However, as for any man, any scribe, any knower of things, any small man, any poor man who shall enter this tomb, who shall see what is in it, who shall protect its writings, who shall honour its statues and who shall say: "An offering which the king gives, a thousand of bread and beer, bulls and birds, a thousand of alabaster vessels and pieces of cloth, a thousand of offerings, a thousand of meals a thousand of every good and pure thing for the ka of the lord of this tomb, local prince, Djefaihapi," he shall become an old man of his city, one revered of his nome,
Author(s):
Renata Landgrafova & Peter Dils;
with contributions by:
AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache,
Peter Dils,
Johannes Jüngling,
Lutz Popko
(Text file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015),
latest changes: 04/08/2025)
Author(s):
Ingelore Hafemann;
with contributions by:
AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache,
Gunnar Sperveslage
(Text file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015),
latest changes: 08/29/2024)
Er (der König) macht mein Herz froh in der Nekropole, nachdem) er veranlaßt hatte, daß gebaut wurde für mich des Grab im Westen seitens der Künstlerschaft seiner Majestät, ausgestattet mit einer Fülle von seinen Einkünften.
Author(s):
Ingelore Hafemann;
with contributions by:
AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache,
Gunnar Sperveslage
(Text file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015),
latest changes: 08/29/2024)
Ein Opfer, das der König gibt (und) Osiris, Herr von Busiris, großer Gott und Herr von Abydos in allen seinen Sitzen, ein schönes Begräbnis in seinem Grab der Nekropole, in der Grabkapelle, die ihm gehört, ein Totenopfer an Brot, Bier, Rindern und Geflügel, Alabaster und Kleidung, (und) allen schönen und reinen Dingen, von denen ein Gott lebt, für den Ka des Fürsten Hekaib, den Seligen.
Author(s):
Ingelore Hafemann;
with contributions by:
AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache,
Gunnar Sperveslage
(Text file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015),
latest changes: 09/02/2024)
Author(s):
Renata Landgrafova & Peter Dils;
with contributions by:
AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache,
Peter Dils,
Johannes Jüngling
(Text file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015),
latest changes: 04/27/2023)
Author(s):
Renata Landgrafova & Peter Dils;
with contributions by:
AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache,
Peter Dils,
Johannes Jüngling
(Text file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015),
latest changes: 12/19/2022)
I built [a tomb] through the royal favour of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt 𓍹Kheperkare𓍺, after His Majesty [ex]alt[ed] me in the land, I being distinguished [more than the governors of the nomes.]
Author(s):
Renata Landgrafova & Peter Dils;
with contributions by:
AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache,
Peter Dils,
Johannes Jüngling,
Lutz Popko
(Text file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015),
latest changes: 10/13/2023)
I [employ]ed a group of artisans for the work [in my tomb, and His Majesty praised] me [for it] greatly and plentifully in the presence of the council of [the "Mistress of the] Land", it (the tomb) being equipped with the furnishing[s] of the royal palace, made excellent with respect to [every] need, [filled with ornaments, equipped with provision]s, (and) set up according to everything that was assigned to it.
Author(s):
Renata Landgrafova & Peter Dils;
with contributions by:
AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache,
Peter Dils,
Johannes Jüngling,
Lutz Popko
(Text file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015),
latest changes: 10/13/2023)
As for this tomb, which I made in the desert of the sacred land, in the midst of the/my ancestors who had created my flesh (and of) the dignitaries of the first (primeval) time, the possessors of monuments as ancient office-holders, the primeval ones (?) who started with the making of the sandbank of Heqet since the time of Geb, I built it in order to make lasting my place in their midst in the realm of the dead (lit. nome of silence).
Author(s):
Renata Landgrafova & Peter Dils;
with contributions by:
AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache,
Peter Dils,
Johannes Jüngling
(Text file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015),
latest changes: 06/26/2025)
[as you (pl.) are ... with] the King, as you are joyous with the ruler, may you say: "A thousand of bread and beer to the lord of [this] tomb, [the count Djefaihapi (?)]," without your mouth getting tired of it. Not [... ... ... ...]
Author(s):
Renata Landgrafova & Peter Dils;
with contributions by:
AV Wortschatz der ägyptischen Sprache,
Peter Dils,
Johannes Jüngling,
Lutz Popko
(Text file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015),
latest changes: 06/26/2025)
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