Elkab: cemetery, tomb of Pa-heri, hall, west wall 9. Offering bearers in front of Pa-heri with young prince Wadj-mes sitting in his lap

Filip Taterka
June 4, 2018

Inscription in front of the sitting figures:

1sḫmḫ jb m ḫt nb.t jr.t hrw nfr šzp nḏ-ḥr dwȝt 2nḥb-kȝ.w jn mnʿ 3n zȝ nswt wȝḏ-ms 4ḥȝt.(j)-ʿ n nḫb 5pȝ-ḥr.j 6mȝʿ ḫrw

Inscription above the four standing figures (upper sub-register):

mz [nḏ-ḥr jn ms].w.f ms.w ms.w.f twȝ.t kȝ-ḥr-kȝ

Inscription above the first female figure (upper sub-register):

zȝ.t.f tȝ [...]

Inscription above the second female figure (upper sub-register):

zȝ.[t.f] tȝ-djdj.s

Inscription above the third female figure (upper sub-register):

zȝ.<t>.f <nb>.t-tȝ.wj

Inscription above three standing figures (lower sub-register):

mz [...] ḥnḳ.t rnp.t nb.t dwȝ.t wp.t rnp.t

Inscription in front of the sitting figures:

1Enjoying the heart with every thing, making a holiday, receiving the gifts, and adoring 2Neheb-kau by the tutor 3of the king’s son Wadj-mes, the 4nomarch of Nekheb 5Pa-heri, 6true of voice.

Inscription above the four standing figures (upper sub-register):

Bringing [the gifts by] his [children] and by the children of his children, celebrating the festival of Khoiak.

Inscription above the first female figure (upper sub-register):

His daughter Ta-[...].

Inscription above the second female figure (upper sub-register):

[His] daughter Ta-didies.

Inscription above the third female figure (upper sub-register):

His daughter <Nebe>t-Tawy.

Inscription above three standing figures (lower sub-register):

Brining [...] offerings and every flower at the dawn of the beginning of the year.

Translation by Filip Taterka

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