--- type: article status: Published slug: "prophecies-of-neferti" title: "The Prophecies of Neferti" author: "Anonymous" tradition: "egyptian" language: "egy" genre: "prophecy" period: "composed c. 1900 BCE (12th Dynasty); copied in the 18th Dynasty" source_url: "https://github.com/oraec/corpus_raw_data/blob/b83a0ee5fae27a40d4c0a2a9a8c9c2973d45e9cd/oraec106.json" certainty: observed source: "https://github.com/oraec/corpus_raw_data/blob/b83a0ee5fae27a40d4c0a2a9a8c9c2973d45e9cd/oraec106.json" unknowns: none known --- # The Prophecies of Neferti ## Original ### Sneferu Summons Neferti (1) [
] 𓆣𓂋𓈖𓇓𓅱𓏏𓃹𓈖𓈖 [
] 𓃹𓈖𓈖𓍛𓏀𓈖𓇓𓆀𓋎𓄀𓆑𓂋𓅱𓌳𓐙𓂝𓊀𓅱𓀁𓅓𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓏠𓈖𓐍𓍊𓏛𓅓𓇟𓏀𓈇𓊪𓈖𓂋𓇥𓂋𓆑𓌡𓂝𓏀 [
] áž«pr.n swt wnn [
] wn ឥm n(,j) nsw-bjtj Snfr,w mꜣꜥ-áž«rw m nsw mnáž« m tꜣ pn r-តr =f wꜥ (2) 𓅓𓇑𓇑𓈖𓈖 [
] 𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏀𓆣𓂋𓅱𓅧𓈎𓂻𓊪𓅱𓁹𓈖𓊋𓏏𓀀𓏥𓈖𓏏𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓊖𓂋𓉻𓉐𓉐𓏀[⯑]𓂋𓐩𓏌𓀁𓐍𓂋𓏏𓏛𓏥𓉐𓂋𓏏𓂻 m nn [
] hrw áž«pr ꜥq pw jri̯.n qnb,t n.t ẖnw r pr-ꜥꜣ [ꜥnáž«-wតꜣ]-snb r nត áž«r,t pri̯.t (3) 𓊪𓅱𓁹𓈖𓋎𓈖𓏥𓐩𓏌𓀁𓋎𓈖𓏥𓐍𓂋𓏏𓏛𓏥𓏇𓇋𓈖𓏏𓂝𓏀𓏥𓋎𓈖𓏥𓈖𓏏𓂋𓂝𓇳𓏀𓎟𓆓𓂧𓇋𓈖𓍛𓏀𓅆𓆑𓋹𓍑𓋎𓈖𓋚𓅱𓀀 pw jri̯.n =sn nᾏ⟹.n⟩ =sn áž«r,t mj n,t-ꜥ =sn n.t rꜥ-nb តd.jn ឥm =f ꜥnáž«-wតꜣ-snb n áž«tm,w (4) 𓈖𓏏𓏭𓂋𓐛𓏀𓆑𓇋𓊄𓏭𓂻𓏎𓈖𓈖𓀀[⯑]𓈖𓏏𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓊖𓉐𓂋𓏏𓂻𓉻𓈐𓐩𓏌𓀁𓐍𓂋𓏏𓏛𓏥𓅓[⯑]𓊪𓈖𓆑 n,tj r-gs =f jzj jni̯ n =j qnb,t n.t ẖnw pri̯.t ꜥꜣ ⟚ឥr⟩ nត áž«r,t m [hrw] pn ⟹stꜣ.jn.tw⟩ ⟹n⟩ =f (5) 𓁷𓏀𓂝𓏀𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓋎𓈖𓏥𓁷𓏀𓄡𓏏𓏀𓋎𓈖𓏥𓅓𓂺𓂝𓏀𓍛𓏀𓅆𓆑𓋹𓍑𓋎𓅓𓄙𓅓𓏛𓂝𓏀[⯑]𓍛𓏀𓅆𓆑𓋹𓍑𓋎𓈖𓋎𓈖𓏥𓂋𓎛𓅱𓀀𓏥 ឥr-ꜥ wn.jn =sn ឥr ẖ,t =sn m-bꜣឥ-ꜥ ឥm =f ꜥnáž«-wតꜣ-snb m-wឥm-ꜥ តd.[jn] ឥm =f ꜥnáž«-wតꜣ-snb n =sn rឥ.w.pl (6) 𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓂋𓂞𓈖𓀀𓇋𓄿𓂝𓈙𓀁𓏏𓅱𓈖𓏏𓈖𓏥𓂋𓂋𓂝𓏏𓆓𓂝𓂋𓂟𓂻𓏏𓈖𓏥𓈖𓀀𓅭𓀀𓏀𓏏𓈖𓏥𓅓[⯑]𓌢𓀀𓏏𓈖𓏥𓅓𓇋𓈎𓂋𓏛 m =tn rតi̯.n =j jꜣꜥš =tw n =tn r rតi̯.t តꜥr =tn n =j zꜣ =tn m s[ꜣ]ꜣ sn =tn m jqr (7) 𓐍𓈖𓌰𓅓𓋎𓀙𓏛𓀀𓏏𓈖𓏥𓅱𓂧𓏎𓂡𓊃𓊪𓊗𓄀𓆑𓂋𓆓𓂧𓏏𓏭𓆑𓈖𓀀𓈖𓉔𓏭𓅪𓈒𓏥𓈖𓌃𓂧𓏏𓀁𓏥𓄀𓆑𓂋𓏏𓏛𓋭𓊃𓏛𓅱𓀁𓏥 áž«nms =tn ⟹m⟩ wdi̯ sp-nfr តd.tj =f n =j nhj.pl n(,j) md,t.pl nfr.t ṯs.w.pl (8) 𓍉𓊪𓅱𓏛𓏥𓍑𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏎𓏛𓁷𓏀𓈖[⯑]𓅆𓈖𓄔𓅓𓋎𓏏𓂋𓂝𓇋𓈖𓋎𓈖𓏥𓁷𓏀𓄡𓏏𓏥𓋎𓈖𓏥𓅓𓂺𓂝𓏀𓍛𓏀𓅆𓆑𓋹𓍑𓋎𓅓𓄙𓅓𓏛𓂝𓏀 stp.w.pl តꜣy ឥr n(,j) [ឥm] =j n sតm st rតi̯.jn =sn ឥr ẖ,t.pl =sn m-bꜣឥ-ꜥ ឥm =f ꜥnáž«-wតꜣ-snb m-wឥm-ꜥ (9) 𓆓𓂧𓇋𓈖𓋎𓈖𓏥𓐍𓆑𓏏𓍛𓏀𓅆𓆑𓋹𓍑𓋎[⯑]𓌚𓂋𓎛𓃀𓎱𓇳𓀀𓉻𓂝𓄿𓏛𓈖𓃀𓅡𓄿𓊚𓏏𓀗𓆗𓇋𓀁𓍘𓇋𓇋⯑𓎟𓅆𓈖𓏥𓄀𓆑𓂋𓏏𓏭𓏛𓀀 តd.jn =sn áž«ft ឥm =f ꜥnáž«-wតꜣ-snb j[w] ẖr(,j)-ឥ(ꜣ)b(,t) ꜥꜣ n Bꜣs,t jty nb =n Nfr,tj (10) 𓂋𓈖𓀁𓆑𓈖𓆓𓊃𓅪𓀀𓊪𓅱𓈎𓈖𓂡𓎌𓄿𓃀𓂢𓏀𓄹𓆑𓏞𓀀𓊪𓅱𓇋𓈎𓂋𓏛𓈖𓂭𓂭𓂭𓏭𓆑𓀻𓋎𓋎𓏛𓀀𓊪𓅱𓉻𓂝𓄿𓏛𓈖𓆑𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥 rn =f nតs pw qni̯ [n(,j)] gꜣb(,t) =f zẖꜣ,w pw jqr n(,j) តbꜥ.pl.j =f Å¡pss pw ꜥꜣ n =f áž«,t (11) 𓂋𓏇𓏏𓏭𓏛𓆑𓎟𓎛𓅱𓏭𓀁[⯑]𓆑𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓍛𓏀𓅆𓆑𓆓𓂧𓇋𓈖𓍛𓏀𓅆𓆑𓋹𓍑𓋎𓇋𓊄𓂻𓈖𓀀𓇓𓅱𓋎𓏏𓍔𓄿𓍬𓂻𓇋𓈖𓏏𓆑 [
] r mj,tj =f nb ឥwj ➢jni̯➣[.tw] =➢f➣ mꜣꜣ ឥm =f ⟹sw⟩ តd.jn ឥm =f ꜥnáž«-wតꜣ-snb jzi̯ [jni̯] n =j sw stꜣ.jn.t(w) =f [
] (12) 𓈖𓆑𓁷𓏀𓂝𓏀𓅱𓏭𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓁷𓏀𓄡𓏏𓏀𓆑𓅓𓂺𓂝𓏀𓍛𓏀𓅆𓆑𓋹𓍑𓋎𓆓𓂧𓇋𓈖𓍛𓏀𓅆𓆑𓋹𓍑𓋎𓅓𓂝𓇋𓂻𓅓𓂝𓄀𓆑𓂋𓏏𓏭𓏛𓀀 n =f ឥr-ꜥ.wj wn.jn =f ឥr ẖ,t =f m-bꜣឥ-ꜥ ឥm =f ꜥnáž«-wតꜣ-snb តd.jn ឥm =f ꜥnáž«-wតꜣ-snb mj m Nfr,tj (13) 𓐍𓈖𓌰𓅓𓋎𓀙𓏛𓀀𓆓𓂧𓎡𓈖𓀀𓈖𓉔𓏭𓅪𓈒𓏥𓈖𓌃𓂧𓏏𓀁𓏥𓄀𓆑𓂋𓏏𓏛𓋭𓊃𓅱𓏛𓀁𓏥𓍉𓊪𓅱𓏛𓏥𓍑𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏎𓏛𓁷𓏀𓈖𓍛𓏀𓅆𓅆𓈖 áž«nms =j តd =k n =j nhj n(,j) md,t.pl nfr.t ṯz.w.pl stp.w.pl តꜣy ឥr n(,j) ឥm =j n (14) 𓄔𓅓𓋎𓏏𓆓𓂧𓇋𓈖𓌚𓂋𓎛𓎱𓇳𓄀𓆑𓂋𓏏𓏭𓏛𓀀𓇋𓈖𓇋𓅱𓅓𓆣𓂋𓏏𓏥𓇋𓈖𓇋𓅱𓅓𓆣𓂋𓏏𓏥𓆑𓋎𓏭𓇋𓀁𓍘𓇋𓇋⯑𓅆𓋹𓍑𓋎𓎟𓅆𓀀 sតm st តd.jn ẖr(,j)-ឥꜣb(,t) Nfr,tj jn jw m áž«pr.t.pl jn jw m áž«pr.t(j){.pl} ={f} =sj jty ꜥnáž«-wតꜣ-snb nb =j (15) 𓆓𓂧𓇋𓈖𓍛𓏀𓅆𓆑𓋹𓍑𓋎𓅓𓆣𓂋𓏏𓋎𓏏𓇓𓅱𓏏𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳𓇋𓋎𓆣𓂋𓏎𓂻[⯑]𓆑𓊢𓂝𓈖𓂧𓃹𓈖𓂻𓈖𓆑𓂧𓏏𓏀𓆑𓂋𓉔𓈖𓀗𓆱𓈖 តd.jn ឥm =f ꜥnáž«-wតꜣ-snb m áž«pr.t(j) =s{t}⟹j⟩ swt mjn js áž«pr swꜣi̯ [ឥr] =f ꜥឥꜥ.n dwn.n =f តr,t =f r hn n(,j) (16) [⯑]𓊢𓂝𓈖𓄞𓂧𓂡𓈖𓆑𓈖𓆑𓈙𓆑𓂧𓅱𓍌𓏀𓎛𓈖𓂝𓐛𓊃𓍘𓇋𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓈖𓆑𓁷𓏀𓁹𓏏𓅓𓏞𓏛𓏥𓆓𓂧𓏏𓈖[⯑] ẖr,t-ꜥ ꜥឥꜥ.n Å¡di̯.n =f n =f Å¡fd,w ឥnꜥ gstj wn.jn{.n} =f ឥr jri̯.t m zẖꜣ.pl តd.t.n ẖr(,j)-ឥ[ꜣb(,t)] (17) 𓄀𓆑𓂋𓏏𓏭𓏛𓀀𓂋𓐍𓏛𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓊪𓅱𓈖𓋁𓃀𓈇𓏀𓈉𓈖𓄓𓊃𓇓𓅱[⯑]𓅓𓅱𓃀𓈖𓇳𓋎𓄟𓋎𓅱𓀗𓀀𓊪𓅱𓈖[⯑]𓆑 Nfr,tj ráž«-áž«,t.pl pw n(,j) jꜣb(,t) n(,j)-sw B[ꜣ]s,t m wbn =s ms,w pw n(,j) កqꜣ-ꜥnត [jw] =f (18) 𓎔𓂝𓎛𓏭𓄊𓀁𓏥𓆑𓁷𓏀𓆣𓂋𓏏𓏭𓅓𓇟𓏀𓈇𓇋𓅱𓆑𓋎𓆌𓄿𓀁𓆑𓈎𓈖𓇋𓀗𓏛 [
] 𓈎𓈖𓇋𓀗𓏛𓈖𓋁𓃀𓏏𓏏𓈇𓏀𓈉𓐍𓊪𓂻𓋿𓅓𓅱𓀀𓏥𓅓𓐍𓊪𓈙𓏏𓅱𓄗𓌛𓀗𓌛𓏏𓅱𓋎𓈖𓏥 mឥj =f ឥr áž«pr.t{j} m tꜣ jw =f sឫꜣ =f q{n}j [
