THE EEF GUIDE TO INTERNET RESOURCES FOR ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEXTS THE EEF GUIDE TO INTERNET RESOURCES FOR ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TEXTS version 21 (30 September 2013) The below collection of online resources (plus some recent paper bibliography) for ancient Egyptan texts has been collected by Michael Tilgner for the Egyptologists' Electronic Forum (EEF). It is arranged chronologically and its items appeared individually in EEFNEWS. It might be (hyperlink) indexed at a later date. For abbreviations used, see URL (common abbreviations, e.g., PT, p[], FIP, etc) and URL (bibliographic abbreviations, e.g., Urk, Lichtheim, LD, KRI, etc). The collections has been made over several years, so quite a few links may have gone broken in time; next to each entry you may find the date (d/m/y) on which the links in that entry have been checked last. Corrections and additions are welcome with the editor. Copyright 2017, Michael Tilgner Preliminary Index (chronological order) OK & FIP A Seal of Pharaoh Peribsen (in tomb P at Abydos) The Inscriptions of the Statue of mTn / Metjen (Berlin 1106) The Cannibal Hymn (PT Utterances 273-274) The Annal Stone (Palermo Stone and associated Fragments) he Decree of Neferirkare (Boston, MFA 03.1896) Three Letters of Pharaoh Djedkare Isesi The Pyramid Texts The False Door of Mehu in his tomb in Saqqara The Decree of Pepi I for the Pyramid City of Snofru (Berlin 17500) The Autobiography of Weni the Elder (CG 1435) The Letter of Pepi II to Harkhuf (in his tomb in Qubbet el-Hawa, no. 34) The Autobiography of Pepinakht called Heqaib in his tomb in Qubbet el-Hawa (QH 35) The Instruction of Kagemni (pPrisse 1,1 - 2,9) The Instruction of Ptahhotep The Teaching for King Merikare MK & SIP The Stela of Irtysen (Louvre C 14) Rock inscriptions from the Wadi Hammamat of an expedition under Mentuhotep IV The Stela of the Priest Mentuhotep (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum E.9.1922) The Autobiography of Amenemhet called Ameni in his tomb (Beni Hassan 2) The Autobiography of Khnumhotep II in his tomb in Beni Hassan (BH 3) Semna boundary stelae of Sesostris III (Berlin 1157; Berlin 14753) A Cycle of Hymns to King Sesostris III (papyrus Kahun LV.1 / papyrus UC 32157 recto) A Stela of Ikhernofret (Berlin 1204) The Transport of the Colossal Statue of DHwti-Htp(.w) / Thot-hotep The Stela of Khu-u-Sobek / Sebek-khu, named Djaa (Manchester Museum 3306) A Letter of Reminder (pKahun II.2 / London UCL 32199) The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pPetersburg 1115) The "Kahun Medical Papyrus" or the "Gynaecological Papyrus" (pKahun (med.) / London UC 32057) The Dispute of a Man with His Ba (pBerlin 3024) The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant The Stelae of Ameniseneb / imny-snb (Louvre C 11 and C 12) King Kheops and the Magician / Papyrus Westcar (pBerlin 3033) The Kamose Texts NK & TIP The Autobiography of Ahmose, son of Abana The Stela of Ahmose from Abydos / Tetisheri Stela (Cairo CG 34002) The Donation Stela of Ahmose-Nefertari Papyrus Ebers The Coronation Announcement of Thutmosis I (Cairo CG 34006, Berlin 13726) The Abydos Stela of Thutmose I (Cairo CG 34007) The Northampton Stela of General Djehuty The Obelisk Inscriptions of Queen Hatshepsut in the temple of Karnak Dedication of the Obelisks by Hatshepsut (block 302 of the Red Chapel) Graffito of Senenmut in Sehel concerning his work on Hatshepsut's obelisks The Myth of the Divine Birth The Speos Artemidos Inscription of Hatshepsut The Poetical Stela of Thutmosis III (CG 34010) The Temple Festival Calendar of Thutmosis III in Karnak, South of the granite sanctuary The King-list of Thutmosis III in Karnak (now: Louvre E 13481bis) The Obelisk of Thutmosis III from Heliopolis, now in New York The Obelisk of Thutmosis III, now in Istanbul The Battle of Megiddo (of Thutmosis III) The Armant Stela of Thutmosis III (Cairo JE 67377) The Gebel Barkal Stela (Boston MFA 23.733) The Canal Inscription of Thutmosis III The Dream