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Transliteration and translation for the harper's song from the stela
of Nebankh from Abydos, following the transcription of Sethe (1924),
p. 87.

The transliteration throughout follows Hannig (1995).

For a published translation, see Lichtheim (1975), p. 194.

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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.

K. Sethe. <i>Aegyptische Lesestücke</i>. J.C. Hinrichs'sche
Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 1924.

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Hsw ^Tnj-aA Dd=f
;
The singer Tjeniaa says:

mn{t}.wj Tw m st=k nt nHH
;
'How firm you are in your eternal place,

m maHat=k nt Dt
;
in your everlasting tomb!

jw=s mH.tj Xr Htpt DfAw
;
It is filled with offerings and sustenance,

arf.n=s bw nb nfr
;
it contains all good things.

kA=k Hna=k
;
Your spirit is with you

n tS=f jr=k
;
and will not forsake you.

xtmw-bjtj
;
Royal seal-keeper,

jmj-rA pr wr
;
high steward

^nb-anx
;
Nebankh,

jw n=k TAw nDm n mHyt
;
yours is the sweet breath of the north wind.'

jn Hsw=f
;
So says his singer,

sanx rn=f
;
who keeps his name alive,

jmAxy Hsw ^Tnj-aA
;
the revered singer Tjeniaa,

mr.n=f
;
whom he loved,

Hs n kA=f ra nb
;
who sings to his spirit every day.
