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.

 

 

Inscription of Ptolemy Philadephus Louvre C 123

 

Bibliography: Sethe, Kurt, Urkunden der griechisch-römischen Zeit, p. 75-80; Christophe Thiers, Ptolémée Philadelphe et les prêtres de Saïs. La stèle Codex Ursinianus, fol. 6 rº + Naples 1034 + Louvre C.123,  in BIFAO 99 (1999), p. 423-445

 

smn nṯrw nṯrwt nw sȝw rnpwt.k n ḥḥ n rnpt smȝ tȝwï n ḥfn.w n ḥbw-sd nḫb gnwt.k wʿf mnš.k nsw-bỉt wsr-kȝ-rʿ mr(y)-ỉmn

rnpt-sp 22 ȝbd 3 ȝḫt ḫr ḥm n ḥr ḥwn-qnï nbtï wr-pḥtï

n ẖt.f mr.f p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ mỉ rʿ ḏt (mry) nt wrt mwt-nṯr ms(t) rʿ ḥqȝ(t) mḥ-wrt qmȝ(t) ḫmnw šȝ...

nṯr nfr snn n rʿ šsp ʿnḫ n ḫntï ȝḫt ỉwʿ mnḫ pr m nt rd.t(w) n.f nswt ỉn ḥqȝ ỉdb.w nswt ...

ẖt ỉṯ st nt wtt.f mỉ ...

ỉʿrt.ï dhn.tw.f r ḥqȝ tȝ-mrỉ nsw qn ʿšȝ bỉȝwt dmḏ ỉnw m .w stt ṯmȝ-ʿ

mʿr sp.w qn m ʿ.f sqr mntw ḥw ...

ṯmȝ-ʿ m šsp.n.f ḥḏ ʿḥȝ ḥr nḫt ʿd mỉ(?) ȝst(?) npḏ nbḏw-qd dn šȝtï.w ỉr

ʿḏt nt pḏtïw-šw nb ḫpš šsp.n.f ỉkm mḥ / mḥ ... .f ḥsq tp.w rqy.w.f n sp.y.n tp n rqy.w.f

(wmt ỉb) ʿq(.f) m ʿšȝ snf ỉrt.ï sḫp mwt.sn šsp ḫt ỉb.f ȝw ʿrq ...

mḥ n šnw.f m hrw dmḏyt ṯtf(.f) smȝwtïw m r-ʿwï.f ṯȝ n mšʿ ...

(rḫs) ẖs m ḏrt.f rḫ sšm kbnwt ...

nfr ḥr dpt ṯnr ḥr wr(r)t ḫrp ... n tnm ḥr ssm mȝ-ḥs ḥr gmḥ ...

ḫntš ỉb.f spr ... mnṯ m ȝt.f mȝ-ḥs ḥr ẖȝt ...

bȝgs m bȝgs ỉnd m ỉwnt n wh šsr.f r-sï wr mšʿ ...

wsḫ m kbnwt ʿšȝ qȝqȝw.w n ḏr.sn wr ssmwt wrrt r nsïw ḫrp ỉdb.w ḥr ḫȝswt fnḫw

... .tw rn.f ỉn ḫȝswt ḥr .sn r ʿrt.f rd.t(w) n nt ḫt nb(t) ...

... sḥ n nṯrw sḫpr.f ṯst ḏȝm m-ḥr.f mk nrt sȝḫ wnnw.f sḥtp ỉb n nṯrw

d.n ỉb.f ḥr šnw ỉr mr(t) nt ḏr-ntï nts šsp nbtï swr mnw ...

smn hp.w mỉ nb ḫmnw ỉr (mkt) n r ȝw.f ...

ỉr mr(t) nṯrw nw qbḥwï nḫt p-t-w-l-m-y-s ʿnḫ mỉ rʿ mr(y) nt nb(t) sȝw rnpt-sp 20 ḏ(d).n ḥm.f n sr.w

ntï r-gs.f ỉmỉ ỉn.tw n. ḥȝtïw-ʿ ḥqȝw-ḥwwt ḥmw-nṯr ỉtw-nṯr m gsw-prw nw šmʿw mḥw r ...

ỉmỉ ḫʿ sšm n ḥmt ... ȝst-ỉr-s-n(-ỉỉ)

nṯrw nṯrwt ḏr-ntï sȝt nṯr pw ỉw.ỉ snfr nỉwt ṯn m-ḥȝw-r wn m-bȝḥ ḏd.n.sn ḫft ḥm.f mdw n ỉty nb.n

ỉr.tw mỉ ḏd(t) nb(t) .n ḥm(.k) ...

rnpt-sp 21 spr.n ḥm.f r sȝḫ kmt r snfr tmw

nḏ sḫr nw bȝqt m-ʿ.sn ʿḥʿ.n stȝ.sn r b ẖr(ï) ḥm.f r dmỉ n sȝw

r sʿnḫ m-ḫt gȝw ʿḥʿ.n ỉr.n.f ḫt n snfr.s ...

swȝḏ.n.f sḫr n wnnw nb n-mr sr rn.f

ỉr.t(w) r nfr spr pw ỉr(w).n ḥmw-nṯr ỉtw-nṯr nw pr nt r b ntï ỉw ḥm.f m(.f) ḏd.sn

ḫft ḥm.f ỉty nb.n sḫʿ sšm n bỉt ỉwʿt tȝwï ȝst-ỉr-s-n-ỉỉ (mr.t) sn(.s) ...

st pw nṯrw nb(w) r.s ỉmỉ spr ḥm.f r mȝȝ.s ȝbd 4 prt ...

... m-ḫt.f wrrt smsm.w ʿšȝ n rḫ ṯnw.sn

ṯs.w qn.w n ḏr.sn ḫʿt-nsw r ḥwt-nṯr nt mwt nb(t)