The Admonitions of Ipuwer
Column 1
Egyptian
1.1 […] [⯑]𓁷𓏤𓈝𓅓𓂻𓈖𓏥𓇉𓄿𓈎𓂡𓈖𓈖𓏥𓃀𓈖𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏭𓇜𓂡𓀀𓏥 […][…] [jr,j]-ꜥꜣ.pl ḥr šm =n ḥꜣq.n =n bnr,ytj.pl […]
1.2 𓂜𓆓𓂧⯑𓏏𓏭𓅂𓂡𓀀𓏥𓆑𓄿𓏏𓀋𓏛𓏥𓄿𓏏𓊪𓅱𓀋𓂡𓀀𓏥𓆑[⯑] […]n ḏd rḫt,j.pl fꜣi̯.t ꜣtp.w ={f} =⟨sn⟩ nꜥ,[y.pl] […]
1.3 [⯑]𓄿𓊪𓂧𓅱𓅬𓏥𓋭𓊃𓏛𓂡𓈖𓋴𓈖𓏥𓋴𓎝𓎡𓅱⯑𓂡 […]⸢grg⸣.pl ꜣpd.w ṯsi.n =sn sk,w […]
1.4 [⯑]𓌨𓂋𓏏𓏛𓇋𓆎𓅓𓅱𓄛𓏥𓂝𓏏𓐍𓅱𓏊𓂡𓀀𓏥 […][j]dḥ,w ẖr jkm.pl ꜥtḫ.pl […] […]
1.5 𓊃𓈖𓌰𓅓𓅯𓅪𓏥𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓊃𓀀𓏤𓅭𓏤𓀀𓆑𓅓𓊤𓅱𓇋𓇋𓏛𓂡𓀀𓆑[⯑] […]⸢snm⸣ mꜣꜣ z zꜣ =f m ḫrw,y =f s(w)hꜣ […] […]
1.6 [⯑]𓇓𓅱𓂋𓎡𓇋𓇋𓀀𓅓𓂝𓇋𓂻𓁷𓏤𓐍𓊪𓈙𓄗𓂡𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏴𓀁 […][m]⸢ḏd⸣ sw r ky mj ḥr ḫpš wpw,t […] […]
1.7 𓈖𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏛𓏥[⯑]𓈖𓏏𓈖𓏥𓅓𓂋𓎡𓇳𓅃𓅆𓅓[⯑] […]nꜣy.pl ⸢šꜣ⸣[ꜣ] n =⸢tn⸣ m rk Ḥr m hꜣ[w] […] […]
1.8 [⯑]𓎟𓐪𓂧𓏌𓏛𓏥𓅓𓇋𓁹𓅂𓀁𓏥𓅓𓂝𓆣𓂋𓏏𓏥𓅓𓇾𓏤𓈇𓇋𓅱[⯑] […][š]m nb qd m jrtjw m-ꜥ ḫpr.t m tꜣ jw ⸢šm⸣ […]
1.9 [⯑][⯑]𓅓𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓅓𓊨𓏏𓉐𓎟𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓁷𓏤[⯑] […]⸢ḫꜣs,tj.pl⸣ ḫpr m r(m)ṯ.pl m s,t nb(.t) jw ms ḥr ꜥꜣd.w […]
1.10 […] 𓏏𓅱𓋴𓂋𓅱𓀗𓀁𓈖𓁶𓊪𓅱𓏥𓂝𓏤𓀻𓏥𓄭𓂋𓅱𓂻𓂋 […][…] =tw sr.n tp(,j).w.pl-ꜥ.pl spr r […]
1.11 [⯑]𓂋𓅱𓅱𓂻 […][jw] [ms] ⸮n[n]? rww […]
1.12 […] [⯑][jw] [ms] […] [ḥr] [dhn]
English
1.1 […] door-keepers say: "Come, let us go, once we have plundered!" Sweet-makers […]
