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Right side of the statue
(21) wb3 nswt M33-nht=f dd.f hw.t wrt n.t Mntw (22) [hft-hr] n nb=s rdj.t rwd twt pn n wb3
nswt (23) §M33'-nht=f m hnw wsh.t hbjj.t ssn.f (24) [m] "ntjjw! sntr hr sdt pngq.f mw m ntf
h3wt hr (25) s3tw n wsh.t wnm.f ntjw hr Swj w"b.w m shp n (26) htp-ntr m33.n.f Jtn dw3jj.t m
pr n sbb nhh (27) Sms.f ntr=f phr.f h.t=fm hb=f n dw pf dsr mj jr.tn "hsj.w! tp B
The royal butler (wb3 nswt), Maanakhtef, he says:
O great house of Month ....... of its lord, you may make firm this image of the royal butler
(wb3 nswt), Maanakhtef within the festival hall, that he may drew water when besprinkling
the floor of the hall, that he may eat that which is in the hands of the priests from among
the remains of the divine offerings, that he may behold the sun’s disc in his house for pass¬
ing eternity, that he may follow his god and that he may walk around his palace during his
festival of this holy mountain as is done for a praised one when upon earth.
Left side of the statue
(28) j Df j wr hntj prw-hrjw (29) "rdj" [f] hng.t n Pth rdj tn wb3 nswt (30) M33-nh[t=f] m3-hrw
rdj hng.tn jw=f hnd m-b (31) 's3sr.t! j mhntj n sh.t-J3rw jn wb3 nswt (32) M33-"nht=f! r nw-n
tr wTrt=kmj jtf wr (33) sbj m dp.t-ntr n k3 n jrj-p“t h3tj-“ mh-jb n nb B.wj (34) Thsjj! [n ntr nfr]
wb3 nswt M33-nht= fm3-hrw
O god of sustenance who is pre-eminent in the upper houses, who gives bread and beer
to Ptah, gives bread and beer to the royal butler (wb3 nswt), Maanakhtef, justified.
Give beer for his breakfast, a shin of beef and cake of ssrt-grain. O ferryman of the Field
of Reeds, conduct the royal butler (wb3 nswt), Maanakhtef, to this bread (and) to your
desert plateau, like the great father who travels in the divine boat; for the ka of the prince
and count, confidant of the lord of the Two Lands, praised one of the good god, the royal
butler (wb? nswt), Maanakhtef, justified.
Text edition:
Drioton, É. Rapport sur les fouilles de Médamud (1926). Les inscriptions. Institut français
d’archéologie orientale, Cairo, 1927, 49-51.
Helck, W. Urkunden der 18. Dynastie. Heft 17-22. Urkunden des Agyptischen Altertums.
IV. Abteilung. J. C. Hinrichs, Berlin, 1955-1958, 1482-1484.
Translation:
Drioton, É. Rapport sur les fouilles de Médamud (1926). Les inscriptions. Institut français
d’archéologie orientale, Cairo, 1927, 49-51.