Unfinished Stela of Amennakht of Deir el-Medina

The Hymn

rDi(.t) jA.w n kA=k sn-tA n rn=k
aS n=k m wnw.t Hr-n-Hr
iw=i r-jwd p.t r jwtn
sDm n(A)y=i SmAa.w n grH rSw.t m hr.w

Giving praise to your soul, kissing the earth for your name,
calling unt you in the hour of troubles,
while I am between heaven and earth.
Hear my nocturnal hymns and my rejoicing by day.

Upper Register:



jmn-ra.w nb ns.wt tA.wi, "Amun-Re, Lord of the thrones of the two lands"



wab n HA.t jmn jmn-m-jp.t, "Priest at the front of Amun, Amenemope"
wab n jmn nfr-Htp mAa-xrw, "Priest of Amun, Neferhotep, true of voice."
Hm-nTr tp.j jmn-m-jp.t, "First prophet, Amenemope"
wab n jmn pA-Hri-pD.t mAa-xrw, "Priest of Amun, Paheripedjet, true of voice."
wab n jmn jmn-ms mAa-xrw, "Priest of Amun Amenmes, true of voice."
wab n jmn...ms, mAa-xrw, "Priest of Amun, ...-mes, true of voice."



Lower Register

zXA.w-nswt n s.t mAa.t jmn-nxt, "Royal Scribe of the Place of Truth, Amennakht."
zA=f zXA.w n s.t-mAa.t p(a)-n-tA-wr.t, "His son, Scribe of the Place of Truth, Pentaweret."
sn=f Hmw.w wr n nb-tA.wi jmn-m-jp.t, "His brother, Chief Craftsman of the lord of the two lands, Amenemope."



(after Klotz 2006)

Purchased in Luxor from Moh. Mohassib, 1921.

Hayes, William C. 1959. Scepter of Egypt II: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom (1675-1080 B.C.). Cambridge, Mass.: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 388–89, fig. 244.

Porter, Bertha and Rosalind L.B. Moss 1964. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings: The Theban Necropolis. Royal Tombs and Smaller Cemeteries, vol. I part 2a. Oxford, p. 716.

Klotz, David 2006. "Between Heaven and Earth in Deir el-Medina: Stela MMA 21.2.6." In Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, 34, pp. 251-283.

Polis, Stéphane 2018. "The scribal repertoire of Amennakhte son of Ipuy:Describing variation across Late Egyptian registers." In Scribal repertoires in Egypt from the New Kingdom to the early Islamic period, edited by Jennifer Cromwell and Eitan Grossman.