] qnj n(,j) jꜣbt,t áž«pi̯ ꜥꜣm.w.pl m áž«pÅ¡{,tw} =sn (19) 𓋎𓉔𓂢𓂡𓋎𓈖𓏥𓄣𓏀𓏥𓈖𓏏𓏭𓅂𓏥𓁷𓏀𓈙𓈗𓇳𓌜𓏥𓈖𓈞𓅓𓂡𓋎𓈖𓏥𓎛𓏏𓂋𓅱𓃩𓄜𓏥𓁷𓏀𓋎𓂓𓄿𓍁𓌞𓂡 sh =sn jb.pl [âž®n.w?] n,tj.pl ឥr Å¡mw nឥm =sn ឥtr.w.pl ឥr skꜣ (20) 𓆓𓂧𓆑𓐍𓂀𓅱𓋎𓏛𓄣𓏀𓀀𓂋𓅓𓅱𓁿𓎡𓇟𓏀𓈇𓊪𓈖𓆷𓄿𓂝𓏛𓏛𓈖𓎡𓇋𓅓𓆑𓎌𓂋𓀁𓅓𓃛𓅱𓎛𓏌𓂡𓅓𓂝𓎡𓃹𓈖𓆓𓂧𓍘𓇋𓂋𓆑 តd =f áž«wzi̯ jb =j rmi̯.w =k tꜣ pn šꜣꜥ.n =k jm =f gr m jwឥ m =k wn តd.tj r =f (21) 𓅓𓋎𓏏𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓆎𓀢𓏛𓅓𓂝𓎡𓂋𓆑𓃹𓈖𓀙𓀀𓅓𓊪𓏏𓐍𓂻𓎡𓅓𓅚𓂋𓂧𓀉𓅪𓅓𓂝𓎡𓋎𓏏𓐍𓏏𓆑𓁷𓏀𓎡 m str,yt m =k r =f wn wr m ptáž« ⟹m⟩ ⟹tꜣ⟩ ={k} m wrd m =k st áž«ft-ឥr =k (22) 𓊢𓂝𓂻𓎡𓂋𓈖𓏏𓏏𓅓𓂺𓎡𓅓𓂝𓎡𓂋𓆑𓃹𓈖𓀙𓅱𓀀𓏥𓅓𓋎𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓏌𓏀𓇟𓏀𓈇𓁹𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏥𓅓𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏏 [
] 𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏏𓁹𓆷𓄿𓂝𓏛𓅓𓎌𓂋𓍅𓏛 [
] ꜥឥꜥ =k r n,tt m-bꜣឥ =k m =k r =f ⟹nn⟩-wn wr.w.pl m sáž«r.w.pl n.w tꜣ jri̯.yt.pl m tm.t [
] tm⟹m⟩.t jri̯ šꜣꜥ ⟹Rꜥ⟩ m grg [
] (23) 𓇟𓏀𓈇𓄿𓈎𓅱𓅪𓂋𓄫𓅱𓏛𓏥𓂜𓆣𓂋𓍑𓏏𓀗𓏥𓂜𓊃𓊪𓊗𓆎𓅓𓏛𓏥𓈖𓂝𓈖𓏏𓂷𓅓𓆷𓄿𓏏𓏛𓏥𓆑 [
] 𓆷𓄿𓏏𓏛𓏥𓆑 [
] tꜣ ꜣq.w r-ꜣw.pl n áž«pr តꜣ,t.pl n spi̯ km.pl n(,j) ꜥn,t m šꜣ.t.pl =f [
] šꜣ.t.pl =f [
] (24) 𓌉𓆓𓏎𓅪𓇟𓏀𓈇𓊪𓈖𓂜𓈖𓎔𓂝𓎛𓏭𓄊𓀁𓁷𓂋𓆑𓂜𓈖𓆓𓂧𓂜𓈖𓁹𓂋𓅓𓅱𓁿𓃹𓈖𓈖𓇟𓏀𓈇𓊪𓈖𓅓𓅓𓂝 [
] 𓏇𓇋𓅓𓂝𓇋𓏏𓈖𓇳𓅆𓎛𓃀𓋎𓅱𓍱𓂡 ឥតi̯ tꜣ pn nn mឥj ឥr =f nn តd nn jri̯ rm,w wnn tꜣ pn m m [
] mj m jtn ឥbs.w ### The Land in Collapse (25) 𓂜𓈖𓆑𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿[⯑]𓂜𓈖𓋹𓈖𓐍𓏏𓅱𓎛𓋎𓅱𓍱𓂡𓍲𓈖𓂝𓍁𓇲𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓋎𓁷𓏀𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓇋𓂧𓄔𓏛 nn ⟹psd⟩ =f mꜣꜣ ráž«,yt.pl nn ꜥnáž« =tw ឥ⟚b⟩s.w Å¡nꜥ wn{.jn}⟹n⟩ ⟹j⟩s ឥr-nb.pl jdi̯ (26) 𓅓 [
] 𓈖𓎌𓄿𓐎𓅪𓆑𓇋𓅱𓀀𓂋𓆓𓂧𓈖𓏏𓏭[⯑]𓀀𓂜𓋎𓂋𓀗𓀁𓈖𓀀 [
] 𓂜𓈖𓋎𓂋𓀗𓀁𓀀𓈖𓏏𓏏𓂜𓇍𓇋𓇋𓂻[⯑]𓏌𓏀𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖𓍑𓄿𓏏𓅱 m [
] n gꜣ =f jw =j r តd n,t{j}⟹t⟩ áž«f[t]-ឥr =j n sr.n =j [
] nn sr =j n,tt n jy⟹.t⟩ jtrw⟹.pl⟩ ⟚šwi̯⟩ n.w Km,t តꜣi̯ =tw (27) 𓈗𓁷𓏀𓂋𓂧𓂟𓂟𓂻𓏏𓅱𓂋[⯑]𓈗𓈖𓊢𓂝𓅱𓊛𓏥𓂋𓋎𓐪𓂧𓏌𓊛𓏥𓆑𓈘𓏏𓏀𓆑[⯑]𓅓𓎗𓃀𓄲𓈇𓏀𓇋𓅱𓎗𓃀𓄲𓈇𓏀 mw ឥr rd.du tw r [ឥឥ]j mw n ꜥឥꜥ.w.pl r sqdi̯{.pl} =f wꜣ,t =➢➮f?➣ [áž«p]r.tj m wតb jw wតb (28) 𓂋𓈖𓏏𓀗𓈗𓊚𓏏𓉐𓈗𓂋[⯑]𓊚𓏏𓎗𓃀𓅱𓄲𓈇𓏀𓇋𓅱𓂋𓏀𓇓𓅱𓂋𓍙𓆑𓂡𓅓𓎔𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊡𓂜𓈖𓊪𓏏𓇯𓅓 r n,t s,t mw r n,t[t] [âž®m?] s,t wតb jw rsw r áž«sf âž®[m]? mឥ,yt nn p,t m (29) 𓊡𓅱𓏥𓌡𓂝𓏀𓀀𓇋𓅱𓅬𓏥[⯑]𓂋𓄟𓋎𓏏𓀗𓅓𓆞𓄿𓏏𓐎𓈇𓏀𓈖𓏏𓇟𓎔𓎛𓅱𓇇𓆰𓏥𓊖𓁹𓈖𓆑𓅹𓅱𓈇𓏀𓁷𓏀𓐛𓏀𓅱𓏭𓀀𓁐𓏥 [
] 𓂋𓐛𓏀𓀀𓁐𓏥𓊖𓏏𓏀𓀀𓁐𓏥 ṯꜣw.pl wꜥ ={j} jw ꜣpd{.pl} តrតrj{t} r msi̯.t m ẖꜣ,t n.t Tꜣ-mឥ,w jri̯.n =f zÅ¡,w ឥr gs.wj.pl [
] r-gs nÊŸ,tj.w.pl (30) 𓋎𓏏𓎡𓈖𓂻 [
] 𓋎𓏏𓎡𓈖𓂻𓈖𓇓𓅱𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓈖𓎌𓄿𓅱𓐎𓅪 [
] 𓎌𓄿𓐎𓅪𓆑𓌉𓏎𓅪𓈞𓅓𓂡𓈖𓆑𓄿𓏭𓈐𓈖𓃀𓅱𓄀𓆑𓂋𓈖𓄿𓈖𓈙𓏀𓈇𓏥𓈎𓂝𓎛𓅱𓂢𓂻𓏥𓃹𓈖𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀀𓏥 [
] 𓃹𓈖𓈖𓇋𓇋𓅱𓏥 stkn [
] stkn.n sw r(m)t.pl n gꜣ,w [
] gꜣ,w =f ឥតi̯ ឥm nfꜣj n(,j) bw-nfr nꜣ-n(,j) Å¡.pl-qꜥឥ.w.pl wn.y.w.pl [
] wnn.y.w.pl (31) 𓌚𓂋𓅱𓎌𓋎𓅱𓌪𓈒𓏥𓅱𓃀𓈖𓇳𓏥𓌚𓂋𓂋𓅓𓅱𓆟𓏥𓄿𓊪𓂧𓅱𓅬𓏥𓃀𓅱𓄀𓆑𓂋𓎟𓂋𓅱𓅱𓇋𓂻𓊪𓏏𓐍𓅱𓂻 ẖr wgs.w.pl wbn.pl ẖr rm.w.pl ꜣpd.w.pl bw-nfr nb rwwj ptáž«.w (32) 𓇟𓏀𓈇𓈖𓌟𓈖𓏏𓅪𓏥𓅓𓂝𓈖𓆑𓄿𓏭𓈐𓈖𓆓𓆑𓄿𓅱𓅬𓏒𓏥𓄝𓄿𓌙𓀀𓁐𓏥𓆱𓐍𓏏𓅂𓂻𓏥𓇟𓏀𓈇 [
] 𓅓𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓅂𓌙𓀀𓁐𓏥𓈉𓇋𓅱𓊀𓅱𓂡𓀀𓏥 tꜣ n qsn,t.pl m-ꜥ nfꜣj n(,j) តfꜣ.w.pl St,tj.pl áž«ti̯.jw.pl tꜣ [
] m áž«t.jw.pl⟹-tꜣ⟩ jw áž«rw(y).pl (33) 𓆣𓂋 [
] 𓂋𓆣𓂋𓁷𓏀𓋁𓃀𓏏𓏏𓈇𓏀𓈉𓇋𓅱𓌙𓅓𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏥𓉔𓄿𓏏𓂻 [
] 𓂋[⯑]𓂋𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖𓎌𓄿𓐎𓅪𓏏𓅱 [
] 𓈖𓎌𓄿𓅱𓐎𓅪𓏏𓅱𓎡𓇋𓇋𓀀𓂋𓐛𓏀 [
] 𓂋𓐛𓏀𓆑𓂜𓈖𓄔𓅓𓅓𓂝𓅱𓈖𓆑 [
] 𓅓𓂝𓈖𓆑𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓆑 áž«pr [
] r áž«pr ឥr jꜣbt,t jw ꜥꜣm,w.pl hꜣi̯{.t} [
] r hꜣi̯.t r Km,t gꜣu̯ =tw [
] ngꜣi̯ =tw ⟚➮rtឥ?⟩ ky r-gs [
] r-gs =f nn sតm mwnf⟹.pl⟩ [
] mwnf.pl =f (34) 𓏏𓅱𓂋𓇋𓋎𓈎𓂟𓂻𓌳𓄿𓈎𓏏𓆱𓏀𓅓𓎌𓂋𓎛𓇰𓏏𓅱𓂋𓅧𓈎𓂻𓍕𓏏𓉐𓏥 [
] 𓅧𓈎𓅱𓂻𓂋𓍕𓏏𓉐𓏏𓅱𓂋𓋎𓈖𓃀𓏏𓏛𓐪𓂧𓂧𓏌𓁹𓅓𓁹𓁹𓀀 [
] tw r jsq ⟹r⟩ mꜣq,t m grឥ tw r ꜥq áž«nr,t{.pl} [
] ꜥq r áž«nr,t tw r snb(âž®i̯?).t qdd m jr,t.du ={j} [
] (35) 𓋎𓇥𓂋𓁀𓎡𓅱𓀀 [
] 𓋎𓇥𓂋𓁀𓍘𓇋𓁷𓏀𓇋𓅱𓀀𓍞𓁹𓎡𓅱𓀀𓋿𓅱𓏏𓃶𓏥𓈉𓏏𓏀𓂋𓋎𓅚𓂋𓇋𓈗𓀁𓁷𓏀𓇋𓏏𓂋𓅱𓈗𓀁𓈘𓈇 sតr =k{wj} [
] sតr.tj ឥr (តd) jw =j rs.kwj ꜥw,t.pl ឫꜣs,t r swrj ⟹mw⟩ ឥr jtrw⟹.pl⟩ (36) 𓏌𓏀𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖[⯑]𓋎𓈖𓏥 [
] 𓋎𓈎𓃀𓃀𓏁𓈗𓏛𓏥𓁷𓏀𓇅𓄲𓈇𓏥𓋎𓈖𓏥𓈖𓎌𓄿𓅱𓐎𓅪𓋎𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆎𓀢𓂻𓏛𓏥 n.w Km,t qbb =sn [
] sqbb =⟹sn⟩ ឥr wតb =sn n gꜣ,w strj{.pl} (37) 𓋎𓏏𓂻 [
] 𓋎𓈖𓏥𓇋𓅱[⯑]𓊪𓈖𓎁𓂡𓏎𓈖𓏏𓂜𓂋𓐍𓏛𓃀𓋎𓅱𓆟𓂻𓆣𓂋𓏏𓆑𓏭𓇋𓏠𓈖⯑𓏛𓅓𓆓𓂧 âž®st? [
] sn jw tꜣ pn ⟹r⟩ jṯi̯(.t) jni̯.t n ráž« bs,w áž«pr.tj =f(j) jmn m តd (38) [⯑]𓄔𓅓𓁷𓏀𓇋𓂧𓅱𓄔𓏛𓇋𓅱𓎌𓂋𓀁𓐍𓆑𓁷𓏀𓂞𓀀𓈖𓎡𓇟𓏀𓈇𓊪𓈖𓅓𓊃𓈖𓏭𓏒𓂻𓏠𓈖𓏎𓅪 ptr.w sតm ឥr jd jw gr áž«f⟹t⟩-ឥr di̯ =j n =k tꜣ pn m snj mn(.t) (39) 𓏏𓍃𓅓𓆣𓂋𓆣𓂋 [