Stela of Thutmosis IV The Konosso Stela of Thutmosis IV The Stela of Suti and Hor (BM EA 826) The Commemorative Scarabs of Amenophis III Hymns to the Aten The Boundary Stelae of Amarna A Graffito from Pawah in the tomb of Pere / pA-jrj (TT 139) The Restoration Stela of Tutankhamun (CG 34183) The Great Hymn to Osiris on the Stela of Amenmose (Paris Louvre C 286) The Myth of the Destruction of Mankind / The Book of the Heavenly Cow The King-lists on monuments of the 19th Dynasty The Taking of Joppa (pHarris 500 = pBM 10060, verso) The Tale of the Doomed Prince (pHarris 500, vs., 4,1-8,14) The Nauri Decree The Stela of the Era of 400 Years (JE 60539) The Obelisk of the Luxor Temple, now Paris, Place de la Concorde A Satirical Letter (pAnastasi I = pBM 10247) The Victory Hymn of Merenptah / "Israel Stela" The Book of Caverns The Quarrel of Apophis and Seknenre (pSallier I / BM 10185) The Great Papyrus Harris The Harem Conspiracy The Year 4 Abydos Stela of Ramesses IV in Honour of Osiris (JE 48876) The Great Abydos Stela of Ramesses IV for Osiris and the Gods (JE 48831) The Contendings of Horus and Seth (pChester Beatty I, recto 1,1-16,8) The Misfortunes of Wenamun (pMoscow 120) The Instruction of Amenemope (pBM 10474) The Rogers Tablet (Louvre E 6858) The Stela of Banishment (Louvre C 256) Hymn to Re-Harakhte (pBerlin 3050) The Piankhi / Piye Stela (JE 48862) The Shabaka Stone / "The Memphite Theology" (BM EA 498) The Stela of Tanutamun / Tanutamani (JE 48863) The Election Stela of King Aspelta (JE 48866) LP & Greco-Roman The Long Biographical Inscription of Petosiris The Bentresh Stela (Louvre C 284) The Satrap Stela (Cairo CG 22182) The Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys (pBerlin 3008) The Mendes Stela (CG 22181) The invasion of Ptolemy III into Mesopotamia The Decree of Canopus The Decree of Memphis (Rosetta Stone and associated Fragments) The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom (Philae 436) Old Kingdom and FIP A Seal of Pharaoh Peribsen (in tomb P at Abydos) (8/4/17) The first known sentence of Ancient Egypt (other than a name) date: dyn. 2, reign of Peribsen -- Drawing [= IÄF III, no. 368], bottom left - (200 KB): URL -- Hieroglyphic text and short commentary by Francesco Raffaele: URL -- Hieroglyphic text in WinGlyph notation, transcription, English translation and commentary in posting of Michael Tilgner to AEL on May 27, 1998: URL The Inscriptions in the Tomb of mTn / Metjen (Berlin 1105) (27/7/12) date: dyn. 3, reign of Snefru Consisting of title sequences and excerpts from legal and administrative documents. -- Photographs of some scenes and inscriptions in the exhibition catalog: L'art égyptien au temps des pyramides, Paris, 1999, pp. 176-178 -- Drawings of the inscriptions in: LD II, 3-7: URL -- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 1-7: URL -- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 170-175: URL -- Hieroglyphic text, French translation and discussion by Eugène Revillout, Nouvelle étude juridico-économique sur les inscriptions d'Amten et les origines du droit égyptien, in: Journal asiatique, sér. 10, vol. 6, pp. 473-508 (1905): URL -- French translation by: Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, pp. 83-88 -- German translation by: Karin Barbara Gödecken, Eine Betrachtung der Inschriften des Meten im Rahmen der sozialen und rechtlichen Stellung von Privatleuten im ägyptischen Alten Reich, Wiesbaden, 1976, pp. 1-45 -- Discussion of Metjen's titles in: Wolfgang Helck, Untersuchungen zur Thinitenzeit, Wiesbaden, 1987, pp. 268-274 The Inscriptions of the Statue of mTn / Metjen (Berlin 1106) (27/7/12) date: date: dyn. 3, reign of Snefru -- Drawings of the statue and its inscriptions - name and titles: LD II, 120 a-e: URL The Cannibal Hymn (PT Utterances 273-274) (27/7/12) date: dyn. 5 -- Hieroglyphic text in: Kurt Sethe, Die altägyptischen Pyramidentexte nach den Papierabdrücken und Photographien des Berliner Museums, vol. 1, Leipzig, 1908, pp. 205-216; (first page): URL -- Photograph of the Unas version