Transliteration and translation of the text on the walls of
Theban Tomb #96

© Jenny Carrington

SOUTH WALL

SENNEFER OVERSEEING HIS FUNERAL Far left (east end):
Sms stAw qrs	Accompanying the dragging of the coffin
in HAty-a n niwt rsy	by the Mayor of the Southern City
sn-nfr mAa xrw	Sennefer, true of voice,
qrs=f im n iAwy	in which he is to be buried in old age
m Hsw nb=f imn	with the favours of his Lord Amun.
bw-nb Hr	Everyone says:
xpr n=i m mitt	"May the same thing happen to me."
HAty-a n niwt rsy	The Mayor of the Southern City
imy-r Snwty n imn sn-nfr	Overseer of the Granaries of Amun, Sennefer
m pr=f n mAa xrw	in his house of justification.
WORSHIPPING OSIRIS AND HATHOR Far right (west end): (Starting with the fifth column in from the end, reading left to right.)
wsir xnt imntw	Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners,
wn-nfr aA m Abdw	Wennefer, the Great One in Abydos,
aA nTr nb tA Dsr	the Great God, Lord of the Sacred Land,
Hq Dt	Ruler of Eternity.
Ht-Hrw Hry-tpt xAswt imntyw	Hathor, Chieftainess of the Western Desert Dwellers,
nbt pt Hnwt tA Dsr	Lady of the Sky, Mistress of the Sacred Land.
(Above offering table reading from right to left.)
dwA wsir Hq (Dt)	Worshipping Osiris, Ruler (of Eternity),
nTr aA nb Abdw	Great God, Lord of Abydos,
in rpa HAty-a mH-ib aA n nb tAwy	by the hereditary noble and Mayor, Great Confidante of the Lord of the Two Lands
imy im dSrt-Hrw=f (?)	who is in his Horus crown, (?)
Haty-a m niwt rsy	Mayor in the Southern City,
sn-nfr mAa xrw	Sennefer, true of voice.
Dd=f inD [Hr=T Hwt-Hr - - ]	He says: "Hail [ to you, Hathor - - ]"
di=s [ - - - - - ] iAwy	She gives [ - - - - - ] old age (?)
n kA n HAty-a sn-nfr mAa xrw	to the kA of Mayor Sennefer, true of voice,
snt=f mrt=f Smayt nt imn	and his companion, his beloved, Singer of Amun,
mryt mAat xrw	Meryt, true of voice.