1.2 The washermen do not consent to carry their loads; the rope-makers […]
1.3 The bird-catchers have raised their troops […]
1.4 The Delta bears shields; the brewers […] are cast down.
1.5 A man looks on his own son as his enemy; an uproar […]
1.6 One man is pressed against another: "Come with might!" A message […]
1.7 These things were ordained for you in the age of Horus, in the time […]
1.8 The man of character goes in mourning because of what has happened in the land; […]
1.9 Indeed, foreigners have become people in every place. Indeed, the face is pale […]
1.10 One […] what the ancestors foretold, since it has come to […]
1.11 Indeed, it does not go away […]
1.12 Indeed, […] one bows the head down under gangs.
Column 2
Egyptian
2.1 𓇾𓏤𓈇𓌨𓂋𓄥𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥[⯑]𓊃𓀀𓏤𓂋𓋴𓂓𓄿𓅱𓍁𓌸𓂡𓈖𓆑𓇋𓆎𓅓𓅱𓄛𓏤𓆑𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓅱𓀁𓋴𓆑𓂉𓀀𓏥𓁷𓏤𓆓𓂧𓊃𓈖𓇋𓇋𓅪 […] [⯑] […]tꜣ ẖr zmꜣ,y(t) šm z r skꜣ n =f ⟨ẖr⟩ jkm =f jw ms sf.pl ḥr ḏd sny […] […]-ḥr […]
2.2 𓅓𓈖𓏏𓏭𓃹𓈖𓏛𓀀𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓁷𓏤𓉻𓂝𓄿𓂧𓅱𓏛𓂡𓌔𓏏𓏤𓀀𓎼𓂋𓍅𓏛[⯑]𓅓𓊨𓏏𓉐𓎟𓏏𓂜𓈖𓊃𓀀𓏤𓈖𓋴𓆑𓇳𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁[⯑] […] 𓅓𓊨𓏏𓉐𓎟𓏏m n,tj-wn jw ms ḥr ꜥꜣd.w pḏ,t(j) grg ꜥḏꜣ m s,t nb.t nn z n(,j) sf jw ms ḥꜣq.w […] ⸢m⸣ s,t nb.t
2.3 𓅡𓎡𓀀𓌨𓂋𓏭𓏛 […] 𓎁𓏏𓏏𓂡𓀀𓂋[⯑]𓆑𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓎛𓂝𓊪𓏭𓈘𓈗𓈘𓈇𓅆𓁷𓏤𓎛𓂡𓂡𓂡𓈗𓂜𓋴𓂓𓄿𓅱𓍁𓌸𓂡𓏏𓅱𓈖𓆑𓊃𓀀𓏤𓎟𓁷𓏤𓂜𓂋𓐍𓏛𓈖𓏥𓆣𓂋𓏏𓏥𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓇾𓏤𓈇bꜣk ẖrı͗ ⟨…⟩ jṯ(,w) r gmi̯(.t) =f jw ms ḥꜥpj ḥr ḥwi̯ n skꜣ⟨.n⟩ =tw n =f z nb ḥr n rḫ =n ḫpr.t ḫt tꜣ
2.4 𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓈞𓏏𓁐𓏥𓅱𓈙𓂋𓅨𓂜[⯑]𓏏𓅱𓂜𓀨𓂡𓈖𓎸𓅓𓅱𓅆𓅓𓂝𓋴𓐍𓂋𓏛𓏥𓇾𓏤𓈇𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓈙𓍯𓄿𓅱𓅱𓀢𓅪𓏥𓆣𓂋𓅓𓎟𓅱𓏥𓀻𓋴𓋴𓏛𓏥𓏏𓍃𓅓𓁹𓏏𓈖𓆑jw ms ḥm,t.pl wšr⟨.tj⟩ n jw[r].n =tw n qd.n H̱nm,w m-ꜥ sḫr.pl tꜣ jw ms š⸢wꜣ,w.pl⸣ ⸢ḫpr⸣ m nb.w.pl špss tm jri̯.t n =f