based on: Alexandre Piankoff, The Pyramid of Unas, Princeton, 1968, pls. 28-30 - read cols. 1-29 from right to left: URL -- English translation based on Faulkner, Piankoff and Speleer: URL A French translation (partial) based on this: URL -- English translation by Samuel A. B. Mercer, The Pyramid Texts, vol. I, New York / London / Toronto, 1952, pp. 92-95: URL -- German translation by Erik Hornung, Altägyptische Dichtung, Stuttgart, 1996, pp. 113-116: URL -- Hieroglyphic text and French translation by: Gaston Maspero, Les inscriptions des pyramides de Saqqarah, Paris, 1894, pp. 67-70: URL -- French translation in: Louis Speleers, Les Textes des Pyramides Egyptiennes (Bruxelles, 1923), pp. 30-31: URL -- Spanish translation in: Francisco López, Rosa Thode, Los textos de las pirámides, 2003, pp. 72-75 [98-101 of the pdf-file] - complete pdf-file: 2.1 MB: URL -- recently: Christopher Eyre, The Cannibal Hymn. A Cultural and Literary Study, Liverpool, 2002 The Annal Stone (27/7/12) date: 5th dyn., reign of Neferirkare (date of original composition; the stone itself may may be dated to the 25th dyn., according to Helck) Lettering [ ] according to Wilkinson (see below). a) The Palermo Stone (Palermo Museo archeologico 1028) [PS] -- A. Pellegrini, Nota sopra un'iscrizione egizia del Museo di Palermo, in: Archivio storico siciliano, nueva serie, anno 20, pp. 297-316 (1896), 3 pls. - (pdf-file, whole issue: 36 MB): URL This article has two nice drawings of the Palermo Stone, pp. 583 and 585 of the pdf-file. -- Photographs, drawings of the different sections, German translation and commentary by Heinrich Schäfer, Ein Bruchstück altägyptischer Annalen, 41 pp., 2 pls., in: APAW, philos.-hist. Kl., Jahrgang 1902, Berlin, 1902 [begins p. 483 of the pdf-file] - pdf-file (whole issue: 29 MB): URL -- Photograph (recto) only [= pl. I] - 320 KB: URL -- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 235-249 [4th and 5th dyn. only; including CF1 - CF4]: URL -- English translation in: James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, vol. I, Chicago, 1906, sections 76-167: URL -- English translation in: Nigel C. Strudwick, Texts from the Pyramid Age, Atlanta, 2005, pp. 65-74 [4th and 5th dyn. only], (partly) online readable at: URL -- French translation in: Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, pp. 36-52 [including other fragments] b) The Cairo Fragments 1 - 4 (JE 44859, JE 39735, JE 39734, JE 44860) [CF1 - CF4] -- Photographs, typeset hieroglyphic text, French translation and commentary by Henri Gauthier, Quatre nouveaux fragments de la pierre de Palerme, in: G.Maspero, Le Musée égyptien: recueil de monuments et de notices sur les fouilles d'Egypte, vol. III, Le Caire, 1915, pp. 29-53, pls. XXIV-XXXI: URL -- Photograph of CF2 (25 KB): URL -- Photograph of CF3 (26 KB): URL -- Photograph of CF4 (22 KB): URL -- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 235-249 [see above]: URL c) The London Fragment (UC 15508) [LF] -- Photographs of LF recto and verso: URL -- Photograph of LF recto with roll-over translation: URL -- William Matthew Flinders Petrie, New Portions of the Annals, in: Ancient Egypt, vol. III, pp. 114-120 (1916) [article begins on p. 564 of the pdf-file, foldout not scanned properly; LF recto only]: URL -- Photograph, drawing and English translation of LF verso by C.N. Reeves, A Fragment of Fifth Dynasty Annals at University College London, in: GM, no. 32, pp. 47-52 (1979) d) The Cairo Fragment 5 (JE 18220) [CF5] -- Photograph (28 KB): URL -- Jean-Louis de Cenival, Un nouveau fragment de la Pierre de Palerme, in: BSFE, no. 44, pp. 13-17 (1965) e) Basic book on the theme (combines for the first time all seven of the fragments): Toby A. H. Wilkinson, Royals Annals of Ancient Egypt. The Palermo Stone and Its Associated Fragments, London/New York, 2000 [includes line drawings of all fragments, no photographs] The Decree of Neferirkare (Boston, MFA 03.1896) (27/7/12) date: dyn. 5, reign of Neferirkare "... decree forbidding interference with the priests or with the