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First half of the 20 dynasty
— from Ramesses III to Ramesses VII
[59] Ramessessamiiunu
Ramesses III
[59.1] Stele, Pennsylvania, Penn Museum E13625°”°
(1) [rdj.t 73w] fn 3) nswjj.t q3j mj Rnb hb.w-sd (2) mj T3-tnn wr ph.tj <mj> Mnww dj fh"
(3) nfr hr Sms k3.w ro nb n I3 n hsjj 3 n \ntr nfr\ (4) r“ nb mrw.tj‘”" n nb B.wj wb3 nswt R’¬
ms-sw-(5)53-mj-Jwnw m3T-hrw]
[Giving praise] to Great of Kingship, lofty like Ré‘, lord of Jubilees like Tatenen, great
of strength <like> Montu, that he may give a beautiful lifetime while enjoying offerings
every day to the ka-soul of him praised greatly by the good god every day, him who the
lord of the Two Lands loves, the royal butler (wb3 nswt), the justified Ramessessami‘on.
Text edition:
Kitchen, K. A. Ramesside Inscriptions, Historical and Biographical. Vol. VII. B. H. Blackwell,
Oxford, 1989, 277.
Translation:
Schulman, A. R. “The Royal Butler Ramessessami‘on.” Chronique d’Egypte 61, 1986, 190.
Kitchen, K. A. Ramesside Inscriptions. Translated and Annotated: Translations. Vol. VII.
Addenda. Wiley Blackwell, Oxford, 2014, 190-191.
Publication:
Porter, B.— Moss, R. L. B. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs,
and Paintings, Vol. III: Memphis. Part 2: Saqqara to Dahsür. Griffith Institut, Oxford, 1981, 859.
Schulman, A. R. “The Royal Butler Ramessessami‘on.” Chronique d’Egypte 61, 1986, 190.
Davies, B. G. — Dembitz, G. — Hsu, S-W. — Navratilova, H. Ramesside Inscriptions, Trans¬
lated and Annotated: Notes and Comments. Vol. VII. Addenda. Wiley Blackwell, Oxford,
2022, 178-179.
https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/85287
‘6 Translation is after Schulman, 1986, 190.
‘27 Schulman transcribes it as mrr:wt, however, another suggestion would be mrw.1j, it would also give
explanation to the writing of the feminine plural form which Schulman comments, see Schulman,
1986, 191, note k.