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share: publicnoneSource: OCR (tools/batch_ocr.py, model coptic+eng) of Volume I-1/8.5. The Sixth Dynasty - Reign of Imhotep.pdf; page files: L0/ocr/Volume_I-1/8.5._The_Sixth_Dynasty_-_Reign_of_Imhotep/pages
Attribution: Breasted – Ancient Records of Egypt (1906), vol. I: The Sixth Dynasty – Reign of Imhotep; public domain in Canada (death year verified: Breasted d.1935 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Breasted)); OCR text by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
Licence: public domain in Canada (author died ≤ 1971, verified; LICENCES.md §7) — US position (recorded, does not gate the class; PD-CA 2026-09-26): PD-US (published ≤1930)
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The text
23 lines · a line number is a link to itself| ref | L0 witness (OCR) |
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| page 1 | |
| 1 | REIGN OF IMHOTEP |
| 2 | HAMMAMAT INSCRIPTION |
| 3 | 388. This unknown king, from whom we have no other |
| 4 | documents, sent his eldest son Zaty, who held the office of |
| 5 | treasurer of the god, as well as that of general in the army, |
| 6 | to the Hammamat quarries to procure a monument, possibly |
| 7 | a statue for the king. Zaty left the following record of the |
| 8 | enterprise: |
| 9 | 389. *Commission which the eldest king’s-son, the treasurer of the |
| 10 | god, commander of the army, Zaty (D>ty), called Kenofer (K°-nfr) |
| 11 | executed. |
| 12 | 390. Ⲓ was at the front of the people (4°) in the day of battle, |
| 13 | 31 controlled the going in the day of attack, by my counsel. 1 was |
| 14 | exalted above multitudes, I made this work of Imhotep? swith 61,000 |
| 15 | men of the palace, 100 quarrymen, 71,200 fsoldiers! and 50 -Ⲓ. 8His |
| 16 | majesty sent this numerous troop from the court. 11 made this |
| 17 | work while -ⲓ in every -ⲓ, while his majesty gave *so oxen and |
| 18 | ϩⲟⲟ assesP every day. |
| 19 | Palace-overseer, Intef. |
| 20 | Scribe of the marine, Mereri. |
| 21 | aThe name is in a cartouche with the determinative of a king. |
| 22 | bFor the transport of the monument. |
| 23 | 175 |
Provenance
- title
- Breasted – Ancient Records of Egypt (1906), vol. I: The Sixth Dynasty – Reign of Imhotep
- dialect
- none
- source
- OCR (tools/batch_ocr.py, model coptic+eng) of Volume I-1/8.5. The Sixth Dynasty - Reign of Imhotep.pdf; page files: L0/ocr/Volume_I-1/8.5._The_Sixth_Dynasty_-_Reign_of_Imhotep/pages
- licence
- public domain in Canada (author died ≤ 1971, verified; LICENCES.md §7) — US position (recorded, does not gate the class; PD-CA 2026-09-26): PD-US (published ≤1930)
- share
- public
- attribution
- Breasted – Ancient Records of Egypt (1906), vol. I: The Sixth Dynasty – Reign of Imhotep; public domain in Canada (death year verified: Breasted d.1935 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Breasted)); OCR text by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
- file
- Ancient Egyptian/Breasted – Ancient Records of Egypt (1906), vol. I- The Sixth Dynasty – Reign of Imhotep/8.5._The_Sixth_Dynasty_-_Reign_of_Imhotep.ocr.L0.txt
L0 witness (OCR)
Cite as:
Breasted – Ancient Records of Egypt (1906), vol. I: The Sixth Dynasty – Reign of Imhotep. OCR (tools/batch_ocr.py, model coptic+eng) of Volume I-1/8.5. The Sixth Dynasty - Reign of Imhotep.pdf; page files: L0/ocr/Volume_I-1/8.5._The_Sixth_Dynasty_-_Reign_of_Imhotep/pages. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/ancient-egyptian/breasted-ancient-records-of-egypt-1906-vol.i-the-sixth-dynasty-reign-of-imhotep/8.5.the-sixth-dynasty-reign-of-imhotep.ocr/. Breasted – Ancient Records of Egypt (1906), vol. I: The Sixth Dynasty – Reign of Imhotep; public domain in Canada (death year verified: Breasted d.1935 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Henry_Breasted)); OCR text by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
What the layers are
The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.