] 𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏏𓆣𓂋𓆣𓏏𓏏𓅱𓂋𓊏𓊪𓂡𓈍𓂝𓅱𓆱𓏥𓏌𓏀𓂚𓄿𓂡𓋹𓈖𓐍𓇟𓏀𓈇𓅓 tm áž«pr áž«pr [
] tm.t áž«pr áž«pr.t(j) tw r Å¡zp ឫꜥ,w.pl n.w ꜥឥꜣ ꜥnáž« tꜣ m (40) 𓋎𓉔𓄿𓃫𓂡𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓂋𓁹𓏏𓂚𓄿𓅱𓌕𓆱𓏥𓅓𓈔𓏀𓈒𓏥𓂧𓃀𓎛𓄑𓀁𓏏𓅱𓏏𓏐𓏒𓏥 shꜣ jw =tw r jri̯.t ꜥឥꜣ,w.pl m ឥmt dbឥ =tw tÊŸ.pl ⟹m⟩ (41) 𓊃𓈖𓆑𓂐𓏥𓋎𓃀𓏏𓄑𓀁𓏏𓅱𓅓𓋎𓏏𓄑𓀁𓈖𓍋𓅓𓂋𓅪𓂜𓈖𓂋𓅓𓅱𓁿𓏏𓅱𓈖𓅓𓏏𓀏𓂜𓈖𓋎𓇥𓂋𓁀𓏏𓅱 znf sbt =tw m s⟹b⟩t n m(ឥ)r nn rm.w =tw n m(w)t nn sតr =tw (42) 𓎛𓈎𓂋𓅪𓈖𓅓𓏏𓀏𓄣𓏀𓈖𓊃𓀀𓏀𓅓𓐟𓏀𓆑𓆓𓊃𓆑𓂜𓈖𓁹𓏏𓅱𓋎𓐟𓄿𓅐𓁞𓏥 ឥqr n m(w)t jb n(,j) z m-sꜣ =f តs =f nn jri̯ =tw sꜣmt (43) 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳𓄣𓏀𓋎𓍿𓈖𓇋𓂻𓁷𓂋𓋎𓂋𓄫𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈞𓊃𓀉𓊃𓀀𓏀𓂋𓆑 mjn jb sṯnj ឥr =s r-ꜣw.pl ឥmsj z r ⟹qꜥឥ⟩ =f (44) 𓐟𓏀𓆑𓎡𓇋𓇋𓀀𓁷𓏀𓋎𓌳𓄿𓅓𓌪𓂡𓎡𓇋𓇋𓀀𓂞𓀀𓈖𓎡𓅭𓀀𓏀𓅓𓊀𓅱𓇋𓇋𓅱𓂡𓀀𓌢𓀀𓅓𓐍𓆑𓏏𓀏𓊃𓀀𓏀 sꜣ =f ky ឥr smꜣm ky di̯ =j n =k zꜣ m áž«rwy,w sn m áž«ft(,j) z (45) 𓁷𓏀𓋎𓌳𓄿𓅓𓌪𓂡𓇋𓏏𓆑𓀀𓆑𓂋𓏀𓎟𓎔𓏛𓅓𓌞𓂋𓅱𓀁𓅱𓀀𓃀𓅱𓄀𓆑𓂋𓎟𓂋𓅱𓅱𓇋𓂻[⯑] [
] ឥr smꜣm jt =f rÊŸ nb mឥ m mri̯.w =âž®{w}j? bw-nfr nb rwwj ꜣ[q],ww [
] (46) 𓇟𓏀𓈇𓆷𓄿𓏛𓂋𓆑[⯑]𓌉𓆓𓆓𓏎𓅪 [
] 𓌉𓆓𓆓𓏎𓅪𓅓𓁹𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏥[⯑] [
] 𓅱𓈙𓁞𓅪𓏏𓅱𓅓[⯑][⯑] [
] 𓁹𓏏𓅱 tꜣ šꜣ =[tw] r =f hp.pl ឥតត⟚.t⟩ [
] ឥតត =[tw] m jri̯.yt.pl wÅ¡.[t]{w} [
] wÅ¡ =tw m gmi̯.y[t.pl] [jri̯].yt.pl [
] jri̯ =tw (47) 𓅓𓏏𓍃𓅓𓅓𓏏𓁹𓂋𓏏𓅱𓈖𓈞𓅓𓂡[⯑]𓊃𓀀𓏀𓂋𓆑𓂋𓂝𓅱𓈖𓈖𓏏𓏭𓅓𓂋𓅱𓏏𓏭𓇯𓂞𓈖𓎡𓎟𓀀𓅓[⯑] [
] [⯑]𓂋𓅱𓏏𓏭𓇯𓊵𓏏𓊪 m tmm.t jri̯ tw ⟹r⟩ nឥm áž«,t[.pl] z r =f rdi̯.w n n,tj m rw,tj di̯ =j n =k nb m âž®nh[p.pl]? [
] nh[,w] rw,tj ឥtp (48) 𓏏𓍃𓅓𓁹𓎔𓏛𓆑𓁹[⯑]𓏏𓅱[⯑][⯑]𓅓𓄟𓋎𓂧𓂧𓅪𓂋𓋎𓎌𓂋𓀁 [
] 𓋎𓎌𓂋𓏏𓀁 [
] [⯑]𓂋𓏀𓌃𓂧𓅱𓀁[⯑]𓏏𓅱 tm jri̯ mឥ.n =f jri̯ [Å¡]wi̯ tw [r] r[តi̯.t] áž«[,t].pl m msdd r sgr [
] sgr.t [
] [sgr]ឥ rÊŸ mdwi̯ wÅ¡b =tw ### Ameny Restores Order (49) [⯑]𓂝𓏀𓉐𓂋𓅱𓂻𓌚𓂋𓆱𓏏𓏀[⯑]𓅓𓋎𓌳𓄿𓅓𓌪𓂡𓇓𓅱[⯑]𓌃𓂧𓏏𓀁𓏥𓁷𓏀𓄣𓏀𓏇𓇋𓐍𓏏𓊮 ṯ(ꜣ)s ꜥ pri̯.w ẖr áž«t [mdwi̯] =[t]w m smꜣm sw áž«n [n(,j)] md,t.pl ឥr jb mj áž«,t (50) 𓂜𓈖𓅱𓐍𓂧𓐎𓏛𓈖𓏏𓅱𓉐𓂋𓂻𓈖𓂋𓏀𓀀𓂝𓈖𓂧𓅪𓇟𓈇𓏀𓆈𓏥𓐍𓂋𓊪𓂡𓀀𓏥𓆑[⯑]𓉻𓂝𓄿𓏛𓆑𓎡𓏏𓏏𓅪𓌜𓏥 nn wáž«d.n =tw pri̯ n(,j) rÊŸ ={j} ꜥnd tꜣ ꜥšꜣ áž«rp.pl =f wÅ¡ =⟹f⟩ ꜥꜣ ⟹bꜣk,w.pl⟩ =f ktt jt (51) 𓅚𓂋𓇋𓊪𓏏𓆱𓆌𓄿𓂷𓂡𓏏𓅱𓋎𓅓[⯑]𓂋𓂝𓇳𓅆𓃛𓅱𓂧𓂻𓆑𓇓𓅱𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥[⯑]𓆑𓃹𓈖𓃹𓈖𓏌𓏏𓇌𓇳𓏀𓂜𓈖 wr jp,t ឫꜣi̯.tw =s m wbn [jw] Rꜥ jwd =f sw r(m)t.pl [wb]n =f wn wnw,t nn (52) 𓂋𓐍𓏛𓏏𓅱𓆣𓂋𓂞𓏏𓂋𓏏𓇳𓂜𓈖[⯑]𓋺𓏏𓏀𓇳𓆑𓂜𓈖[⯑]𓁷𓏀𓂧𓎌𓄿𓁹𓏏𓅱 [
] 𓂧𓎌𓄿𓁹𓏏𓅱𓂜𓈖[⯑] ráž« =tw áž«pr mtr,t nn tni̯ =[tw] Å¡w,t =f nn bꜣq ឥr dgꜣ =tw [
] dgꜣ.tw =[f] nn jbឥ{.pl} (53) 𓁹𓁹𓀀𓅓𓈗𓃹𓈖𓈖𓆑𓅓𓊪𓏏𓇯𓏇𓇋[⯑]𓏏𓉔𓂟𓂻𓈖𓍇𓏌𓅱𓂡𓆑[⯑]𓃹𓈖𓈖𓇋𓋎[⯑]𓆑 jr,t.du ={j} m mw wnn =f m p,t mj jꜥឥ [nn] thi̯ nw =f n.w ⟹sÅ¡sꜣ(,t)⟩ wnn js st[w,t].pl =f (54) 𓅓𓁷𓏀𓅓𓊃𓊪𓅱𓊗 [
] 𓊃𓊪𓅱𓊗𓏥𓆑[⯑]𓂞𓀀𓈖𓎡𓇟𓏀𓈇𓅓𓊃𓈖𓏭𓏒𓂻[⯑]𓋎𓐟𓄿𓐎𓅪𓂝𓏀𓅓𓎟𓂝𓏀𓏏𓅱 m ឥr m sp [
] sp =f ➮⟚n(,j)⟩? jmj.w.pl-ឥꜣ,t di̯ =j n =k tꜣ m snj [mn]j(,t) sꜣ(w)-ꜥ m nb ꜥ tw (55) 𓐩𓏌𓀁𓐍𓂋𓏏𓏛𓏥𓐩𓏌𓀁𓐍𓂋𓏏𓏛𓏥𓂞𓀀𓈖𓎡[⯑]𓂋𓁷𓂋𓏭𓇯𓄲𓂋𓂻𓍘𓇋𓅓𓐟𓏀𓄲𓂋𓂻𓄡𓏏𓏀𓀀𓋹𓈖𓐍𓏏𓅱𓅓𓊹𓌚𓂋𓈉𓇋𓅱 [
] ⟹r⟩ nត áž«r,t.pl nត áž«r,t.pl di̯ =j n =k [ẖr,j] r-ឥr,j pẖr.tj m-sꜣ pẖr ẖ,t ={j} ꜥnáž« =tw m ẖr(,t)-nṯr jw [
] (56) 𓎛𓅚𓂋𓅱𓀔𓀀𓂋𓁹𓏏[⯑]𓅚𓂋𓏏[⯑]𓂋𓆣𓂋𓇋𓈖𓈙𓍯𓄿𓅱𓅱𓀢𓅪𓏥𓏶𓅓𓀁𓊃𓈖 ឥwr,w r jri̯.t ꜥឥꜥ(,w) wr{.t} ➮⟚r⟩? âž®[t]r[j]? r áž«pr jn Å¡wꜣ,w.w.pl wnm =sn (57) 𓏏𓏐𓏒𓏥𓅡𓎡𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏥𓃀𓎛[⯑]𓂜𓈖𓃹𓈖𓋟𓎙𓊟𓈘𓈇𓂋[⯑]𓄟𓋎𓐍𓈖𓏏𓀗𓆗𓈖𓏏𓊹𓅆𓎟𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆 tÊŸ bꜣk,w.pl bឥ qꜣi̯.w{.pl} nn-wn កqꜣ-ꜥnត r tꜣ msáž«n,t n.t nṯr nb nsw (58) 𓊪𓅱𓂋𓇍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻 [
] 𓇍𓇋𓏏𓂻𓈖 [
] 𓈖[⯑]𓇋𓏠𓈖𓇋𓇋⯑𓌳𓐙𓂝𓊀𓅱𓀀𓂋𓈖𓀁𓆑𓅭𓀀𓏀𓈞𓏏𓀗𓁐𓊪𓅱𓈖𓇟𓏀𓈇𓐮𓏏𓉐 pw r jy.yt [
] jy.t n(,j) [
] n rsj Jmn,y mꜣꜥ-áž«rw rn =f zꜣ ឥm,t pw n(,j) Tꜣ-ztj (59) 𓄟𓋎𓀗𓊪𓅱𓈖[⯑]𓇋𓅱𓆑𓂋𓊏𓊪𓂡[⯑]𓇋𓅱𓆑𓂋𓅱𓍿𓊃𓍞𓂡𓂧𓈙𓂋𓏏𓀗𓅆 ms pw n(,j) H̱n-[náž«n] jw =f r Å¡zp [ឥត],t jw =f r wṯs dÅ¡r,t (60) 𓇋𓅱𓆑𓄥𓄿𓏛𓌂𓐍𓏏𓏭𓀗𓀗𓅆𓅆𓇋𓅱𓆑𓂋[⯑]⯑⯑𓅆𓅆𓅓𓋎𓈖𓏥 [
] 𓌞𓂋𓂋𓏏𓀁𓄲𓂋𓂻𓇋𓎛𓏭𓈇𓏀𓅓 jw =f ⟹r⟩ zmꜣ sáž«m,tj.du jw =f r sឥtp nb.du m ⟹mr.t⟩ =sn [
] mrr.t =[sn] pẖr-jឥj m (61) 𓆑𓐍𓂝𓂬𓂡𓄊𓋎𓂋𓆱𓅓[⯑]𓂋𓈙𓇋𓇋𓂉𓏛𓏥𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓈖𓏏𓉔𓄿𓅱𓏛𓏥𓆑𓅭𓀀𓏀𓈖𓊃𓀀𓏀 {f}ឫ⟚f⟩ꜥ wsr m nwd,t rÅ¡.y.pl r(m)t.pl n.t hꜣw =f zꜣ n(,j) z (62) 𓂋𓁹𓏏𓂋𓈖𓀁𓆑𓂋𓈖𓅘𓎛𓇳𓎛𓎛𓈖𓂝𓆓𓏏𓇟[⯑]𓂋𓈋𓅱𓏏𓅪𓏥𓎡𓄿𓇋𓇋𓀁𓋎𓃀𓇋𓅱𓌙𓀏𓏥 r jri̯.t rn =f r nឥឥ ឥnꜥ ត,t wꜣi̯.y.w.pl r តw,t.pl kꜣ.y sbj.w.pl (63) 𓈖𓋎𓈖𓏥𓂋𓏀𓏥𓋎𓈖𓏥𓈖𓅟𓅱𓀁𓏥𓆑𓇋𓅱𓌙𓅓𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏥𓂋𓐍𓂋𓀒𓈖𓈙𓂝𓏏𓄊𓌪𓏥𓆑 [
] 𓈙𓂝𓂧𓏏𓄊𓌪𓏥𓂡𓆑𓍘𓅓𓎛𓅱𓌙𓀀𓁐𓏥𓈉 ⟹sgr⟩.n =sn rÊŸ.pl =sn n snត.w.pl =f jw ꜥꜣm.w.pl r áž«r n šꜥ,t.pl =f [
