jswt=n — our crew

jj.tj — has returned

aD.tj — unharmed

nn — without

nhw — loss

n mSa=n - to our army.

If I heard someone say “khet et akk ba ohk ne tet ukk" what would this mean? (I’m not sure if it’s spelled correctly but it’s how it sounded) and another one “Ankh nek tut Khet sah”
I don’t speak or know anything about hieroglyphs or the Egyptian language so I seek your help and hope you understand this here in this group 🙏

Ssp xrpw →The mallet is taken up

Hw mnjt → the mooring-post is driven home

HAtt rDj.tj Hr tA → the bow-rope is cast ashore

rDj Hknw dwA-nTr → Thanksgiving and praise are offered to the god

s nb Hr Hpt snnw=f → Every man embraces his companion

Sm.w sw 9

Harvest Season,day 6.

Where is the glyph for sw day here?

𓈙𓈗𓇳𓏿

Good morning/day/evening everyone. I would like some reading suggestions. I just finished Allen's Middle Egyptian Grammar and want to start translating some real Egyptian texts. I've been dangling around the royal offering formula, as written on reliefs or coffins, larger relief texts, like The Great Karnak Inscription (found out it is a bit more complicated than I first expected), and the CT as published by De Buck. Should I continue with one of these (like the CT) or would you recommend I start with something else. As it will be my first "big" translation project, I am looking for something "easy." Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance :)

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ḏd.jn šms.w jqr

"Then the excellent attendant said"

2

wḏꜣ jb=k ḥꜣ.tj-ꜥ

"May your heart be sound, prince"

3

m=k pḥ.n=n ẖnw

"Look, we have reached home"

Hello everyone!

I'm trying to decipher possible Demotic inscriptions on several Egyptian faience ushabtis.

I believe they all contain the same personal name, possibly with minor variations or additional signs.

I've attached a comparison of the clearest examples.

Could anyone familiar with Demotic help identify the signs, suggest a transliteration, or point me to similar inscriptions?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Anyone willing to explain the grammar of this? I m trying to fix it .

and why is it mA=i,no geminated A ? The verb is mAA to see

M17-G43-A1-D2:Z1-G17-D36:N29-M36:D21-Q3-G40-X1:X6-Z2-D35-U2:D4-A1-W19-X1:Z4-O34:D21-G43-G54-Q3:N35

jw-i Hr maq Dr paw.t n mA-i mj.tj srw pn

I have been roasting since primeval times, but I have never seen the like of this goose.

Note that the translit and grammar and TLA that appear are not heuristic. They are applied by a grammar layer AES-Ramses corpus and TLA lemmata

So I already know how to pronounce most of the words, it’s not reading it that’s giving me a hard time, it’s expressions, and then certain sounds that are in words like that hocking sound or I don’t know what to call it that Arabic sounding sound that kind of sounds like their put on reverse for a moment or like clicking noises. Basically noises that an English speaker wouldn’t typically use. I’m willing to throw someone a few bucks if they could help me out because historical accuracy is very important to me, and even though I know it will never be 100% accurate because we just don’t know how exactly the Egyptian sounded, I would just like to sound somewhat believable.

This is supposed to be old Kingdom dialect Egyptian from 2250 BCE

People of the White Wall (Memphis)!
Hieroglyphic/Transliteration: Rmṯw n Ỉnb-ḥḏ!
Show Pronunciation: Rem-et-oo en Yin-eb Hejdj!

I know your fear. I know that many among you have seen your beloved ones die.
Hieroglyphic/Transliteration: Rḫ-kwi snḏ=tn. Rḫ-kwi ntt mꜣ.n ꜥšꜣw ỉm=tn mwt n mry.w=tn.
Show Pronunciation: Rekh-kwee sen-ejdj-ten. Rekh-kwee net-et mah-en ah-shaw eem-ten mut en mer-yoo-ten.

Behold! Their sacrifice was for the prosperity of the Two Lands!
Hieroglyphic/Transliteration: M.tn! Ḥtp=sn pw n mnḫ n Tꜣwy!
Show Pronunciation: Met-en! Hot-ep-sen poo en men-ekh en Taw-wee!

Would that I myself might be given as the offering in their place, so that the Two Lands might be Mistress of all lands for eternity.
Hieroglyphic/Transliteration: Ḥꜣ dỉ.t(w)=j m ḥtp r st=sn, r wnn Tꜣwy m ḥnwt tꜣw nbw r ḏt.
Show Pronunciation: Hah dee-too-ee em hot-ep er set-sen, er wen-en Taw-wee em hen-oot tah-oo neb-oo er djet.

