User:Tomispev/Hymn to Amun (P. Leiden I 350)

Some changes to the Hieroglyphic transcription of the Hieratic text in the Papyrus Leiden I 350:

* the Hieratic of Late Egyptian often doesn't distinguish between and preferring to write both as , but here the two are distinguished;

* likewise and are always written as , but here is written in non-stacking positions.

Text

Chapters 1-4

(the beginning of the papyrus is missing)

Chapters 5-8

(incomplete with a third or a half of each line missing)

Chapter 9

	ḥwt mḥt-psḏt	Chapter 9
9.1
	psḏt pr<.tj> m nnw	The Ennead comes from the Nun,
	twt⸗sn n mꜣꜣ⸗k	it assembles to see you,
	wr šfyt	you, the great prestigious one.
9.2
	nb nbw nbw sw ḏs⸗f	Lord of lords, who fashioned himself,
	pꜣ nb n nbtjw	he, the lord of lordships,
	ntf pꜣ nb	for he is the lord.
9.3
	wnw jꜣry(?) ḥꜣy⸗f n⸗sn	Those who are in obscurity(?), he illuminates them
	r sḥd ḥrw⸗sn	to illuminate their faces
	m kyw ḫprw	with new forms.
9.4
	jrtj⸗fj brg ꜥnḫwj⸗fj wn	His eyes are twinkling, his ears are open,
	ḥꜥwt nbt wnḫ	and all limbs are clothed
	m ḫt psḏ⸗f	when he shines.
9.5
	pt m nbw nnw m ḫsbd	The sky is golden, the Nun of lapis lazuli,
	tꜣ sty m mfkꜣt	and the earth is radiant with turquoise
	wbn⸗f jm⸗s	when it rises in it.
9.6
	nṯrw ḥr mꜣꜣ ḥwwt⸗sn wn	The gods see, their dwellings are open,
	rmṯ ḫprw ḥr dgꜣy	the men began to look,
	ḥr mꜣꜣ jm⸗f	seeing through it.
9.7
	šnww nb ḥr wnwn n ḥr⸗f	All the trees turn towards his face
	msnḥ⸗sn n wꜥt⸗f	to turn to his Unique (Eye)
	gꜣbw⸗sn prḫw	their blooming foliage.
9.8
	nšmyt ḥr ftft m mw	The fish leap out of the water,
	st pry m mrw⸗sn	they have come out of their pools
	n mrw.tw⸗f	because of his love.
9.9
	ꜥwwt nbt ḥr ṯhb n ḥr⸗f	All the animals jump towards his face,
	ꜣpdw ḥr ksks	the birds are dancing
	m ḏnḥw⸗sn	with their wings.
9.10
	sjꜣ⸗sn sw r nw⸗f nfr	They recognize him at his perfect moment,
	ꜥnḫ⸗sn n mꜣꜣ⸗f	they live to see him
	m ẖrt-hrw	daily.
9.11
	st ḥr ꜥ⸗f ḏbꜥwt ḥr ḫtm⸗f	They are at his disposal, sealed with his seal,
	nn wn n⸗sn nṯr	and no god can open them
	wpw ḥr ḥm⸗f	except His Incarnation.
9.12
	nn wn jr m ḫmt⸗f	There is no action performed without his knowledge,
	nṯr ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ	the great living god
	n} psḏt	for the Ennead.

Chapter 10

	ḥwt mḥt-mḏt	Chapter 10
10.1
	mtj wꜣst r njwt nbt	Thebes is the standard of all cities,
	pꜣ mw tꜣ jm⸗s	because the water and the earth were there
	m zp-tpj	at creation.

Chapter 90

	ḥwt mḥt-psḏjw	Chapter 90
9.1
	psḏt dmḏ.tj m ḥꜥwt⸗k	The Ennead is combined in your body,
	tjt⸗k nṯr nb	your image of every god,
	zmꜣw m ḏt⸗k	united in your person.

Chapter 200

200.9
	wꜥ jmn jmn sw r⸗sn	The One, Amun, who hid himself from them,
	sḥꜣp sw r nṯrw	who hid away from the gods
	bw rḫ.tw jnw⸗f	his appearance is unknown.
200.10
	wꜣ sw r ḥrt mḏd sw r dwꜣt	He is farther than the sky, he is deeper than the Duat,
	bw rḫ nṯrw nbw	no god knows
	qj⸗f mꜣꜥ	his true appearance.
200.11
	nn sšmw⸗f prḫ.w ḥr zẖꜣw	His image is not revealed in the writings,
	nn mtr.w r⸗f	nobody can testify about him,
	[...]yt	[...]
200.12
	sw štꜣ.w r kfꜣ šfy.tw⸗f	He is too secret to reveal his awesomeness,
	sw ꜥꜣ.y r nḏnḏ⸗f	he is too great to be apprehended,
	wsr.w r rḫ⸗f	too powerful to know him.

Chapter 300

		Chapter 300
300.1
	ḫmt pw nṯrw nbw	All the gods are three:
	jmn rꜥw ptḥ	Amun, Re, Ptah,
	nn snnw⸗sn	without their second
300.2
	<wꜥ> jmn rn⸗f m jmn	The One, whose identity is hidden in Amun,
	ntf rꜥw m ḥr	his is Re as face,
	ḏt⸗f ptḥ	Ptah his body.

References

• Zandee, Jan (1947) De hymnen aan Amon van papyrus Leiden I 350
• Bernard, Methieu (1997) Études de métrique égyptienne. IV. Le tristique ennéamétrique dans l’Hymne à Amon de Leyde (link)