Laboratory (119-125)

All texts and scenes from the Laboratory were recently discussed in detail by Vadas 2020. A photograph of the ensemble can be found on Vadas 2020, p. 127, Fig. 2.

Esna 119

• Location: Laboratory, upper bandeau
  
• Date: Domitian
  
• Hieroglyphic Text
  
• Bibliography: Vadas 2020, p. 94 (full translation).

[ỉỉ.n] ([…])ḫr=k *
ẖnmw nb nṯr.w […]
[…]
m ỉd.t=f

[The king (…)has come] before you,
Khnum, lord of the gods […]
[…]
with his scent

Esna 120

• Location: Laboratory, left panel
  
• Date: Domitian
  
• Hieroglyphic Text
  
• Bibliography: Vadas 2020, pp. 94-95.

Title

¹ỉr(.t) snṯr n bȝ wr-šfy.t
sȝẖ kȝ=f m tp-rȝ=f
²mzỉ dbḥ.w nw ỉḫt-nṯr
³ỉr(.t) ỉrw nb
n wʿb ʿȝ m hrw=f
ẖr.t-hrw nn ȝb

¹ Offering incense to the Ba, great of prestige,
transfiguring his Ka with his utterance,
² bringing³¹¹ the requirements of the divine rite,
³ performing every ritual
by the priest, great in his day,
daily, without interruption.

The King

⁴ […]
([…])
⁵ […]
([tmt]yns xwỉ)
⁶ […] nfr […]
⁷ỉr nty.w-ʿ
m ḥw.t-ẖnmw *

⁴ […]
([…])
⁵ […]
([Domit]ian Augustus)
⁶ […] good […]
⁷ who performs rituals
in the Temple of Khnum.

Khnum-Re Lord of Esna

⁸[…] n tȝ mỉ-qd=f
⁹ẖnmw-[Rʿ] nb tȝ-sn.t
bȝ ¹⁰ […]
nb ʿnḫ
ỉỉ n ʿš ¹¹[n=f…]
[…] tȝ pn
nn tȝ šw ¹² […]
[…]f sšr.w m tȝ r-ḏr=f

¹³[…] nfr […]
ỉr wnn.t
pȝwty tpy
ms pȝwty.w
ẖnm ḥr nb ḥr nḥp=f
nṯr wʿ ḫpr ḥḥ.w
ẖnmw qdỉ m šȝʿ

⁸ […] of the entire land
⁹ Khnum-[Re] Lord of Esna,
Ba ¹⁰ […]
Lord of Life,
who comes to whomever calls ¹¹ [to him…]
[…] this land,
without any land devoid of ¹² […]
[…] he […] plans in the whole earth.

¹³ […] good […]
who made what exists,
the first Primeval one,
who birthed the Primeval gods,
who joined everybody on his potter’s wheel,
the sole god who became millions:
Khnum, the builder in the beginning

Esna 121

• Location: Laboratory, lower bandeau
  
• Date: Domitian
  
• Hieroglyphic Text
  
• Bibliography: Vadas 2020, p. 95 (full translation).

ʿnḫ nṯr nfr
smn nty.w-ʿ
m ḥw.t-ỉt
rwḏ-rȝ=f
ḥr ȝḫ
nfrw=f sḏfȝ ḥtp.w
r nw=f
sȝḫ kȝ=f ḥr wḏḥw
mn(.w) r ḥn.ty

Live the good god,
who established rituals
in the Temple of the Father,
whose mouth is firm³¹²
upon (saying) what is excellent;
it is his perfection that provisions³¹³ offerings
at its proper time,³¹⁴
and transfigures his Ka upon the altar,
enduring for all eternity.

Esna 122

• Location: Laboratory, left lintel
  
• Date: Domitian
  
• Hieroglyphic Text
  
• Bibliography: Vadas 2020, p. 96 (full translation).

Title

¹ḥnk ỉrp n mw.t[=f]

¹ Offering wine for [his] mother.

The King

²nsw.t-bỉty
nb-tȝ.wy
³(wtkr(tr))
⁴(tym(t)y(ns))

² King of Upper and Lower Egypt,
Lord of the Two Lands,
³ (Autokra(tor))
⁴ (Domi(t)ia(n))

Menhyt

⁵Mnḥ.t ⁶nb.t ḫnt-tȝ

⁵ Menhyt, ⁶ Lady of Khent-ta

Nebtu

⁷nb.t-ww […]

⁷ Nebtu […]

Esna 123

• Location: Laboratory, right lintel
  
• Date: Domitian
  
• Hieroglyphic Text
  
• Bibliography: Vadas 2020, p. 96 (full translation).

Title

¹šms ʿntyw [n mw.t=f]

¹ Serving myrrh [to his mother].