] šꜥd{.t.pl} =f Tjmឥ.w.pl (64) 𓂋𓐍𓂋𓀒𓈖𓈖𓄓𓊃𓅱𓏏𓊮𓏥𓆑𓇋𓅱𓋎𓃀𓇋𓅱𓌙𓀏𓏥𓏌𓏀𓆑𓆞𓄿𓎡𓅱𓐎𓄣𓏀𓀐𓏥𓏌𓏀 r áž«r n nsw,t.pl =f jw sbj.w.pl n.w ⟹dndn⟩ =f ẖꜣk.w-jb.pl n.w (65) [⯑]𓆑𓇋𓅱𓂝𓂋𓂝𓏏𓀗𓆗𓏶𓅓𓁷𓏀𓋎𓉔𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏛𓆑𓆞𓄿𓎡𓅱𓐎𓄣𓏀𓀏𓏥 Å¡fÅ¡{t}f[y],t =f jw ꜥrꜥ,t jm,j⟹.t⟩ ⟚ឫnt⟩ =⟹f⟩ ឥr shr.yt ⟹n⟩ =f ẖꜣk.w-jb.pl (66) 𓏏𓅱𓂋𓀚𓂡𓇋𓆛𓈖𓃀𓅱𓊅𓈇𓏥𓋟𓈎𓅆𓋹𓍑𓋎𓂜𓈖𓂋𓂝𓏏𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓂻𓌙𓅓𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏥 [
] tw r qd jnb.w.pl-ឥqꜣ ꜥnáž«-(w)តꜣ-s(nb) nn rតi̯.t hꜣi̯.y ꜥꜣm.w.pl [
] (67) 𓂋𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖𓂧𓃀𓎛𓄑𓀁𓋎𓈖𓏥𓈗𓏇𓇋𓋎𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓊃𓈙𓐟𓄿𓅱𓀗𓏛𓏥 [
] 𓋎𓆷𓄿𓏭𓅯𓀁 r Km,t dbឥ =sn mw mj sáž«r.w.pl sÅ¡sꜣ.w.pl [
] sšꜣ (68) 𓂋𓂋𓂝𓏏𓋎𓅚𓂋𓇋𓈗𓀁𓋿𓅱𓏏𓀗𓏥𓋎𓈖𓏥𓇋𓅱𓌳𓐙𓂝𓏏𓀗𓏛𓏥𓂋𓇍𓇋𓏏𓂻𓂋𓊚𓏏𓉐𓋎 r rតi̯.t swrj ꜥw,t =sn jw mꜣꜥ,t.pl r jy.t r s,t =s (69) [⯑]𓂧𓂋𓂡𓋎𓏭 [
] 𓂧𓂋𓂡𓍘𓇋𓂋𓂋𓅱𓏏𓏭𓇯𓂋𓈙𓇋𓇋𓂉𓏛𓅠𓅓𓎛𓁹𓏏 j[sf,t].pl dr sj [
] dr.tj r-rw,tj rÅ¡.y gmឥ.t(j) =[fj] (70) [⯑]𓆑𓏭𓁷𓏀𓌞𓋎𓂻𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓇋𓅱𓂋𓐍𓏛𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓂋[⯑] [wn]n.t(j) =fj ឥr Å¡ms nsw jw ráž«-áž«,t r sti̯[.t] (71) 𓆣𓂋𓂻𓅱𓋎𓊪𓅱[⯑]𓇋𓈖𓏞 [
] [n] =[j] [mw] [mꜣꜣ] =[f] [តd.t.n] =[j] áž«pr jwi̯≡s-pw m-[ឥt]p jn âž®zẖꜣ,w? [
] ## Translation — Mouseia > Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Egyptian, line for line, covering all 71 lines of Papyrus Petersburg 1116B, the only complete copy, working from the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae transcription (hieroglyphs, transliteration and lemma glosses, with the TLA editors’ German sentence renderings as a comprehension aid; ORAEC release of the TLA corpus, CC BY-SA 4.0). ### Sneferu Summons Neferti (1) [
] Once, the majesty of King Sneferu, justified, was an excellent king throughout this entire land. One (2) of those [
] days came to pass: the council of officials of the residence entered the palace, life, prosperity, and health, to inquire after the king's well-being. Then (3) they went out again, having offered their greetings as was their daily custom. His Majesty, life, prosperity, and health, said to the seal-bearer (4) at his side: “Go and bring me the council of officials of the residence who have just gone from here after offering their greetings today.” They were brought to him (5) at once. Once more they lay on their bellies before His Majesty, life, prosperity, and health. His Majesty, life, prosperity, and health, said to them: “My people, (6) look: I had you summoned so that you might seek out for me a son of yours with understanding, a brother of yours with skill, (7) a friend of yours capable of a worthy deed, one who will speak to me some beautiful words, choice sayings (8) that will delight the face of My Majesty as I listen to them.” Once more they laid their bellies before His Majesty, life, prosperity, and health. (9) They said to His Majesty, life, prosperity, and health: “Bastet has a great lector-priest, ruler, our lord. Neferti (10) is his name. He is a citizen strong of arm, a scribe deft of finger, a noble with more possessions (11) than any of his peers. May he be brought so that Your Majesty may see him.” His Majesty, life, prosperity, and health, said: “Go, bring him to me!” He was brought [
] (12) to him at once. He lay on his belly before His Majesty, life, prosperity, and health. His Majesty, life, prosperity, and health, said: “Come now, Neferti, (13) my friend. Speak me some beautiful words, choice sayings to delight the face of My Majesty as (14) I listen to them.” The lector-priest Neferti said: “Of what has happened? Or of what will happen, ruler, my lord?” (15) His Majesty, life, prosperity, and health, said: “Of what will happen! Today has already come to be; pass over it.” Then he stretched his hand toward the box of (16) writing implements, took out a papyrus roll and a scribe's palette, and set down in writing what the lector-priest (17) Neferti said. He was a learned man of the east, belonging to Bastet at her sunrise; a child of Heqa-Anedj. He (18) was troubled by what was happening in the land. He remembered the plight [
