creator = Mark-Jan Nederhof
name = Nederhof
labelname = Ne
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Transliteration and translation for &quot;Address to the visitor of
the tomb of Neferenii&quot;, following the transcription of Sethe
(1924), p. 88.

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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j anxw tpjw-tA
;
O living who are on earth,

sS nb
;
every scribe,

Xrj-Hbt nb
;
every lector priest

sr nb
;
and every official

swA.tj=sn Hr Sps pn
;
who will pass this tomb-chapel,

mr=Tn wAH n=Tn ^wsjr
;
as you wish that Osiris is merciful to you,

nb anx
;
the lord of life

HqA Dt
;
and the ruler of eternity,

Dd=Tn
;
you say:

1000 m t Hnqt
;
'A thousand of bread and beer,

1000 m kAw Apdw
;
a thousand of oxen and fowl,

1000 m Htpt
;
a thousand of offerings

DfAw
;
and sustenance

Hr wdH
;
on the offering table

n nb Dt
;
of the lord of eternity,

n kA n
;
for the spirit of

jrj-pDt ^nfr-n-jy
;
the archer Neferenii',

Dr-ntt Ax n jr r jrw n=f
;
because it is more beneficial to him who does it than to him for whom
it is done.

TA 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.

jnk saH n sDm n=f
;
I am a blessed to whom one should listen;

DbA nfr n jr sw
;
a good reward belongs to him who does it.