2.5 𓏏𓃀𓏏𓋸𓋸𓅓𓎟𓊢𓂝𓇤𓏤𓏛𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓍛𓏤𓀀𓏥𓇋𓂋𓏭𓄣𓏤𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓊃𓈖𓌰𓅓𓅯𓅪𓏥𓈖𓌢𓌢𓏛𓈖𓀙𓅱𓀀𓏥𓂋𓍿𓀀𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓈖𓉔𓅓𓅱𓀁𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁[⯑]𓌂𓅓𓅱𓂡𓇋𓄿𓂧𓏏𓀗𓏥tb,t.du m nb ꜥḥꜥ(,w) jw ms ḥm.pl jr,j jb.pl =sn snm n snsn.n sr.w.pl r(m)ṯ.pl =sn n⸢hm.w⸣ jw ms [jb] sḫm jꜣd,t
2.6 [⯑]𓇾𓏤𓈇𓊃𓈖𓆑𓂐𓏥𓅓𓊨𓏏𓉐𓎟𓈖𓅓𓏏𓀏𓃹𓈖𓐍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓍼𓏤𓁷𓏤𓆓𓂧𓂜𓏏𓎡𓈖𓂻𓇋𓅓𓋴𓏏𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓅓𓏏𓀏𓏥𓆈𓏥𓈎𓂋𓋴𓅱𓀿𓂡𓅓𓇋𓏏𓅱𓂋𓈗𓈘𓈇𓏤𓈖𓍇𓏌𓅱𓇋𓇋𓈗𓈘𓈇ḫt tꜣ snf m s,t nb(.t) ⟨nn⟩ ⟨gꜣ,w⟩ n(,j) mwt wnḫ,yt ḥr ḏd n⟨n⟩ tkn jm =st jw ms mwt.pl ꜥšꜣ qrs m jtwr nw,y
2.7 𓅓𓇉𓄿𓏏𓉐𓆣𓂋𓇋𓋴𓃂𓈗𓏏𓉐𓅓[⯑]𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓀻𓋴𓅱𓀀𓏥𓅓𓈖𓐍𓅱𓏏𓀁𓏥𓈙𓍯𓄿𓅱𓅱𓀢𓅪𓏥𓀀𓌨𓂋𓏭𓏛𓂋𓈙𓅱𓏏𓂉𓏛𓏥𓊖𓏏𓏤𓎟𓁷𓏤𓇋𓅓𓅓𓂝𓂧𓂋𓂡𓈖𓏥𓅓𓅓𓂝𓈖𓏥m ḥꜣ,t ḫpr js wꜥb,t m [n]w,y jw ms ⸢šps,w.pl⸣ m nḫ,wt šwꜣ,w⟨.pl⟩ ⸢ẖri̯⸣ rš,wt nʾ,t nb(.t) ḥr jmm dr =n ⟨qn.pl⟩ m-m =n
2.8 𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓏇𓇋𓅠𓅓𓅱𓅯𓏥𓊄𓃀𓅱𓐎𓏥𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓇾𓏤𓈇𓂜𓈖𓄟𓋴𓀁𓌉𓆓𓇳𓎛𓃀𓋴𓅱𓍱𓏥𓅓𓅯𓄿𓂋𓎡𓇳𓇋𓅱𓇾𓏤𓈇𓁷𓏤𓄟𓋴𓈖𓎛𓂽𓏇𓇋𓁹𓂋𓅘𓎛𓊪𓈙jw ms r(m)ṯ.pl mj ⸢gm⸣.w.pl zb,w ḫt tꜣ nn ms ḥḏ ḥbs,w m pꜣ rk jw [ms] tꜣ ḥr msnḥ mj jrr nḥp
2.9 𓂝𓍯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓅪𓀀𓅓𓎟𓊢𓂝𓇤𓏤𓏛𓏥𓅓𓇉𓄿𓈎𓅱𓂡𓀀𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓎡𓆑𓄿𓅱𓄖𓏛𓏥𓄣𓏤𓀀𓏥𓏇𓇋[⯑] […] [⯑]𓈖𓆓𓊃𓅪𓀀𓁷𓐡𓂡𓅱𓏏𓁹𓇋𓇋𓀀𓅓𓂝ꜥwꜣ,y m nb ꜥḥꜥ(,w) ⸮[ḫpr]? m ḥꜣq,w jw ms ⸢kfꜣ.pl-jb.pl⸣ ⸮⸢mj⸣? ꜣ__ […] [s]⸢ḏd⸣ ⸢nḏ⸣s ḥr{.wt}⟨.wj⟩ jri̯.y =j m
2.10 𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓇋𓏏𓂋𓅱𓈗𓈘𓈇𓏤𓅓𓊃𓈖𓆑𓂐𓏥𓋴𓅨𓂋𓇋𓈗𓀁𓏏𓅱𓇋𓅓𓆑𓈖𓇋𓇋𓅱𓂢𓂡𓏏𓅱𓅓𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓇋𓃀𓃙𓈗𓂡𓏏𓅱𓈗𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓋴𓃀𓐍𓏏𓉧𓉐𓏥𓅱𓆼𓄿𓅱𓆱𓏥𓇥𓂋𓇋𓅱𓏏𓆱𓏥𓄿𓅓𓅓𓊮jw ms jtr,w m snf swrj =tw jm =f nyw =tw m r(m)ṯ.pl jbi̯ =tw mw jw ms sbḫ,t.pl wḫꜣ.w.pl ḏr,jwt.pl ꜣmm
2.11 𓇥𓂋𓅱𓏏𓉐𓈖𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓉐𓏤𓋹𓍑𓋴𓏠𓈖𓏛[⯑]𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓋴𓅱𓉔𓄿𓃩𓂡𓂧𓊪𓏏𓊛𓇔𓈇𓏥𓐍𓃀𓅯𓄿𓌸𓂡[⯑]𓇗𓀗𓊖𓆣𓂋[⯑]𓆄𓅱𓇋𓇋𓅪𓏥ḏr,wt n pr-nsw ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) mn rdw jw ms swhꜣ dp,t ⸢rsj⸣ ⸢ḫbꜣ⸣ nʾ,t[.pl] ⸢Šmꜥ,w⸣ ḫpr [m] [qꜣ],y.pl šwi̯.y
