Thebes: West Bank, temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Lower Terrace, Lower Portico South (Portico of Obelisks), west wall 3. Procession of soldiers, offerings and butchers

Filip Taterka
December 30, 2019
Inscription above the first group of soldiers:

1jr.t h2nw n ʿpr.w jwȝ nswt n 3[…] ḏd.sn ḫrw nhm pt m […] ẖr rš.wt […] ḥr swȝh rnp.wt zȝ.t.f jr.t mn.w.f ḥr st ḥr.w n.t ʿnḫ.w mj rʿ ḏt


Inscription above the second group of the soldiers:

1nhm jn ḏȝm.w n.w šmʿ mḥ.w ḥwn.w n.w wȝs.t nfr.w n.w ḫnt-ḥn-nfr ḥr-tp ʿnḫ (w)ḏȝ s(nb) nswt bjt.j [(mȝʿ.t-kȝ-rʿ)|] ḥr-tp ʿnḫ (w)ḏȝ s(nb) nswt bjt.j (mn-ḫpr-rʿ)| 2dj ʿnḫ ȝw jb.sn mj rʿ ḏt

Inscription above the offering-table:

1wdn n.t stp.w ḥr ḫȝwt  ḏd md.w mȝʿ n kȝ.k nb nṯr.w ssnb.k […] 2m ḥḥ pn n rnp.wt ʿnḫ.tj ḏt

Inscription above the butchers:

sṯp j[…]ȝ ʿȝ wr.t  jmn-rʿ nswt nṯr.w

Inscription above the third group of the soldiers:

1ḏd.t n wʿb.w n.w jp.t-s.wt 2nswt nfr mn.w […] wnn.s wnn.sn n ḏt

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nscription above the rest of the soldiers:

ḏd.[t] n smr.w sʿḥ.w ḳnb.t mnft tȝ r ḏr.f nḏm jb.k kȝ n ([mȝʿ.t-kȝ-rʿ)|] […] jb.k pȝ nḥ.k sw ḫpr

Inscription above the first group of soldiers:

1Making the h2nw-gesture by the crew of the royal barge for 3[…]. They say: ‘A shouting voice is sky, […] in joy […] establishing year of his daughter, who made his monument on the throne of Horus of the living, like Ra, forever!’.

Inscription above the second group of the soldiers:

1Shouting by the young men of the South and the North, youthfuls of Waset, and recruits of Khenet-hen-nefer on behalf of the life, prosperity, and health of the king of the Upper and Lower Egypt [(Ma‘at-ka-Ra)|] and on behalf of the life, prosperity, and king of the Upper and Lower Egypt (Men-kheper-Ra)|, 2given life, their hearts being in joy, like Ra, forever.

Inscription above the offering-table:

1Offering of the choice cuts on the altar. Words spoken: ‘Presentation of offerings for your ka, lord of the gods, so that you preserve […] 2in this million of years, so that she might be alive, forever!’.

Inscription above the butchers:

Cutting a very great […] <for? Amun-Ra, king of the gods.

Inscription above the third group of the soldiers:

What is said by the wab-priests of Ipet-sut: ‘A king beautiful of monuments […] she is, as they exist for ever!’.

Inscription above the rest of the soldiers:

What is] said by the companions, dignitaries, magistrates, and infantry of the entire land: ‘Your heart is sweet […] of ([Ma‘at-ka-Ra)|] […] your heart, as your prayer for it is fulfilled.’.
Translated by Filip Taterka

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