The King

²zȝ-Rʿ nb-ḫʿ.w
³(ỉwtk(rtr))
⁴(twm(tyns))

² Son of Re, Lord of Appearances,
³ (Autok(rator))
⁴ (Dom(itian))

Neith

⁵N.t wr.t
⁶mw.t-nṯr nb.t ⁷ tȝ-sn.t

⁵ Neith the great,
⁶ Mother of God, Lady of ⁷ Esna.

Bastet

⁸tȝ-(nt) (pr)-Bȝst.t
⁹ʿḏ.t Bȝst.t ³¹⁵

⁸ She of Bubastis,
⁹ the ichneumon, Bastet.

Heka

¹⁰ḥkȝ pȝ-ẖrd ¹¹ wr […]

¹⁰ Heka the child, ¹¹ great […]

Esna 124

• Location: Laboratory, left
  
• Date: Unknown, probably Domitian
  
• Hieroglyphic Text
  
• Bibliography: Vadas 2020, pp. 96-98 (complete)

NB: For the individual ingredients and objects mentioned, most of which are depicted in Esna 120, see the detailed commentary by Vadas 2020.

¹[pr]-ḥḏ n kȝpw pw
ʿpr(.w) m ỉḫt nb nfr
m dbḥ.w nw ỉr.t-ḥr

ỉhm.w wr.w m ʿšȝ=sn
[…] m sštȝ=f
m pr(.t) ḥr wḏḥ=f
nn-ỉb m qmḥ.w
ḫȝw nb nw Pwn.t
gȝ.wt nw tȝ-nṯr
ỉw=sn ỉry r s.t tn

nḏm.wy ḫnm=s
wr.wy sṯỉ=s
ḥḏ ỉȝd.t=s ḥr.w nb

¹ This is the treasury of Kyphi,
equipped with all good things,
with ingredients of the Eye of Horus.

Great ỉhm.w in numerous amounts,
[…] in its secret form,
as that which goes upon his altar.
styr[a]x on branches,³¹⁶
all resins from Punt,
the products³¹⁷ of God’s Land,
they are all in this place.

How sweet is its scent!
How great its aroma!
Its musk brightens every face!

²bw n ỉrp pw
s.t n ỉnm.t
tḫ ỉm=s
ḥʿʿ m-ḫnt=s
wnf-ỉb (ḥr) pr m-ẖnw=s

[…s]wn
ḫpr m Im.t
ḥw.t-ỉḥ.t m-ʿb Knm.t
ỉn.w nb nw dsds
ḥtr(.w) r ʿrry.t tn

nḏm-ỉb tḫ ỉm=s
nwḥ r-ȝw m r’-wȝ.t=s

² This is the place of wine,
the seat of ỉnm.t-vintage,
drunkennes is inside,
rejoicing is within,
and exaltation emerges from it.

[…from S]uni,
which comes from Imet,
Hut-Ihet and Kharga Oasis,
all products of Bahariya Oasis
are gathered to this portal:³¹⁸

Joy and drunkenness are therein,
total inebriation surrounds it!

Esna 125

• Location: Laboratory, right
  
• Date: Unknown, probably Domitian
  
• Hieroglyphic Text
  
• Bibliography: Vadas 2020, p. 98 (complete)

NB: For the individual ingredients and objects mentioned, most of which are depicted in Esna 120, see the detailed commentary by Vadas 2020.

¹s.t tn nfr.t
ndm
n nwd šps
ỉwnn pw n N.t nb kȝpw
ḥnw.t Pwn.t
ỉ[zwy] n sḫp
n mḏ ỉbr tỉ-šps ḥknw
nw ḫȝw nb.w nw fk-ḥr.t

²sḥ pn nfr
s.t sḫn n ḥḏ.t-wr.t
mnqb n ḥw.t-ḥr nb.t šsm.t
ʿ[.t] n ḫȝʿ snṯr mnwr
ṯz.wt nw pẖr.w

ʿq.n šsmw r nw=f
r ỉr(.t) ỉrw nb ỉm=f
r sḥb Iwny.t
m ḫnm nḏm nn ȝb

¹ This good place,
(it is) the throne
of the August Distiller (Shesemu),
it is the sanctuary of Neith, lady of kyphi,
mistress of Punt,
the la[boratory]³¹⁹ of production
of ointment, ỉbr, tỉ-šps, oil,
of all resins from Fek-heret.

² This good chamber,
the place of alighting for the Great White,³²⁰
the palace of Hathor, Lady of Shesemet,
the room of applying incense and mn-wr,
and ingredients of recipes.

Shesemu enters at his proper time³²¹,
to perform every rite in it,
in order to make Iunyt festive,
with sweet aromas, without fail.