Gebel es-Silsilah: Shrine 15, south wall 4. Offerings, an offering ritual, offering table and offering list in front of the owner and his father

Filip Taterka
June 4, 2018

Main inscription:

1(j)r(j)-pȝ(t) ḥȝt.(j)-ʿ ḫtm.w bjt.j smr wʿ.tj 2sʿȝ.n nswt sḳȝ.[n] 3bjt.j jr.n nb tȝ.wj kȝ.f 4ḥm-nṯr tp.j [n jmn] jmj-rȝ ḥm.w-nṯr 5n.w šmʿ mḥ.w ḥpw-6snb mȝʿ ḫrw 7jr.n zȝb ḥz n nṯr njwt.f 8ḥpw mȝʿ ḫrw

Inscription under the offering-table:

1ḫȝ
2ḫȝ nḳt 3ḫȝ 4ḫȝ ȝpd

Offering list:


First row:

1z(ȝ)ṯ 2snṯr ḫt 3bd ṯȝ 2 dj.(t) ḳb 4bd ṯȝ 6 šmʿ 5bd ṯȝ 5 mḥ.w 6snṯr ṯȝ 1 7psš-kf 8sb bjȝ šmʿ sb bjȝ mḥ.w 9<s>rw šmʿ (s)rw mḥ.w 10škw 11jrtt 12mnsȝ 13dj.t ḳb 14mn.w km <h>ȝts jr.t jmn.tt mn.w ḥḏ <h>ȝts jr.t [jȝb.t] 15pȝt ḏȝ.t 16ḥḏ ṯȝ 5 17pȝt wdn ḏd md.w zp 4 ḥtp dj nswt n kȝ n ḥpw-snb ḏd md.w zp 4 ḥtp dj nswt n kȝ n ḥpw 18jrp hȝst n mn.w ḥḏ 19jrp hȝst n mn.w km 20ḥ(n)ḳt ḥnt bjȝ 21ḏsr.t 22dpt 1 23ȝḥ 24zḫn 25jrp mn.w ḥḏ ḥnt 26jrp mn.w km ḥnt 27ḥ(n)ḳt bjȝ ḥnt 1 28ḥ(n)ḳt ḥtm ḥnt 1

Second row:

1sṯ-ḥb 2ḥknw [...] x+1tȝ-rtḥ x+2ḏsrt x+3ḫn[m]s x+4[...] x+5šbw tȝ 1 ḥnḳt 1 x+6swt 1 x+7mw ʿ 2 x+8bd ʿ 2 x+9jʿw-rȝ tȝ 1 ḥnḳt 1 x+10ttw 1 x+11tȝ-rtḥ x+12ḥṯ 2 x+13nḥr

Third row:

1dpt 4 2pzn 4 3š[n]s 4 [...] x+1z-sḫt 1 x+2ṯʿt 2 x+3<n>pȝt 2 x+4mzt 2 x+5ḏsr.t 2 x+6jȝtt ḏsr.t x+7ḫnms ʿ 2 x+8ḥ(n)ḳt ʿ 2 x+9sḫpt ʿ 2

Fourth row:

1phȝ ʿ 2 2ḥ(n)ḳt sšr ʿ [2] 3db ʿ 2 [...] x+1jrp ḳ.w [ḥȝt wdḥ]w ḥ(n)ḳt ḫt nḏm.(t) jrp [ḥtp] dj [nswt] (j)m(j)-ḫnt  [zȝ] nswt ẖr.(j)-ḥb(t) ḥr.(j)-[tp] x+2š[ȝḫ ʿšȝ] jn ẖr.(j)-ḥb(t) ḏd md.w jn.t rd ẖr.(j)-ḥb(t)

Fifth row:

1jw tȝ ḫpš ȝw ḥnḳt ḥtp-nṯr 2(j)m(j)-rȝ st ḫnt.(j)-š pr ʿȝ rdj.(t) ḳb 3snṯr ḫt 4ḏd md.w ẖr.(j)-ḥb(t) ḥr.(j)-tp

Main inscription:

1The nobleman, nomarch, seal-bearer of the king, Sole Companion, 2whom the king of Upper Egypt made great, whom the 3king of Lower Egypt 2exalted, 3his lord having made his ka, the 4first priest [of Amun], overseer of the priests 5of the South and the North Hapu-6seneb, true of voice, 7begotten by the judge, favoured by the god of his city 8Hapu, true of voice.

