Ancient Egyptian food

Ancient Egyptian – Food & Trade

Ta Henket

𓏏𓎛𓎡𓏏

Bread and beer, the basic food and drink

Ankh Waen

𓋹𓇋𓏏𓈖

Living bread, sustaining life

Wabet

𓅓𓃀𓏏

Offering bread, for the gods

Ma'at Kheru

𓌳𓂝𓐍𓂋𓅱

True of voice and pleasing to the god

Ka en Ipet

𓂓𓏏𓇋𓊪𓏏

The bull of his mother, fertility of the land

Shai Henet

𓈙𓂝𓎛𓈖𓏏

Satisfy my hunger

Dua Nefer

𓂧𓅱𓄤

Delicious

Hepi

𓎛𓊪𓇋

Fruit

Seneb

𓋴𓈖𓃀

Healthy

Sekhmet Hotep

𓋴𓐍𓄣𓏏

Offering to Sekhmet

Phrases for Buying Food

𓇋𓅱𓏏𓈖𓇳𓇋𓏏

Irenef redit?

How much does this cost?

𓈖𓅱𓏏𓄿𓍯𓇳

Nemenetuw set

I would like to buy __.

𓇳𓏏𓅱𓍯

Iwetuw er?

Do you have __?

𓈖𓅱𓏏𓇳𓊵

Nemenetuw hetep

I would like to order __.

𓄤

Nefer

Thank you.

Sample Dialogue

Person 1:

𓅱𓎛𓇳

Em hotep!

Hello!

Person 2:

𓅱𓎛𓇳 𓋹𓍯𓇳𓈖𓇳 𓋴𓈖𓃀

Em hotep! Ankh wedja seneb.

Hello! I am well, thank you.

Person 1:

𓈖𓄿𓇳𓇋𓍯𓇳

Nefertiti ankh.

Is Nefertiti well?

Person 2:

𓄿𓎛 𓈖𓄿𓇳𓇋𓍯𓇳 𓋹𓇳𓇋

Ah, Nefertiti ankh ity.

Yes, Nefertiti is well.

Person 1:

𓈖𓄿𓇳𓇋𓍯𓇳 𓇳𓈖 𓐍𓇳𓏏𓇳 𓈙𓇳𓍯𓇳

Nefertiti en khetet shetep nesu.

I want to buy Nefertiti a necklace.

Person 2:

𓎛𓇳𓈖𓍯 𓅱𓎛𓇳

Henu, em hotep.

Very well, hello.

Person 1:

𓋹𓍯𓇳𓈖𓇳 𓈙𓈖𓃀

Ankh wedja seneb.

I am well, thank you.

Person 2:

𓈖𓄿𓇳𓇋𓍯𓇳 𓇳𓈖 𓇳𓄿𓇳

Nefertiti en efet.

Nefertiti wants this one?

Person 1:

𓇋𓇋 𓅱𓄿𓃀 𓄤

Ii, wab nefer.

Yes, it is beautiful.

Person 2:

𓍯𓇳𓈖𓐍𓇋𓅱𓇳 𓅱𓎛𓇳

Remenkimi em hotep.

Thank you, hello.

Person 1:

𓍯𓇳𓈖𓐍𓇋𓅱𓇳 𓈖𓍯𓐍 𓍯𓇳𓊵

Remenkimi, nuk tepi.

Thank you, I am satisfied.

Common Foods, Cooking, and Eating Practices

Ta

𓏏𓇳

Bread was a staple, made from emmer wheat or barley, baked in clay ovens.

Henket

𓎛𓈖𓎡𓏏

Beer, a daily drink, brewed from barley with a thick, nutritious consistency.

Shesep

𓈙𓊵𓇳

Vegetables like onions, leeks, and lettuce were common in meals.

Renpet

𓇳𓈖𓊵𓏏

Fruits like dates and figs were popular, often dried for preservation.

Aha

𓄿𓎛𓄿

Cooking was done over open fires or in clay ovens, often communal.

Wenet

𓅱𓈖𓏏

Meals were eaten with hands, often on low tables, with bread as a utensil.