] the suffering of the east, as the Asiatics roamed with their sickle swords, (19) striking fear into the hearts of those at harvest and stealing the teams of oxen at the plow. (20) He said: “Stir yourself, my heart, and mourn this land in which you began your life. Silence is as watering it. Look: what must be spoken of (21) will demand reverence. Look: the great man will be cast down in the land where you live. Do not grow weary; look, it is before you. (22) Stand against what confronts you. Look: there are no great men left in the affairs of the land. What has been done is as though it had not been done [
]. May Re begin creation anew. [
] (23) The land is utterly ruined; no remnant remains. Not even a fingernail's blackness survives of what was assigned to it [
]. [
] (24) This land is laid waste. None cares for it, none speaks of it, none sheds tears. What has become of this land? [
] The sun is veiled; ### The Land in Collapse (25) it will not shine for the people to see. None can live when clouds conceal it. Everyone will be stunned (26) in [
] its absence. I shall speak of what lies before my eyes. I do not foretell [
] what has not yet come. Egypt's rivers have dried up; they can be crossed (27) on foot. People will seek water for boats to sail on: its channel has become a shore, and the shore (28) will become a flood, the place of water becoming the place of the bank. The south wind will meet the north wind; the sky will no longer hold (29) one wind alone. A foreign bird will hatch its young in the marshes of Lower Egypt, having made its nest among the neighbors [
] beside the townspeople. (30) [
] The people let it draw near for want [
] their want. But those beautiful things are ruined: those winding fishponds once [
] (31) full of fish and birds to be taken, overflowing with fish and birds. All good things have vanished; the land is brought low (32) in misery by those provisions for Asiatics who range across the land [
] as wandering tribes. Enemies (33) have arisen [
] in the east. Asiatics have descended [
] into Egypt. When a fortress is beset [
] and an enemy stands beside it, its garrison hears nothing [
]. (34) At night people will await a ladder; they will enter the fortress [
]; they will drive sleep from my eyes. [
] (35) You will spend the night [
] saying, ‘I am awake.’ Wild flocks of the desert will drink water from the rivers (36) of Egypt and refresh themselves [
] upon their banks, for want of anyone to drive them away. (37) [
] This land will sway back and forth; no one knows what it will bring. What will happen is hidden, as the saying goes: (38) ‘Look: one who hears becomes deaf; the silent one comes first.’ I will show you this land enduring an illness: (39) what should never happen has happened [
]. People will take up the weapons of war; the land will live in (40) turmoil. Weapons will be made of metal; bread will be demanded in exchange for (41) blood. People will laugh with laughter at suffering; no one will weep for the dead; no one will spend the night (42) fasting at a death. Each man's heart attends to himself alone. No one will make the mourning coiffure (43) now: the heart has turned entirely away from it. A man will sit and bend (44) his back, while one man kills another. I will show you a son become an adversary, a brother become an enemy, a man (45) killing his father. Every mouth is filled with ‘I want!’ All good fortune has gone. The land has fallen into ruin [
] (46) though laws are laid down for it. What is destroyed [
] is what was once made; what is empty [
] is what was once found; what is done [
] (47) is as what was never done. A man's possessions will be taken from him and given to a stranger. I will show you an owner in distress [
] and a stranger content. (48) He who did nothing has filled his store; he who worked is left empty. People will give up things with hatred, to silence [
