Historical royal sources concerning Old Kingdom Egypt are rather scarce. One of the most important is a group of seven inscribed stone fragments also known as royal annals, the most famous of which is certainly the so-called Palermo Stone. These annals have been the subject of countless studies over more than a century since their initial discovery. However, the reading and interpretation of the hieroglyphic inscriptions engraved on them is still partial and often obscure. In recent years, however, the annals underwent a complete re-examination by means of the most up-to date technologies of 3D photographic documentation and reproduction – first of all, the so-called ‘Reflectance Transformation Imaging’ (RTI). In this article we will provide some insights on the new reading of selected parts of the fragments, especially the two major pieces: the Palermo Stone and the so-called ‘Cairo Fragment 1’.

关于古埃及王国的历史皇家资料相当稀少。其中最重要的是一组七块石刻碎片，也被称为皇家编年史，其中最著名的当然是所谓的巴勒莫石。自最初发现以来，一个多世纪以来，这些编年史一直是无数研究的主题。然而，对刻在其上的象形文字的阅读和解释仍然是片面的，往往是晦涩难懂的。然而，近年来，通过最新的 3D 摄影记录和复制技术——首先是所谓的“反射变换成像”(RTI)，对这些年鉴进行了全面的重新审视。在本文中，我们将提供一些关于片段精选部分的新阅读的见解，尤其是两个主要部分：