2.12 𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁[⯑]𓂜𓎁𓏏𓏏𓂡𓈖𓋴𓈖𓏥𓈝𓅓𓂻𓈖𓋴𓈖𓏥𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓆓𓊃𓏥𓇋𓂋𓏭𓌉𓏴𓅪𓊪𓅱𓈖𓆓𓂧𓏏𓅱𓅓𓂧𓎼𓄿𓋴𓂾𓂻𓉻𓈐𓅓𓂝𓎡𓋴𓏭jw ms msḥ.⸢pl⸣ [⸮ḥr?] ⟨ꜣfj(.t)⟩ n jṯi̯.n =sn šm n =sn r(m)ṯ.pl ḏs.pl jr,j ḥḏ pw n(,j) ⟨tꜣ⟩ ḏd =tw m dgꜣs ꜥꜣ m =k sj
2.13 𓍲𓏌𓅱𓀗𓅓𓂝𓎡𓐍𓈖𓂧𓂾𓂻𓏏𓅱[⯑]𓏇𓇋𓂋𓅓𓅱𓆟𓏥 […] 𓂜𓏏𓈖𓏌𓅱𓌙𓅯𓏛𓇓𓅱𓅾𓀁𓀀𓅓𓂝𓁷𓂋𓇋𓇋𓐡𓂡𓏥𓄣𓏤𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓂝𓈖𓂧𓅱𓅪𓂞𓂞𓌢𓀀𓆑𓅓𓇾𓏤𓈇⟨m⟩ šn,w m =k ḫnd =tw ⸢sḫt⸣ mj rm.pl […] n tni̯ sw snḏ,w m-ꜥ ḥr,y(t) jb jw ms r(m)ṯ.pl ꜥnd.w ḏḏ sn =f m tꜣ
2.14 𓅓𓊨𓏏𓉐𓎟𓏏𓌃𓂧𓅱𓀁𓏥[⯑][⯑]𓆑 […] [⯑]𓆑𓂜𓅱𓆓𓆑𓄿𓅱𓅯𓂻[⯑]𓄟𓋴𓀁𓅭𓏤𓊃𓀀𓏤𓎟𓏏𓎼𓄿𓅱𓐎𓅪𓋷𓄿𓀁𓆑𓆣𓂋𓄟𓋴𓀗𓎟𓏏𓆑𓅓𓅭𓀀𓍛𓏏𓏤𓁐𓆑m s,t nb.t mdw.pl ⸢rḫ,w-ḫ,t⸣ ⸮[wꜥr]? =f […] ⸮[jwi̯]? =f n⟨n⟩ ⸢wḏfꜣ⸣ [j]w ms zꜣ-z ⸢nb{.t}⸣ ⸢gꜣ.w⸣ sjꜣ =f ḫpr ms nb,t =f m zꜣ ḥm,t =f
English
2.1 The land is in arms over the armed band; a man goes out to plow his field, carrying his shield. Indeed, the gentle say: "Suffering […]"; the […] -faced man […]
2.2 is a man of substance. Indeed, the face is pale; the bowman is settled; wrong is done in every place; there is no man of yesterday. Indeed, the plunderer is everywhere […]
2.3 The servant carries […] but the thief will find him! Indeed, the flood rises, yet no one plows for it. Every man says: "We do not know what has happened throughout the land."
2.4 Indeed, the women are barren; none conceive. Khnum cannot fashion because of the state of the land. Indeed, the poor have become owners of precious things; he who could not make for himself
2.5 sandals is an owner of wealth. Indeed, the servants thereof: their hearts are saddened. Officials do not keep company with their people, who are jubilant. Indeed, the heart is fierce; pestilence
2.6 is throughout the land. Blood is in every place; there is no lack of death. Mummy-bandages call out, and no one comes near them. Indeed, the many dead are buried in the river; the flood is a grave,
