm.f
šsp.n.f ẖr(t).f m ʿ.wï
ȝst nbt-ḥwt
ḥnʿ ȝbd 3 ȝḫt ʿrqy
rnpt-sp 21 ȝbd 4 prt ḫr ḥm.f
rḫt ḫt ỉr(t).n ḥm.f m ȝḫw m gsw-prw nw šmʿw mḥw
ḫt šd(t) n pr.w
tȝ-mrỉ
ḥḏ dbn 900000
ḫt šd(t) m-ʿ ḥnmmt
m ḥtr nw tp-rnpt
ḥḏ 660000
ḫt nn ȝḫw ỉr(w).n.f n ỉt.f ỉtm ḥnʿ nṯrw bȝqt
ḥr ʿḥʿy pn r-ḫft-ḥr-n ỉt.f ỉtm nṯr-ʿȝ ʿnḫ n ṯkw
m ḫʿ.f m nsw
sʿrq.n.f pr(.f) m.f
ỉw ỉr.n.tw.f m ḥb m nỉwt tn
nṯrw rmṯ ỉmï.s m ḥʿʿ
ḥr dwȝ-nṯr n.f ḥr.s r ẖrt-hrw nt rʿ nb
r rd.t mn rn wr n ḥm.f m tȝ pn ḏt
ḫʿ.tw ḥr st-ḥr ḫntï ʿnḫw
sȝ.f mn ḥr nst.f
kmt m ȝmmt.f
ḫȝswt ḫȝb n bȝw.f
psḏt-pḏt dmḏ ẖr ṯbwtï.f
mỉ rʿ ḏt nḥḥ