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Transliteration and translation for &quot;Expedition to Hammamat, the
official record&quot;, following De Buck (1948), pp. 74-75, and plate
37 of Couyat and Montet (1912).

The transliteration throughout follows Hannig (1995).

For published translations, see Breasted (1906), §§ 439-443 (pp.
212-214) and §§ 452-453 (p. 216); Lichtheim (1975), pp. 113-115.

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J.H. Breasted. <i>Ancient Records of Egypt -- Volume I</i>. The
University of Chicago Press, 1906.

J. Couyat and P. Montet. <i>Les Inscription Hiéroglyphiques et
Hiératiques du Ouâdi Hammâmâmat</i>. Imprimerie de l'Institut Français
d'Archéologie Orientale, 1912.

A. De Buck. <i>Egyptian Readingbook</i>. Ares Publishers, Chicago,
Illinois, 1948.

R.O. Faulkner. <i>A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian</i>.
Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1962.

R. Hannig. <i>Grosses Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch: die Sprache
der Pharaonen (2800-950 v.Chr.)</i>. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1995.

M. Lichtheim. <i>Ancient Egyptian Literature -- Volume I: The Old and
Middle Kingdoms</i>. University of California Press, 1975.

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<1> rnpt-sp 2
;
<1> Year 2,

Abd 2 Axt
;
second month of the Season of Inundation,

sw 15
;
day 15,

<2> ^Hr ^nb-tAwj
;
<2> Horus: Lord of the Two Lands;

nbtj ^nb-tAwj
;
Two Ladies: Lord of the Two Lands;

^nTrw-nbw
;
Gods of gold;

nsw-bjtj ^nb-tAwj-^ra
;
The king of Upper and Lower Egypt: Nebtawire;

sA-^ra ^mnTw-Htp
;
Son of Re: Mentuhotep,

anx(.w) Dt
;
may he live forever!

<3> wD Hm=f saHa wD pn
;
<3> His Majesty commanded the erection of this stela

n jt=f ^mnw nb xAswt
;
for his father Min, lord of the foreign lands,

m Dw pn <4> Sps
;
on this august mountain,

pAwtj
;
primordial one,

xntj st m tA Axtjw
;
foremost in the land of the horizon-dwellers,

aH-nTr Hnk m anx
;
divine palace endowed with life,

^Hr sS <5> nTry
;
divine nest of Horus

wAxxw nTr pn jm=f
;
in which this god flourishes,

st=f wabt nt sxmx-jb
;
his pure place of enjoyment,

Hrt-tp <6> xAswt tA-nTr
;
above <6> the countries of the God's Land,

n-mrwt Htp kA=f
;
in order to satisfy his spirit,

wAS nTr m st-jb=f
;
and to honour the god as he desires,

m jrr <7> nsw ntj Hr st-wrt
;
as does <7> a king who is on the Great Throne,

xntj swt
;
foremost,

wAH mnw
;
enduring of monuments,

nTr mnx
;
excellent god,

nb Awt-jb
;
lord of joy,

<8> wr snD
;
<8> much feared,

aA mrwt
;
greatly loved,

jwaw n ^Hr m tAwj=f
;
heir of Horus in his Two Lands,

rn <9> n ^Ast nTrt mwt ^mnw
;
reared <9> by divine Isis, mother of Min,

^wrt-HkAw
;
and Weret-Hekau,

r nswy<10>t jdbwj ^Hr
;
for the kingship of the two banks of Horus.

nsw-bjtj ^nb-tAwj-^ra
;
The king of Upper and Lower Egypt Nebtawire

anx(.w) mj ^ra Dt
;
(may he live like Re forever!)

<11> Dd
;
<11> says:

jw rDj.n Hm(=j) pr
;
'My majesty sent

jrj-pat
;
the prince-regent,

jmj-rA njwt
;
leader of the city,

TAtj
;
vizier,

jmj-rA <12> kAt
;
overseer <12> of works,

mH-jb n nsw ^jmn-m-HAt
;
royal confidant Amenemhet,

Hna mSa n s Dba
;
together with an expedition of ten thousand men

<13> m spAwt Smawt ^Smaw
;
<13> from the southern provinces of Upper Egypt,

xntjw ^wAbw<14>t
;
and from the south of Wabu<14>t,

r jnt n(=j) jnr Sps
;
to bring me a precious block

aAt wabt jmjt Dw pn
;
of the pure stone of this mountain,

jrt <15> ^mnw mnx=s<note>Determinative of plurality belongs to
<al>mnx</al>.</note>
;
whose excellence was made by Min,

r nb-anx
;
for a sarcophagus,

sxA nHH
;
an eternal memorial,

r mnw
;
and for monuments

<16> m Hwwt-nTr nt ^Smaw
;
<16> in the temples of Upper Egypt,

m hAb nsw
;
as a mission of the king,

Hrj-tp tAwj
;
chief of the Two Lands,

<17> r jnt n=f xrt-jb=f
;
<17> to bring him his heart's desire

m xAswt nt jt=f ^mnw
;
from the lands of his father Min.'

jr.n=f m mnw=f
;
He created it as his monument

<18> n jt=f ^mnw ^gbtw
;
<18> for his father Min of Koptos,

nb xAswt Hrj-tp jwntjw
;
lord of the foreign lands, chief of the Troglodytes,

jr=f Dj anx aSA wrt
;
that he may be given very much life,

anx mj ^ra Dt
;
and live like Re forever.

<19> sw 27
;
<19> Day 27.

hAt aA n nb-anx pn
;
The lid of this sarcophagus descended,

m jnr mH 4 r mH 8 r mH 2
;
a block of 4 cubits by 8 cubits by 2 cubits,

<20> m pr m kAt
;
<20> as it came from the works.

rxs bHsw sfT anxwt
;
Calves were slaughtered, goats were sacrificed,

Dj snTr <21> Hr sDt
;
incense was put <21> on the fire.

jsT mSa n 3000 m Xnw
;
An expedition of three thousand sailors

spAwt ^tA-mHw
;
from the provinces of Lower Egypt

Hr Sms=f m Htp r ^tA-mrj
;
conducted it safely to Egypt.