2.7 the tomb has become the flood. Indeed, the rich are in lamentation, the poor are in joy. Every town says: "Let us drive out the strong among us!"
2.8 Indeed, people are like black ibises; filth is throughout the land, and no one is white of clothing in this age. Indeed, the land spins around like a potter's wheel;
2.9 the robber is an owner of wealth, become a plunderer. Indeed, the trusted ones are like […]; the commoner cries out: "How terrifying! What shall I do?"
2.10 Indeed, the river is blood: one drinks of it; people are thrust aside, thirsting for water. Indeed, porches, pillars and partition walls are burnt,
2.11 yet the foundation of the King's House, life, prosperity, health, endures and stands firm. Indeed, the ship of the south is in uproar; towns are hacked apart; Upper Egypt has become empty fields.
2.12 Indeed, the crocodiles gorge, but do not seize, for men go to them of their own accord. It is the ruin of the land, one says: "Do not step here; it is a net!"
2.13 One still treads upon the trap like fish […], for the fearful man cannot tell it apart, such is the terror of his heart. Indeed, people are few; the man who lays his brother in the earth is everywhere;
2.14 In every place the speech of the wise [is hasty], without hesitation. Indeed, the well-born son: his recognition is lacking; the child of his lady becomes the son of her maidservant.
Column 3
Egyptian
3.1 [⯑]𓂧𓈙𓂋𓏏𓀗𓌙𓈉𓆱𓏏𓏤𓇾𓏤𓈇𓐍𓃀𓅯𓄿𓌸𓂡𓌔𓏏𓌙𓀀𓁐𓏥𓈉𓂋𓅱𓏏𓏭𓇯𓇍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻𓍘𓇋𓈖𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓄭𓂋𓏏𓂻 […][jw] [m]s dšr,t ḫt tꜣ ⟨spꜣ,t.pl⟩ ḫbꜣ pḏ,t rw,tj jy.tj n Km,t jw ms spr.t […]
3.2 𓂜𓈖𓄟𓋴𓀗𓃹𓈖𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓅓𓊨𓏏𓉐𓎟𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓋞𓐍𓊃𓃀𓂧𓈒𓏥𓌉𓋞𓅓𓂝𓆑𓎡𓏏𓈒𓏥𓎛𓌳𓄿𓎼𓄿𓏏𓈒𓏥𓎛𓋴𓏠𓈖𓍖𓈒𓏥[⯑]𓈖𓏥nn ms wn r(m)ṯ.pl m s,t nb(.t) jw ms nbw ḫsbd ḥḏ mfk,t ḥmꜣgꜣ,t ḥsmn jbh,t [⸮ꜥꜣ,t?] =⸮n?
