Steles of Paruhatpa

Stele 1 (Arena)

Ptr, bꜣkw, before ḏšr šꜥy !
This is the place where jbꜣ.w mwt is performed beneath the watchful jrtwj jʿḥwj.

rmṯw.tn stnm.n.
At one time, we set you sḳr r ỉw.tn,
Yet you lay still upon the ḏšr šꜥy,
Refusing sḳr.
Though njk.n was swift and certain,
Your hearts were obstinate.
At another time,
One of your number rose and sḳr ꜥḥ ẖr ỉw.f,
striking it down with might.

You, bꜣkw, are not among the ꜥḥꜣwtjw.
Your kꜣt is to wḏb ỉw.t left by the ḥꜥw when ꜥḥꜣ has ended.

Thus is the law of the ḏšr šꜥy,
Thus is the will of the ḥqꜣ.

Stele 2 (Arena Hypogeum)

Ḥs.w n ḥq.w tꜣ rḏi m ẖt n Dšr.w r nṯr ꜥꜣ ḏsr m ḏdw:

Here in the sqꜣ, you are required to serve.
bꜣk, it is a great honor for you to be among the trusted servants of (Mḥnphtršpw).
m ḥꜣ n ḏrt.f

Though it would be a great honor for you to be sacrificed to ḏsr mḥn,
we would lose loyal bꜣkw.

For the privacy of those of our kind in the sqꜣ,
sꜣw r ẖky ḫrw
iw.f ḫs ḥꜣ m ḥꜣt nb

Stele 3 (Arena Cryptoporticus)

This is the pr znf,
Raised by decree of Paruhatpa,
wꜣb m znf n ẖdbt,
And offered to the (ꜥꜣ mḥn nb ẖr.w)
Whose breath is fire,
And whose rn is hidden in the dwꜣt.

O bꜣkw, our kind are few!
Precious are we, not for the ḏšr tꜣ.
But you, children of Adom-Shai,
Those who are as numerous as zulcham in the flood season,
You are drawn here,
And among you,
The strong are revealed.

When the hrw n sḫr is proclaimed,
the rwtj ꜥꜣw n niwt are cast wide.
rmṯw.n go out in rejoicing,
ḫꜣ flowing through the mrrt.
jꜥr.sn to the ḥwt mšp,
where ꜣw.t-jb and šꜥ.t ꜣbḫ.w.tj
in honor of ḏsr mḥn.

There they cry out to ḏsr mḥn ,
They bring meat and song,
They feast upon flesh,
They offer the strong to the šꜥy.

But ḥmw n sḫty,
bꜣkw n ḥw,
You are not called to spectate.
You are not summoned to joy.
You are summoned kꜣt.

Three are the levels in the pr n šꜥy.:
The jḥ.w, where the beasts are yoked and the condemned await.
The ḏšr šꜥy, where znf ṯtf.tj in offering.
The sqꜣ, where rmṯw ptr the jbꜣ.w mwt.

Know your place, bꜣkw.
Walk not in error.
There is always kꜣt beneath jrt mḥn.
The lash shall find the idle.
jrt ḏsr.
ꜥꜣt rwḏt ḏd r nḥḥ.