temple income ..." -- Photograph (zoomable): URL -- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 170-172: URL -- Drawing and English translation by Nigel C. Strudwick, Texts from the Pyramid Age, Atlanta, 2005, pp. 98-101, online readable at: URL -- Hieroglyphic text, French translation and commentary by Gaston Maspero, Sur une stèle d'Ousirkhâou, in: Gaston Maspero, Études de mythologie et d'archéologie, vol. VIII, Paris, 1916, pp. 199-203 [originally published in Recueil de travaux, vol. 26, pp. 236-238 (1904)]: URL -- Drawing, French translation and commentary by A. Moret, Chartes d'immunité dans l'Ancien Empire égyptien (troisième partie), in: Journal asiatique, série 11, vol. 10, pp. 359-447, this decree: pp. 428-436, drawing on pl. VI [between pp. 428-429]: URL -- Drawing, German translation and commentary by Hans Goedicke, Königliche Dokumente aus dem Alten Reich, Wiesbaden, 1967, pp. 22-36 Three Letters of Pharaoh Djedkare Isesi (27/7/12) date: dyn. 5, reign of Djedkare Isesi a) First letter to Senedjemib (Giza G 2370) [A 2] -- Drawing in: LD II, 76d. LD II, 76: URL -- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 60,12 - 61,14: URL -- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, vol. I, Chicago, 1906, section 271: URL -- English translation by Edward Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, Atlanta, 1990, no. 4, p. 19 -- Drawings, transcription, English translation, and commentary by Edward Brovarski, The Senedjemib Complex, Part 1, Boston, 2001, pp. 92-94: URL -- French translation by Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, § 93, p. 125 -- Transcription and German translation by I. Hafemann (Thesaurus linguae aegyptiae; registration required): URL b) Second letter to Senedjemib (Giza G 2370) [B 2] -- Drawing in: LD II, 76f [see under a] -- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 62,13-63,11 [see under a] -- English translation by James Henry Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, vol. I, Chicago, 1906, section 273 [see under a] -- English translation by Edward Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, Atlanta, 1990, no. 3, pp. 18-19 -- Drawings, transcription, English translation, and commentary by Edward Brovarski, The Senedjemib Complex, Part 1, Boston, 2001, pp. 96-101 [see under a] -- French translation by Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, § 95, p. 126 -- Transcription and German translation by I. Hafemann (Thesaurus linguae aegyptiae; registration required): URL c) Letter to Rashepses (Saqqara mastaba) -- Hieroglyphic text in: Urk. I, 179,8-180,10 [see under a] -- English translation by Edward Wente, Letters from Ancient Egypt, Atlanta, 1990, no. 2, p. 18 -- French translation by Alessandro Roccati, La littérature historique sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien, Paris, 1982, § 58, pp. 78-79 -- Transcription and German translation by I. Hafemann (Thesaurus linguae aegyptiae; registration required): URL d) Basic work on the theme: -- Eckhard Eichler, Untersuchungen zu den Königsbriefen des Alten Reiches, SAK, vol. 18, pp. 141-171 (1991) - includes drawings of all inscriptions, including one of a letter of Pepi II to Harkhuf, German translations, and commentary The Pyramid Texts (27/7/12) date: dyn. 5-6, also later versions -- LÄ V, 14-23, s.v. "Pyramidentexte" -- Contemporary report about the discovery: "Nouvelles explorations dans les Pyramides d'Égypte", in: La Nature. Revue des sciences et leurs applications aux arts et à l'industrie, vol. 9, p. 415 (1881): URL -- Audran Labrousse, Les Textes des Pyramides (2002): URL -- Short bibliography: URL a) Collection of pyramid texts -- Typeset hieroglyphic text and French translation by: Gaston Maspero, Les inscriptions des pyramides de Saqqarah, Paris, 1894. 