3.3 𓏠𓈖𓐍𓅱𓍊𓂡𓂋𓐍𓐍𓅱𓄈𓄹𓈖𓈖𓍛𓏏𓏤𓁐𓏥𓀻𓋴𓋴𓏏𓏛𓏥𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓇾𓏤𓈇𓎟𓏏𓏥𓉐𓏤𓏥𓁷𓏤𓆓𓂧𓇉𓄿𓀁𓈖𓈖𓏥𓏶𓅓𓅱𓀁𓍘𓇋𓈖𓈖𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁[⯑] […]⸢mnḫ.w⸣ r ḫḫ n(,j) ḥm,t.pl špss{,t} ⸢ḫt⸣ tꜣ nb,t.pl-pr.pl ḥr ḏd ḥꜣ n =n wnm.tj{n} =n jw ms bwi̯[_] […]
3.4 [⯑]𓀻𓋴𓏏𓏛𓁐𓏥𓎛𓂝𓄹𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓊃𓈖𓌰𓅓𓅯𓅪𓏥𓅓𓂝𓇋𓇩𓋴𓇋𓇋𓅱𓏏𓆰𓍱𓏥𓄣𓏤𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓃀𓏏𓎡𓅱𓂻𓁷𓏤𓐩𓏌𓀁[⯑] […] 𓇋𓅱[…].pl šps,t.pl ḥꜥ.pl =sn snm m-ꜥ js,ywt jb.pl =sn btk.w ḥr nḏ ⸢ḫr,t⸣ […] jw
3.5 [⯑]𓅠𓅓𓅠𓏴𓂡𓉔𓈖𓏌𓅱𓀗𓆱𓏥𓏌𓏤𓉔𓄿𓃀𓈖𓏭𓍁𓆭𓏥𓋴𓋴𓇛𓅓𓏛𓆭𓏥𓀻𓋴𓏏𓏛𓏴𓂡𓏏𓅱𓆑𓅓𓄿𓏏𓅱𓏏𓆱𓏥 […]⸢ms⸣ gmgm hnw.pl n.w hꜣbnj ssnḏm šps{t} ⸮swꜣ?.tw =f m ꜣt,wt.⸢pl⸣ […]
3.6 𓋴𓈖𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓀨𓅱𓂡𓀀𓏥𓂝𓈎𓂻𓏥𓅓𓌤𓅱𓏏𓏭𓅂𓂡𓀀𓏥𓃹𓈖𓅱𓏥𓅓𓂧𓊪𓏏𓊛𓊹𓅆[⯑] […] 𓂜𓄟𓋴𓀁𓐍𓂧𓊛𓏏𓅱𓂋=sn jw ms qd.w.pl ⸢ꜥq.pl⸣ ⸢m⸣ ⸢ꜥḥ⸣,wtj.pl wn.w.pl m dp,t-nṯr nḥb […] n ms ḫdi̯ =⸢tw⸣ r
3.7 [⯑]𓏇𓈖𓇳𓊪𓅱𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆳𓀁𓁹𓍘𓇋𓈖𓏥𓂋𓂝𓈙𓅱𓐎𓆭𓏥𓈖𓊃𓂝𓎛𓅱𓋨𓀻𓏥𓈖𓏥𓈎𓂋𓋴𓀗𓂡𓏏𓅱[⯑]𓏎𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏛𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓋴𓂧𓅱𓐍𓐎𓏛𓏏𓅱[Kp]nj mjn pw-trj jri̯.tj =n r ꜥš.w.pl n sꜥḥ.w.pl =n qrs.tw wꜥb[.pl] [m] jn,w =sn sdwḫ.tw
