O. Gardiner 4: Work-Attendance Register
c. 1186–1070 BCE (Ramesside, Dynasty XX)
A work-attendance register from Deir el-Medina, the village of craftsmen who built the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. Six lines record dates and names of absent workmen. Lacunae (hatched boxes) mark physically destroyed sections; signs on a hatched background are scholarly restorations.
Year [x+1], month 3 of Šmw, day 27. Called out; brought. Coming — document. [Damaged.] Qay.
Of the king Amenhotep, l.p.h. Workman [damaged] … Nefer [damaged] … [heavily damaged].
Year [?], coming, clothing. His coming, bringing [damaged] … controller.
Serqet, Menmose, of the household [damaged] … [partially restored — heavily damaged].
Tally [i+i+i]. Record under [someone]. Going out [damaged] … [damaged].
His coming [damaged] … after/behind [someone]. Sending, by causing him to come — the great one.