(Top edge) Horus „Uniter of the Two Lands,“ Two Ladies „Uniter of the Two Lands,“ Falcon of Gold „Tall of plumes,“ King of Upper and Lower Egypt Neb-hepet-re, Son of Re Mentuhotep, alive like Re forever: His true and cherished servant, fortress-overseer of the Great Passage, king’s confidant in [every mat]ter — my lord also has appointed me in Heracleopolis as (left edge) [fortress-overseer] there;great model of the king himself, treasury of ancient values by virtue of what the king inculcated in his heart;learned one, perceptive and c[lever], (1) through whose action no mistake has happened since I (first) undertook to do a commission — (which was) when I was still in the midst of my childhood, when the king appoints a man to office, when a man comes into his father’s office;one who acts as door over what is and is not, foremost of offices in the king’s house, (2) master of values ancient since the time of the ancestors;confidant of the king in his palace when the subjects are kept from him, one to whom the great come bowing at the gate of the king’s house, ruler of estate personnel, director of officials, one whom the great greet, preeminent of the courtiers (3) with access to the palace;who knows what is secret on the day the courtiers speak, great of incense and lord of awe on the day of dragging in the supplicant, who reports to the king is privacy, who approaches the throne on the day of assembly, to whom the king divulges his word in order to act as gateway over it, (4) true [of voice] on the day of [receiving] commission, one without transgression
I did not substitute something for something else.