Cryptographic Ram Text (103)

Esna 103

1ỉȝw n=k
pȝ bȝ ʿȝ ʿnḫ
ḥry nṯr.w

1 Praise be unto you,
o great living Ba,246
chief of the gods.247


ẖnmw-Rʿ nb tȝ-s[n.t]

Khnum-Re Lord248 of E[sna].249


[msỉ?] nṯr.w
qdỉ ʿ[w.t]250

[Who birthed] the gods,
who built251 live[stock] (?)


2nṯr nb nṯr.w

2 God, Lord of Gods.252


ẖnmw nb ẖnmw.w

Khnum, Lord of Khnums.253


qdỉ nb qdỉ.w

Builder, Lord of Builders254


tȝ-ṯnn ṯnỉ [r nṯr.w]

Tatenen, most distinguished [of the gods].255


kȝ(?) mrỉ snsn(?)

Bull(?), who loves coupling(?).256


wsn ỉr nḏmnḏm

Lusty ram who makes sexual pleasure.257


bȝ ʿnḫ ỉr bȝ[.w…]

Living Ba, who made the Ba[s…]258


wbn sḥḏ tȝ.wy

He who shines,259 and illumines260 the two lands.261


nb nḥp

Lord of the Potter’s Wheel.262


qdỉ nty

He who built that which is.263