Key to § 97 from Ockinga

• (1)

  m=k hAb.n=i Hr Hn=k n im.y-rA pr.w
  Behold, I have written [regarding] commending you to the overseer of the house.

  Cf:

  • Gardiner, p. 330:
  
  mk hAb.n.i Hr Hn.k n imy-r pr
  behold, I have written (lit. sent) commending thee to the steward.

• (2)

  m=k pH.n=n Xnw is.wt=n iyi.ti wDA.t
  Behold, we reached the palace, our crew having come uninjured.

  Note: The w in the singular noun is.wt and the double writing of the t are due to the status pronominalis (Gardiner § 78).

• (3)

  ist iri nA n.y AH.wt m aH.wt
  Now these fields had been made in[to] farm-land.

  Note: Translation of iri by "make" in Faulkner.

  Cf:

  • Gardiner, p. 340:
  
  ist ir nA n AHt m iHwt
  now these fields had been made into plough-lands.

• (4)

  isT wi xdi=i ... r Xnw pf wr n.y Hm=f sDAw.tyw n.ty(w) m pr.w nsw ... Hr mAA sTA=i r pr.w nsw
  When I travelled downstream ... to that great palace of his Majesty, sealbearers who were in the palace ... were seeing my admission [lit. bringing] to[wards] the palace.

  Note: n.ty(w) is a relative adjective (§ 148). Translation of sTA by "admit" in Faulkner.

  Cf:

  • Gardiner, p. 161:
  
  isT wi xd.i ...... sDAwtyw(?) ...... Hr mAA stA.i
  when I sailed down (to do homage) ..... the treasurers ........ witnessed my introduction.