] to quiet the speaking mouth. When an utterance is answered, ### Ameny Restores Order (49) a hand thrusts out holding a staff. If a man speaks, it is as though he were killing another. Words fall on the heart like fire; (50) no one will endure what issues from my mouth. The land is diminished, its leaders many. Though empty, its taxes are great. Barley is scarce, (51) but the oipe measure is large, filled until it overflows. Re withdraws himself from humankind. He rises, and the hour exists, but no one (52) will know when noon comes. No one will discern his shadow. No face will brighten at the sight of him [
]; no tears will moisten (53) any eye. He will be in the sky like the moon. His hour of nightfall will not be delayed. His rays upon the face will remain (54) only as a memory [
] of the ancestors. I will show you the land enduring an illness: one once weak of arm now possesses strength. A man (55) will greet the one who used to greet him. I will show you the one once below raised on high; she once cared for [
] follows the one who cared for my body. People will live in the necropolis. [
] (56) The poor man will heap up wealth, while the great man pays respect to survive. It is the poor who eat (57) bread; laborers conscripted for service grow arrogant. Heqa-Anedj, birthplace of every god, is no more for the land. A king (58) will come [
] from the south. Ameny, justified, will be his name. He is the son of a woman of Ta-Seti, (59) a child of Upper Egypt's southern reaches. He will take up the White Crown; he will raise the Red Crown. (60) He will unite the Two Mighty Ones and satisfy the Two Lords with what they love [
]. The field-circling implement will be in his (61) fist, the oar in motion. Rejoice, people of his time! The son of a man (62) will make his name endure for everlasting time and eternity. Those who strayed toward evil and plotted rebellion (63) will silence their mouths for fear of him. Asiatics will fall to his slaughter [
] and Libyans (64) will fall to his flame. Rebels belong to his wrath, the seditious to (65) his authority. The uraeus upon his brow will subdue the rebels for him. (66) The Walls of the Ruler will be built, life, prosperity, and health; Asiatics will no longer be allowed to descend [
] (67) into Egypt. They will beg for water in the customary way [
] pleading (68) to let their flocks drink. Justice will return to its place; (69) wrongdoing [
] will be driven out. He who sees it will rejoice, (70) he who serves the king. The learned man will pour (71) water for me when he sees that what I said has come to pass.” It has come to its end in peace, by the scribe [
]. ## Translation — Mouseia > Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Egyptian text, line for line, covering all 71 lines of Papyrus Petersburg 1116B, the only complete copy. ### Sneferu Summons Neferti (1) [
] Once, when [
] the majesty of Snefru, king of Upper and Lower Egypt, who had been declared righteous, was an excellent king throughout this whole land, one (2) of those [
] days came. The officials of the capital entered the palace, may he live, be well, and be healthy, to ask how he was. Then they left (3) after asking how he was, as they did every day. His majesty, may he live, be well, and be healthy, then said to the seal-bearer (4) beside him, “Go and bring me the officials of the capital who just went out after asking how I was today.” They were brought to him (5) at once. Once again they lay face down before his majesty, may he live, be well, and be healthy. His majesty said to them, “People, (6) I had you called so that you could find me a son of yours who understands things, a brother of yours who is skilled, (7) or a friend of yours who does good work, someone who will tell me some fine words and well-chosen sayings (8) that I will enjoy hearing.” Once again they lay face down before his majesty, may he live, be well, and be healthy. (9) They said to his majesty, may he live, be well, and be healthy, “Our lord and ruler, Bastet has an important priest who reads sacred texts. (10) His name is Neferti. He is a citizen with a strong arm, a scribe with skillful fingers, and a prominent man with more property (11) than anyone like him. Have him brought here so that your majesty can see him.” His majesty, may he live, be well, and be healthy, said, “Go and bring him to me.” He was brought [
