Gebel es-Silsilah: Shrine 23, east wall 3. Min-nakht and his father sitting behind an offering table and offering list

Filip Taterka
June 4, 2018
Inscription above the sitting figures:

1(j)r(j)-pʿ(t) ḥȝt.(j)-ʿ smr ʿȝ n 2mr.t ḥr.j mr.wt 3n [jmn] zš nswt 4mnw mȝʿ ḫrw 5jr.n zȝb 6sn-5ḏḥwtj 6mȝʿ ḫrw 7ḫr nṯr ʿȝ nb jmn.tt

Inscription under the offering-table:

1ḫȝ tȝ 2ḫȝ ḥnḳt 3ḫȝ kȝ 4ḫȝ ȝpd

The offering list:

First row:

1z(ȝ)ṯ 2snṯr ḫt 3bd ṯȝ 2 dj.(t) ḳb 4bd ṯȝ 5 šmʿ 5bd ṯȝ 5 mḥ.w 6snṯr ṯȝ 1 7psš-kf

Second row:

1sṯ-ḥb 2ḥknw 3sfṯ 4nẖnm 5<t>wȝ<w>t 6ḥȝt ʿš 7ḥȝt ṯḥnw 8wrḥ 9wȝḏ 10msdmt 11wnḫ

Third row:

1dpt […] 2pzn 4 3šns […] 4(j)m(j)-tȝ […] 5ḫnfw 4 6ḥbnnt 4 7ḳmḥ 4 8jdȝt-ḥȝ 4 9pȝt 4 10ȝšt 4 11ḥḏ 4

Fourth row:

1[…] 2[…] 3[…] 4[…] 5[…] 6[…] 2 7[…] 2 8[…] 2 9[…] ḫt 2 10ḫfnw 2 ḏd md.w zp 4 ḥtp dj nswt n kȝ n mnw-nḫt
Inscription above the sitting figures:

1The nombleman, nomarch, friend great 2of love, supervisor of the servants 3of [Amun], king’s scribe 4Min, true  of voice, 5begotten by the judge 6Sen-5Djehuti 6true of voice 7before the Great God, Lord of the West.

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.

The 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.

Second row:

1The sṯ-ḥb-oil. 2The ḥknw-oil. 3The sfṯ-oil. 4The nẖnm-oil. 5The <t>wȝ<w>t-oil. 6The first quality cedar-oil. 7The first quality oil of Tjehenu. 8Ointment. 9The green eye-paint: 1 bag. 10The black eye-paint: 1 bag. 11The wnḫ-strip.

Third row:

1The dpt-bread: […]. 2The pzn-bread: 4 loaves. 3The šns-bread: […]. 4The jmj-tȝ-bread: […]. 5The ḫnfw-bread: 4 loaves. 6The ḥbnnt-bread: 4 loaves. 7The ḳmḥ-bread: 4 loaves. 8The jdȝt-ḥȝ-bread: 4 loaves. 9The pȝt-bread: 4 loaves. 10The roasted bread: 4 loaves. 11The onion: 4 pieces.

Fourth row:

1[…] 2[…] 3[…] 4[…] 5[…] 6[…]: 2 […] 7[…]: 2 […] 8[…] 2 […] 9[…]: 2 […] 10ḫfnw-bread: 2 loaves. Words to be recited 4 times: Offering, which the king gives to the ka of Min-nekhet.

Translation by Filip Taterka

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