This is the continuation of the scene from E1, comprising the speach of the King as he offers a meal and censes before the gods.

E2. North Wall, Lower Register, Middle


Text over and behind the King:
11) Dd-mdw.w jn nb t3.wy mn-m3`.t-r`
A recitation by the Lord of the Two Lands, Menmaatre,

12) nb x`j.w stX.y mrj.y-n.y-ptH
Lord of Diadems, Sety Beloved of Ptah:

13) jnj.t nTr n Sb.w=f
Bringing the god to his meal:

14) mj n=j jr.k nfr-tmw
Come to me, you, Nefertum,

15) Hp.t.y nTr.w mj
adjudicator of the gods! Come

16) n=j Dwj(.w)=k nTr=j
to me, that you might be invoked, my god,

17) Hp.t.y nTr.w mj n=j
adjudicator of the gods!

18) rn=k nTr=j Hp.t.y nTr.w
(in) your name, my god, Hepety of the gods!

19) mj n=j jr.k nfr-tmw nTr=j Hp.t.y nTr.w jnn.w Hk3=k b3j=k sxm=k
Come to me, you, Nefertum, my god, adjudicator of the gods, who brings
his magic, his Ba, his Sekhem, and

20) w3S=k r t3=k pn srf r Hnq.t=k jptn srf.t r (3)Sr.w.t=k jptn srf.t
his acclaim, to this your warm bread, to this your warm beer, to
these your warm roasts

21) m stp.w m xpS.w m H3t.y.w znj.t.y.w jnj n=k jr.t Hrw Htm
consisting of choice-joints, forelegs, and hearts of transgressors!
The Eye of Horus has been brought for you! Furnish

22) Tw jm=s mj n=j jr.k nfr-tmw Hp.t.y nTr.w r x3=k m t3 wsx.t H`j
yourself with it! Come to me, you, Nefertum, adjudicator of the gods, to your thousand of broadcourt breads! Rejoice

23) H`j n.y nTr m jr.t Hrw m rn=s n.y H`.w `q n=k t3=k pn, H3t.y.w=k jptn
a rejoicing of the god because of the Eye-of-Horus in its name of
flesh! This your bread and these your hearts have entered for you

24) m pr=k `q n=k (3)Sr.w=k jptn m pr=k `q n=k xpS.w=k jpn m pr=k
into your house. These your roasts have entered for you into your
house. These your forelegs have entered for you into your house.

25) `q n=k jb.w znj.t.y.w m pr=k `q n=k t3-wsx.t jptn m pr=k `q
The hearts of the transgressors have entered for you into your house.
These broad-court-breads have entered for you into your house.

26) n=k stp.w m jH.w 3pd.w m H3t.y.w m znj.t.y.w m pr=k
Choice-joints consisting of beef, poultry, and hearts from transgressors
have entered for you into your house.

`q n=k (j)x.t nb.t nfr.t
Every good fresh thing has entered for you

27) rnp.y.t m pr=k m Sn.w.t m x3.w m Db`.w m Hfn.w m HH.w s-Htp=j Tw
into your house, comprising hundreds, thousands, ten-thousands,
hundred-thousands, and millions. I appease you,

28) nfr-tmw jnk DHwty s-Htp=j Tw m jr.t Hrw
Nefertum! I am Thoth and I appease you with the Eye-of-Horus,

jnj.n=j n=k jxr(.t)=k jm.y.t p.t
having brought you your meal of what is in heaven,

29) jm.y.t t3 xr.t=k xr.t Hrw xr.t=k xr.t stS s-Htp.n=k Hrw m jr.t=f
and what is on earth. Your meal is the meal of Horus. Your meal is
the meal of Seth. You have satsified Horus with his eye.

30) s-Htp.n=k stS m Xr.wy=f jnj.w n=k zxn=k jnj.w n=k dbH.t=k
You have satified Seth with his testicles. What you have sought
is brought for you. What you have requested is brought for you.

jp.n=k s(y)
You have counted it

31) m wDH.w n.y jrp jnk DHwty jnj n=k jr.t Hrw HD.t m rn=s n.y t3 HD
in libations of wine. I am Thoth who brings you the bright Eye-of-
Horus in its name of white bread,

32) bnbn=k jm=s m rn=s n.y bnbn
that you might become erect through it in its name of Benben.

p3q jb=k r=s m rn=s n.y p3q.t jw3.n=k s(y)
May your desire become thin for it in its name of
thin-wafer. You have celebrated it

33) m rn=s n.y jw3.t jnk DHwty s-Htp nTr.w
in its name of fatted cow. I am Thoth who appeases the gods

dd (j)x.t m (3)s.t=s (j)x.t m (3)s.t=s
putting the affair into its place, and the (other?) affair into
its place,

34) xr b3j.w xnt.y jwnw (j)x.t.y m (3)s.t=s
for the manifestation of the Chief of Heliopolis, the two affairs into
their places,

xr b3j.w xnt.y jwnw (j)x.t.y m (3)s.t=s
for the manifestation of the Chief of Heliopolis, the two affairs into
their places,

35) xr b3j.w xnt.y jwnw (j)x.t.y m (3)s.t=s
for the manifestation of the Chief of Heliopolis, the two affairs into
their places,

xr b3.w xnt.y jwnw dj=f `nx wD3 snb n mn-m3`.t-r`
for the manifestation of the Chief of Heliopolis, the two affairs into
their places, that he might give life prosperity and health to
Menmaatre.


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