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Transliteration and translation for &quot;Address to the visitor of
the tomb of Sebek-hotep&quot;, following the transcription of Sethe
(1924), pp. 88-89.

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

Xrj-Hbt nb
;
every lector priest,

sS nb,
;
every scribe,

wab sr nb
;
and every priest and official

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

jr.n=j r Swt n bA=j
;
which I built for it to be shade for my soul,

r sxn n Swt=j
;
to be a resting-place for my shade,

m mrr=Tn Hs Tn nTrw=Tn njwtjw
;
as you wish that your city gods praise you,

mn=Tn Hr nswt=Tn
;
that you remain at your places,

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

pH=Tn m Htp
;
that you arrive safely,

sDdw=Tn mSaw=Tn n Hmwt=Tn
;
that you recount your expeditions to your wives,

mj Dd=Tn
;
so you say:

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

nb ^Ddw
;
lord of Busiris,

nTr aA
;
great god,

nb ^AbDw
;
lord of Abydos.

Dj=f
;
May he give

1000 m t
;
a thousand loaves of bread,

1000 m Hnqt
;
a thousand jars of beer,

1000 m kAw
;
a thousand oxen,

1000 m Apdw
;
a thousand fowl,

1000 m jxt nbt
;
a thousand good things,

n kA n sS n xnrt wr
;
for the spirit of the scribe of the great prison

^sbk-Htp
;
Sebek-hotep,

mAa-xrw
;
justified,

jr.n sS n xnrt wr ^snb-n=j
;
begotten by the scribe of the great prison Senebni,

mAa-xrw
;
justified.'

n pr js m qrstt=Tn
;
There will not be a loss of your tomb-equipment,

nn qsn m rA n Dd=f st
;
and it is not difficult for the mouth of him who says this.

jr jr.tj=fj nn Ddwy=j
;
As to him who will do what I say,

wnn=j m sA snb=f
;
I will be guardian of his health

m mktj n Xrdw=f
;
and protector of his children.
