Elkab: cemetery, tomb of Pa-heri, hall, west wall 8. Weighing and loading gold on boats in front of Pa-heri

Filip Taterka
June 4, 2018
Tags: El-Kab Pa-heri

Main inscription:

1šzp nbw n ḥr.j.w ḳȝr [...] n šzp šȝ.jj.t m 2ʿ ḫrp.w n.w dmj pn jn rs-tp šw 3m bgj tm 4mh[ʿ] ḥr djdj.5t m ḥr.j.f ḥȝt.(j)-ʿ 6pȝ-ḥr.j mȝʿ ḫrw

Inscription in front of the scribe (lower register):

1sn.f [...] 2n wn-mȝʿ [...] 3ḫt nb.t 4pȝ-5ḥr.j 6mȝʿ ḫrw

Inscription above the three men (lower register):

1ḥr.j mr.wt mnw
2ḥr.j mr.wt ḥr.w

Inscription above the first ship (lower register):

1jr.jj.n mʿj mnj 2r pr nbw dmj nḏm šw.t

Inscription above the second ship (lower register):

m šw m ḫrw.k pȝ n.tj m tȝ ḥȝt

Inscription above of the scribe (upper register):

sn.f zš pȝ-ḥr.j mȝʿ ḫrw

Main inscription:

1Receiving gold from the supervisors of the gold-miners [...] receiving of what had been ordered 2by the controllers of this town by the vigilant one, free 3from weariness, who is not 4neglect[ful] concerning what had been given 5in his control, the nomarch 6Pa-heri, true of voice.

Inscription in front of the scribe (lower register):

1His brother [...] 2truly [...] 3every thing 4Pa-5heri, 6true of voice.

Inscription above the three men (lower register):

1Supervisor of the servants Min.
2Supervisor of the servants Hor.

Inscription above the first ship (lower register):

1Let us call: “Come and land!” 2to the House of Gold, the sweet harbour of the Shadow!

Inscription above the second ship (lower register):

Do not waste your voice, you who are at the prow!

Inscription above of the scribe (upper register):

His brother, the scribe Pa-heri, true of voice.

Translation by Filip Taterka

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