English: But what are the Two Lands without their King? I appeal to you. For this cause you have come, good people of the White Wall.
Hieroglyphic/Transliteration: Ḫr jšst pw Tꜣwy, jwty nswt=s? Ỉnḏ.kwi n=tn. N nnt ỉy.n=tn, rmṯw nfrw n Ỉnb-ḥḏ.
Show Pronunciation: Kher eesh-et poo Taw-wee, ee-oot-ee nes-oot-es? In-ejdj-kwee en-ten. En nen-et ee-yen-ten, rem-et-oo nef-roo en Yin-eb Hejdj.

English: I ask another offering from you. This treasure of the Primeval Abyss, and the god who dwells within it, gives as he takes.
Hieroglyphic/Transliteration: Dbḥ=j ḥtp ky m-ꜥ=tn. Ḫtm.t tn nt nw.w, ḥnꜥ nṯr ḥmsy ỉm=s, rdỉ=f mỉ šsp=f.
Show Pronunciation: Deb-ah-ee hot-ep kee em-ah-ten. Khet-am-at ten net Noo-oo, hen-ah net-yar ham-see eem-es, red-ee-ef mee shes-ep-ef.

English: For great wisdom—a great offering. The time has come for the god of the Primeval Abyss to feed once more!
Hieroglyphic/Transliteration: N sjꜣ wr — ḥtp wr. Pḥ.n tr n nṯr n nw.w wnm m-mꜣw!
Show Pronunciation: Na see-ah woo-ree — hot-ep woo-ree. Pah-en ter en net-yar en Noo-oo wen-em em-mah-oo!

Full text in the pronunciation:

Remetoo en Yineb Hejdj!

Rekhkwee senejdjten. Rekhkwee net-et mahen ahshaw eemten mut en meryooten.

Ejdj= egghe

Met-en! Hot-ep-sen poo en men-ekh en Taw-wee!

Hah dee-too-ee em hot-ep er set-sen, er wen-en Taw-wee em hen-oot tah-oo neb-oo er djet.

Kher eesh-et poo Taw-wee, ee-oot-ee nes-oot-es? In-ejdj-kwee en-ten. En nen-et ee-yen-ten, rem-et-oo nef-roo en Yin-eb Hejdj.

Deb-ah-ee hot-ep kee em-ah-ten. Khet-am-at ten net Noo-oo, hen-ah net-yar ham-see eem-es, red-ee-ef mee shes-ep-ef.

Na see-ah woo-ree — hot-ep woo-ree. Pah-en ter en net-yar en Noo-oo wen-em em-mah-oo!

Anyone know any resources for learning to read hieroglyphics ?

Hello! I thrifted this pendant and was hoping someone could help me translate it! Thank you!!

source on Xitter

I am interested in the reconstructed pronunciation of old and middle Egyptian, but all the wiktionary pages only give the infinitive forms if at all, so how would you pronounce the various conjugated forms?

I assume in old Egyptian the suffixes would be more distinct but would bleed into and affect the roots they are on by middle and late Egyptian but many of the suffixes don’t even have a listed page or guide to pronunciation either?

Enjoy.

Two new features have been added:

Alternative readings come from the transliteration model by Heidi and Tommi Jauhiainen (University of Helsinki). It was built from two large collections of Egyptian texts, AES and Ramses, covering about 750,000 words. For each spelling, it lists every reading found in those texts and how often each occurs. The app shows the most common reading and offers the others when you tap the dotted underline.

Grammar and phrases come from 12,773 sentences published by the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae (Berlin and Leipzig academies) as a free dataset (CC BY-SA 4.0). They're real Old and Middle Egyptian texts: Pyramid Texts, offering formulas, royal titles and tomb inscriptions.

Meanings and ✓ TLA come live from the TLA's online dictionary.

Hi all! I need help with translating the text on the Coffin of Khnumnakht (one of the brothers from the "Tomb of Two Brothers"). How would one translate 𓇋𓄪𓐍𓇋𓐍𓇋𓂋 (I made a red line next to it on the photos)? I struggle with this part of the text and see it is all over the coffin. Currently I'm think of jmꜣj jḫ r meaning "Who is worthier than...?" But I don't feel too confident therewith. jḫ does not have its normal 𓏛 determinative. And should jḫ not be at the beginning of the clause? But then I start to think of a type of inversion where the author would want to emphasize that Khnumnakht is worthy so it is placed first. Any thoughts on this? After a journey of 3 years, I finally finished Allen's Middle Egyptian Grammar 🥳 and feel confident in starting to translate Egyptian text outside of the Textbook. This is my first "big" translation project. Pretty exciting! 🤩 So, I'm still new to this and nay assistance would be helpful.

Thank you in advance!