Inscription under the offering table:


1A thousand of bread-loaves, 2a thousand of beer-jars, 3a thousand pieces of beef, 4a thousand pieces of fowl.

Offering list:

First row:

1Water-pouring. 2Censing. 3Natron: 2 pellets. Giving of the cool water. 4Natron of the South: 6 pellets. 5Natron of the North: 5 pellets. 6Incense: 1 pellet. 7The psš-kf -instrument. 8A sb-insturment of the South: 1. A sb-instrument of the North: 1. 9The <s>rw of the South. The <s>rw of the North. 10The škw. 11Milk. 12A mnsȝ-jar. 13Giving of the cool water. 14A <h>ȝts-jar of the black mn.w-stone: the right eye. A <h>ȝts-jar of the white mn.w-stone: the [left] eye. 15The pAT-bread. 16Onion-bulbs: 5. 17The pȝṯ-bread of the offering. Words to be recited 4 times: An offering, which the king gives, for the ka of Hapu-seneb. The pȝṯ-bread of the offering. Words to be recited 4 times: An offering, which the king gives, for the ka of Hapu. 18Wine: a hȝst-jar of the white mn.w-stone. Wine: a hȝst-jar of the black mn.w-stone. 20Beer: a copper bowl. 21A table of offerings. 22The dpt-bread: 1. 23The ȝḥ-bread: 1. 24Kidney-fat: 1. 25Wine: 1 bowl of the white mn.w-stone. 26Wine: 1 bowl of the black mn.w-stone. 27Beer: 1 copper bowl. 28Beer: 1 ḥtm-bowl.

Second row:

1The sṯ-ḥb-oil. 2The ḥknw-oil. [...] x+1The tȝ-rtḥ-bread. x+2The ḏsrt-drink: a jar. x+3The ḫn[m]s-drink. x+4[...] x+5A food-offering: 1 loaf of bread and 1 jar of beer. x+6A leg of a beef: 1. x+7Water: 2 bowls. x+8Natron: 2 bowls. x+9Breakfast: 1 loaf of bread and 1 jar of beer. x+10The ttw-bread: 1. x+11The tȝ-rtḥ-bread: 1. x+12The ḥṯ-bread: 2. x+13The nḥr-bread: 2.

Third row:

1The dpt-bread: 4 loaves. 2The pzn-bread: 4 loaves. 3The š[n]s-bread: 4 loaves. [...] x+1The z-sḫt-bread: 1 loaf. x+2The ṯʿt-bread: 2 loaves. x+3The <n>pȝt-bread: 2 loaves. x+4The mzt-food: 2 bowls. x+5The ḏsr.t-drink: 2 bowls. x+6The jȝtt ḏsr.t-drink: 2. x+7The ḫnms-drink: 2 bowls. x+8Beer: 2 bowls. x+9The sḫpt-drink.

Fourth row:

1The phȝ-drink : 2 bowls. 2The sšr-beer: [2] bowls. 3Figs: 2 bowls. [...] x+1Wine and bread-loaves. [The best of] the offering-table: beer, sweet things, and wine. [An offering], which [the king] gives. The jmj-ḫnt-priest, king’s [son], the chi[ef] lector-priest. x+2[Numerous spells] transforming into [an akh] by the lector-priest. Words to be recited: removing the foot(prints). The lector-priest.

Fifth row:

1Cake, bread, shoulder of beef, ribs of beef, beer, divine offering. 2Overseer of the seat of the attendants of the Great House. Giving of th cool water. 3Censing. 4Words to be recited. The chief lector-priest.

Translation by Filip Taterka

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