458 p., pls. First translation of the pyramid texts (Ounas, Teti, Pepi I, Mirinrî I, Pepi II): URL -- Hieroglyphic text (Unas, Teti, Pepi I, Merenre, Neferkare Pepi II) in: Kurt Sethe, Die altägyptischen Pyramidentexte, nach den Papierabdrücken und Photographien des Berliner Museums, neu herausgegeben und erläutert, Leipzig, 1908-1910 [only vols. 1-2 out of 4]. XVI, 508 pp.; IV, 543 pp. - low and high resolution images available (ca. 130 KB and 300 KB per page resp.) vol. 1: URL vol. 2: URL -- English translation by Samuel A. B. Mercer, The Pyramid Texts, vol. I, New York / London / Toronto, 1952. 320 pp.: URL "The famous Pyramid Texts herein translated for the first time in English ... are those of the kings Unis of the Fifth Dynasty, and Teti, Pepi I, Merenre' and Pepi II of the Sixth Dynasty. To this translation has been added that of recently discovered additional texts, parallel and complementary, in the pyramids of Oudjebten, Neit, and Apouit, queens of Pepi II, and of Ibi, a king of the Seventh Dynasty ..." -- English translation by R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Oxford, 1969 -- English translation by James Allen, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (SBL, 2005). This is the modern standard translation. For some countries a free copy is available at SBL: URL Some critical notes in: Timofey T. Shmakov, Critical Analysis of J. P. Allen's "The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts"(2012) - URL -- Spanish translation by: Francisco López, Rosa Thode, Los textos de las pirámides, 2003 - pdf-file: 2.1 MB: URL -- Older French translation: Louis Speleers, Les Textes des Pyramides égyptiennes, 2 vols., Bruxelles, 1923-1924. Tome premier: Traduction, Bruxelles, 1923. - V, 127 autographed pp., and Tome deuxième: Vocabulaire, Bruxelles, 1924. - II, 128 autographed pp. [bound together] - pdf-file (21.3 MB) [PDF]: URL b) Unas version [W] -- Photographs [based on: Alexandre Piankoff, The Pyramid of Unas, Princeton, 1968] and English translation compiled by J.D. Degreef [from translations by R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts. Oxford, 1969; Alexandre Piankoff, The Pyramid of Unas, Princeton, 1968; Louis Speleers, Traduction, index et vocabulaire des Textes des Pyramides égyptiennes, Bruxelles, [1934]]: URL -- Transcription, French translation and commentary by Raphaël Bertrand, Les Textes de la Pyramide d'Ounas, vols. 1-2, Beuvrages, 2004-2005 -- English translation, by philosopher Wim van den Dungen: URL -- Transcription and German translation, by Doris Topmann [Thesaurus linguae aegyptiae; registration required]: URL c) Pepi I version [P] -- Hieroglyphic text in: Jean Leclant, Catherine Berger-el Naggar, Bernard Mathieu, Isabelle Pierre-Croisiau, Les textes de la pyramide de Pépy Ier, vol. 1: Description et analyse, vol. 2: Fac-similés, Le Caire, 2001 d) Ankhesenpepy II version -- Dobrev Vassil, Labrousse Audran, Mathieu Bernard, La dixième pyramide à textes de Saqqâra: Ânkhesenpépy II. Rapport préliminaire, in: BIFAO, vol. 100, pp. 275-296 (2000): URL The False Door of Mehu in his tomb in Saqqara (27/7/12) date: dyn. 6, reign of Teti -- Large photograph in: Regine Schulz, Matthias Seidel (eds.), Ägypten. Die Welt der Pharaonen, Köln, 1997, p. 8 [there are also editions in other languages] -- Transcription and German translation by S. Grunert (Thesaurus linguae aegyptiae; registration required): URL -- General info about the tomb of Mehu: URL -- Book on the theme: Hartwig Altenmüller, Die Wanddarstellung im Grab des Mehu in Saqqara, Mainz 1998, pp. 198-202, pl. 75 The Decree of Pepi I for the Pyramid City of Snofru (Berlin 17500) (27/7/12) date: dyn. 6, reign of Pepi I -- Drawing and French translation in: Alexandre Moret, Chartes d'immunité dans l'Ancien Empire égyptien [troisième partie], in: Journal asiatique, série 11, vol. 10, pp. 359-447 (1917) - section "II. Texte de Dahchour. Charte d'immunité de Pepi Ier", pp. 387-427; pls. V-VI [between pp. 388-389 and 402-403 resp.]: URL -- Hieroglyphic text: Urk. I, 209-213: URL -- Drawing, German translation and commentary by Hans Goedicke, Königliche Dokumente aus dem Alten Reich, Wiesbaden, 1967, pp. 55-77 The Autobiography of Weni the Elder (CG 1435) (27/7/12) … truncated (104,733 more characters in archive)