] (12) to him at once. Neferti lay face down before his majesty, may he live, be well, and be healthy. His majesty said, “Come here, Neferti, (13) my friend. Tell me some fine words and well-chosen sayings that I will enjoy (14) hearing.” Neferti, the priest who reads sacred texts, said, “About things that have happened, or things that will happen, my lord and ruler, may you live, be well, and be healthy?” (15) His majesty, may he live, be well, and be healthy, said, “Things that will happen! Today has already come about; pass over it.” Then he reached his hand toward the box of (16) writing supplies. He took out a papyrus roll and a writing palette and wrote down what Neferti, the priest who reads sacred texts, (17) said. Neferti was a learned man from the east. He belonged to Bastet in her place of sunrise. He was a child of the district of Heka-Andj. He (18) worried about what was happening in the land. He thought of the hardship [
] hardship in the east: the Asiatics roamed about with their curved swords, (19) frightening the people at the harvest and stealing the teams of cattle at the plow. (20) He said, “Stir yourself, my heart, and mourn this land where you began your life. Silence is like watering the trouble. What must be said about it (21) will demand attention. Look: the great man is brought low in the land where you live. Do not lose heart; see what lies before you. (22) Stand up against what confronts you. Look: there are no great people left to manage the country's affairs. What has been done is like what has not been done [
]. May Re begin creating anew! [
] (23) The whole land is ruined. Nothing remains. Not even the black beneath a fingernail remains of what was assigned to it [
]. [
] (24) This land is destroyed, but no one cares about it, no one speaks of it, no one weeps for it. What has this land become [
]? The sun is covered; ### The Land in Collapse (25) it will not shine so people can see. No one can live when clouds cover it. Everyone will be stunned by its absence (26) [
]. I will say what is before my eyes. I will not predict [
] what has not yet come. Egypt's rivers are dry. People can cross (27) the water on foot. People will have to search for water for boats to sail on. Its path has become a bank, and the bank (28) will become floodwater, while the place for water becomes a bank. The south wind will meet the north wind. There will not be a sky with (29) only one wind. A foreign bird will hatch its young in the marshes of Lower Egypt. It has made a nest among the people living there [
] beside the townspeople. (30) They let it come near [
] because of their need [
] or its need. But those good things have been destroyed: those fishponds that were [
] full (31) of fish and birds ready to be taken, overflowing with fish and birds. All good things are gone. The land has been brought low (32) by hardship caused by food for the Asiatics who roam the land [
] as wandering tribes. Enemies (33) have appeared [
] in the east. Asiatics have come down [
] into Egypt. When a fortress is pressed [
] and another is beside it, its garrison does not hear [
] what is happening. (34) People will wait for a ladder at night. They will enter the fortresses [
] enter a fortress. People will drive sleep from their eyes. [
] (35) You will spend the night [
] saying, ‘I am awake.’ Animals from the desert will drink water at the rivers (36) of Egypt. They will cool themselves [
] on the riverbanks because there is no one to drive them away. (37) [
] This land will sway back and forth. No one will know the outcome. What will happen remains hidden, as the saying goes: (38) ‘See how the person who can hear acts deaf, while the person who keeps quiet comes out ahead.’ I will show you this land going through an illness: (39) What should not happen has happened [
