Egyptian Scribe – Ancient Egyptian Language

This website is a personal project where I translate ancient Egyptian texts and inscriptions. Each post has a step-by-step transliteration and translation with practical grammar notes.

THE OFFERING FORMULA of Khu and Senet

A typical Middle Kingdom Htp-di-nswt offering formula - an inscription intended to provide the deceased with sustenance in the afterlife.
[Leiden AP 71]

Stela of Djehutynefer and Benbu and a lost Theban tomb

New Kingdom stela displayed at the Museo Egizio in Turin [Cat. 1638] that possibly comes from a now-lost tomb at Dra Abu el-Naga.

Praising Ra-Horakhty
- Tomb of Horemheb in Saqqara

Great overseer of troops Horemheb praising the solar deity Ra-Horakhty. This block [Leiden CI 313] comes from his Memphite tomb, built in the years before he became king.

How to avoid work in the afterlife - Shabti of Khebeny

One of the largest shabti statues ever discovered [Leiden AST 43] with possibly the oldest "shabti spell" - a spell to avoid corvée labor in the afterlife.

Faience stela of Amenemheb

A New Kingdom stela [Leiden AD 37] made of faience depicting a couple giving praise to Osiris and Anubis.