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Mrjj-R sw 4 Ms h.t 342 n 3bd 1 3h.t vqjj m drt P3-ds d3.t=f 200 (4) 3bd 2 3h.t sw 5 P3-mdw¬
nht jn.t m-dr.t p3 jadw b3k I n 3bd 1 3h.t “rqjj (5) 3bd 2 3h.t sw 6 Wsr-h3.t sw 7 Hj-Mnw rm.w
dbn 400 m-dr.t Jmn-m-jn.t (6) sw 8 Jrj-3 sw 9 Jmn-nht psn 16 bjt 8 ds 2 nbr.t 2 smw 6 (7)
sw 10 Hrj-Srj h.t 300 m-dr.t Pth-ms sw 11 <PN> h.t 300 m-dr.t Pth-ms (8) bnr.t 1 smh “nb
6 sw 12 Nb-nht h.t 150 (9) m-dr.t Pth-ms ds 2 bnr.t 1 wnmj (10) sw 13 Wsht-nmit ds 2 bnr.t
1 wnmj nb 10 (11) sw 14 Pn-B-wr s3 Jmn-nht m-dr.t Jmn-m-jn.t s3 Jmn-hw (12) rmw dbn
340 h.t 500 m-dr.t P3-ds (13) sw 15 Nh-m-m.t sw 16 Jmn-nht p3 hb n Pth [...] (14) rmw dbn
120 m-dr.t Jmn-m-jn.t sw 17 Kr s3 [...] (15) spr.w jr.n jmj-r3 njw.t Bt Nfr-rnp.t r Wst m-mjtt
wdpw nswt_Hrj (16) wdpw nswt.Jmn-hw s3 Thjj sw 18 jw=w tsj r'sh.t! [9.1] (17) r gmgm
s.t sd.t hr n Wsr-m3“.t-<R> stp-n-"Imn! [...] (18) sw 19 M33-nj-nht.w=f h.t 760 m-dr.t s$
Jmn-m-jp.t h.t 450 m-dr.t Pth [...] (19) di.t spd n 3bd 2 3h.t n 3bd 3 3h.t nb h3r II |... ... ] (20)
sw 20 grh m spd OD) "rnp.t-sp 2 3bd 2 3h.t! [... ...]
(1) Year 2, 2nd Akhet 1. (2) 2nd Akhet 2: Reshpetref; psn-loaves, 14; bit-cakes, 8. (3) and
Akhet 3: Meryre. Day 4: Mose; wood, 342, for ist Akhet 30, from Pades; his deficit, 200.
(4) 2nd Akhet 5: Pamedunakht; delivered from the potter, 1 work-lot, for ist Akhet 30.
(5) 2nd Akhet 6: Usihat. Day 7: Minkhau; fish, 400 deben, from Amenemone. (6) Day 8:
Iry‘o. Day 9: Amennakht; psn-loaves, 16; bit-cakes, 8; 2 beer-jugs; dates, 2 (measures);
vegetables, 6 (bundles). (7) Day 10: Harshire; wood, 300, from Ptahmose. Day 11: <Name
omitted>; wood, 300, from Ptahmose; (8) dates, 1 (measure); Left (Side): vegetables, 6
bundles. Day 12: Nebnakht; wood, 150, (9) from Ptahmose; 2 beer-jugs; (8) dates, 1 (meas¬
ure); Right (Side). (10) Day 13: Weskhetnemtet; 2 beer-jugs; dates, 1 (measure); Right
(Side): vegetables, 10 bundles. (11) Day 14: Pentaweret son of Amennakht; delivered by
Amenemone son of Amenkhau, (12) fish, 340 deben; wood, 500, from Pades. (13) Day 15:
Nekhemmut. Day 16: Amennakht; the Feast of Ptah, |.....]; (14) fish, 120 deben, from
Amenemone. Day 17: Karo, son of [PN]. (15) Arrival of the City-governor and Vizier,
Neferronpet, at Thebes (“the City”); likewise, the Royal Cupbearer (wdpw nswt) Hori,
(16) the Royal Cupbearer (wdpw nswt) Amenkhau, son of Tekhy. Day 18: <Name omit¬
ted>; they went up to the (Kings’) Valley, (17) to search out a place for excavating the
tomb of Usima<re> Setepenamu|n]. (18) Day 19: Maainakhtef; wood, 760, from the
scribe of Amenemope; wood, 450, from Ptahmose; |....]; (19) issuing of rations for 2nd
‘4 Translation is after Kitchen, 2012, 103-104.