]. People will take up weapons of war, and the land will live (40) in disorder. People will make weapons out of metal and demand bread in exchange for (41) blood. People will laugh heartily at suffering. No one will cry over a death, and no one will spend the night (42) fasting because of a death. Each person cares only about himself. No one will wear mourning hair (43) today. People have turned away from it completely. A man will sit there, bending (44) his back, while one person kills another. I will show you a son as an opponent, a brother as an enemy, and a man (45) killing his father. Every mouth is full of ‘I want!’ All good fortune has gone. The land is ruined [
] (46) even though laws have been made for it. What is destroyed [
] is what was once made. What is empty [
] is what was once found. What is now done [
] is what was never done. (47) People will take a man's possessions and give them to an outsider. I will show you the owner in trouble [
] and the outsider satisfied. (48) The man who used to do nothing has filled his pockets; the man who worked has nothing. People will give things away unwillingly to silence [
] the speaking mouth. When someone answers ### Ameny Restores Order (49) an assertion, an arm will shoot out holding a stick. When someone speaks, it is as though someone were killing him. Words burn the heart like fire. (50) People will not bear what comes from my mouth. The land is small, but its leaders are many. It is empty, yet its taxes are high. There is little barley, (51) but the oipe measuring vessel is large, and people fill it to overflowing when measuring. Re keeps away from people. When he rises, the hour is known, but no one (52) will know when noon comes. No one can make out his shadow. No face will be dazzled when people look up [
] at him. No eyes will fill (53) with tears. He will be in the sky like the moon. He will not miss his appointed time at night. His rays will still be (54) on faces, though they will be like something from the time [
] of the ancestors. I will show you the land going through an illness. Someone who was weak now has a strong arm. People (55) will greet the person who once greeted them. I will show you someone who was at the bottom now at the top. The one once cared for [
] now follows the one who cared for the body. People will live in the burial ground. [
] (56) The poor man will pile up wealth, while the great man will show respect just to get by. Only poor people will eat (57) bread. Forced laborers will become proud. Heka-Andj, the birthplace of every god, will no longer exist for the land. A king (58) will come [
] from the south. His name will be Ameny, who has been declared righteous. He is the son of a woman from Ta-Seti, (59) and a child of Upper Egypt's southern region. He will receive the White Crown and wear the Red Crown. (60) He will join the two crowns and please the two lords, Horus and Seth, with what they love [
]. The tool for circling the fields will be in (61) his fist, and the steering oar will move back and forth. Rejoice, people of his time! A man's son (62) will make a name for himself for eternity and everlasting time. Those who turned to evil and planned rebellion (63) will silence themselves out of fear of him. Asiatics will fall in his slaughter [
], by his sword. Libyans (64) will fall in his flames. Rebels will be subject to his anger, and troublemakers to (65) his authority. The cobra on his forehead will keep the troublemakers under control for him. (66) People will build the Walls of the Ruler, may he live, be well, and be healthy. They will no longer let Asiatics come down [
] (67) into Egypt. The Asiatics will have to ask for water as they are used to doing [
] or as beggars do, (68) so their animals can drink. Justice will return to its place, (69) and wrongdoing will be driven out [
]. The person who sees this and (70) serves the king will rejoice. The learned man will pour (71) water for me when he sees that what I have said has happened.” This text has come to a peaceful end, by the scribe [
].