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Transliteration and translation for &quot;Address to the visitor of
the tomb of Nebipw-Sesostris&quot;, following the transcription of
Sethe (1924), p. 89.

The transliteration throughout follows Hannig (1995).

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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.

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

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jrj-nfr-HAt
;
Keeper of the diadem,

Smsw pr-aA
;
follower of the palace

^nb=j-pw-^s-n-^wsrt
;
Nebipw-Sesostris,

Dd=f
;
says

n wnwt Hwt-nTr nt ^AbDw
;
to the priesthood of the temple of Abydos

Hwt=f nt nsw-bjtj
;
and its royal funerary chapel:

Hwn nsw m anx=Tn
;
'As the king is rejuvenating in your lives,

mn n=Tn mnw n nTrw=Tn njwtjw
;
as the monuments of your city gods will last for you,

wnn=Tn Xr Hswt nt jty=Tn
;
as you are in the favour of your ruler,

swD=Tn jAwt=Tn n Xrdw=Tn
;
as you pass on your offices to your children,

wnn msw=Tn mn(.w) Hr nswt=Tn
;
as your children will last in your places

m jAwt=Tn nt Dt
;
in your hereditary offices,

nn Hqr=Tn
;
as you will not be hungry,

nn jbj=Tn
;
as you will not thirsty,

jw wD.n nTr aA
;
because the great god has ordained

wnn=Tn tp tA
;
that you are on earth

Xr Hswt=f
;
in his favour,

nn Sna.tw=Tn m st qsnt
;
as you will not be turned back at the difficult place,

Xr Hswt nt nTrw=Tn njwtjw
;
in the favour of your city gods,

Dd=Tn
;
you say:

Htp-Dj-nsw ^wsjr
;
'A royal offering of Osiris,

nb ^AbDw
;
lord of Abydos,

nTr aA
;
great god,

^wnn-nfr
;
Wenen-nefer,

1000 m t
;
a thousand of bread,

Hnqt
;
beer,

kA
;
oxen,

Apd
;
fowl,

prt-r-xrw
;
a mortuary offering

m Hb
;
in festivity,

n kA n
;
for the spirit of

jrj-nfr-HAt
;
the keeper of the diadem,

Smsw pr-aA
;
follower of the palace

^nb=j-pw-^s-n-^wsrt
;
Nebipw-Sesostris,

jr.n ^jt
;
begotten by It.'

TAw n rA Ax(.w) n saH
;
Breath of the mouth is beneficial to the blessed,

nn nw m wrDt Xr=s
;
but it does not make one tired,

wnn=Tn m jxm-sk m sbA jmj xAbAs
;
and you will be everlasting as star in the sky.