3.8 𓀗𓅱𓀀𓏥𓅓𓋴𓆑𓏏𓏊𓏥𓇋𓂋𓏭𓂋𓏠𓈖𓅓𓏛𓎡𓆑𓄿𓅂𓅱𓌙𓈉𓂜𓇍𓇋𓂻𓈖𓋴𓈖𓏥𓌉𓏴𓅪𓋞𓈒𓏥𓐖𓈖𓏛𓈖𓏏[⯑]𓎟⸢wr.w⸣.pl m sft.pl jr,j r-mn-((m)) Kfꜣt,jw n jy.n =sn ḥḏi̯ nbw qn ⸮[wꜣḥ]? ⟨jnr⟩ n{.t} kꜣ,t nb(.t)
3.9 𓎡𓆑𓄿𓅱𓄖𓏛 […] 𓈖𓏏𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓉐𓏤𓋹𓍑𓋴𓅨𓂋𓅱𓏭𓂻𓅱𓐎𓏏𓅂𓌙𓀀𓁐𓏥𓈉𓌨𓂋𓎛𓃀𓇋𓇋𓏏𓈒𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥[⯑][⯑]𓅓𓂋𓂧𓅓𓏏𓆰𓏥𓇅𓆓𓏛𓏥⸢kfꜣ⸣ ⟨…⟩ n.t pr-nsw ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) wr.wj jwi̯ wḥꜣ,tjw ẖr ḥb,yt =sn tmꜣm,wy⸢.pl⸣ [⸮sḏr?].pl m rdm,t wꜣḏ(.t)
3.10 [⯑]𓏌𓏤𓄿𓊪𓂧𓅱𓅬𓏥𓅱𓇉𓄿𓅱𓏏𓂡𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓋁𓃀𓐎𓈉𓊖𓏏𓈖𓏭𓌙𓅯𓊖[⯑]𓇗𓂝𓏏𓀗𓊖𓂜𓅡𓎡𓂡𓈖[__]n.pl n.w ꜣpd,w ⟨trj⟩ ⸮⸢wḥꜣ.w{t}⸣? jw ms Ꜣb(w) Tnj ⸮[spꜣ]⸢,t.pl⸣? šmꜥ.t n bꜣk n
3.11 [⯑]𓌉𓆓𓏴𓅪𓀀𓇹𓏏𓈒𓏥𓆓𓂝𓃀𓏏𓈒𓏥𓇋𓁹𓅂𓈒𓏥𓌳𓐙𓂝𓅱𓆱𓏥𓈖𓍇𓏌𓅱𓏏𓆱𓏥𓈙𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓆱𓏥𓂓𓏏𓀋𓏛𓏥𓍍𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥[⯑][ḥꜣ]ꜥ,yt ḥḏi̯ ={j} wꜥḥ ḏꜥb,t jrt,jw mꜣꜥ,w nw,t štꜣ,w kꜣ,t.pl ḥmw.pl ḏꜣ[r,t]
3.12 [⯑]𓆎𓅓𓅱𓏛𓏥𓉥𓂝𓉐𓇋𓅱𓉐𓌉𓉐𓂋𓅓𓂝𓅱𓅓𓐍𓂸𓏏𓏥𓂜𓅡𓎡𓅱𓏛𓏥𓆑𓄤𓆑𓂋𓇋𓋴𓄣𓏤𓈖𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓂻𓅱𓈖𓆑𓌳𓐙𓂝𓏏𓆄𓏛𓏥𓐍𓂋𓇋𓋴[⸮q?]mj,t km.w.pl ꜥḥ jw pr-ḥḏ r-m.w m-ḫm,t bꜣk,w =f nfr js jb n(,j) nsw jwi̯ n =f mꜣꜥ,t ḫr js
3.13 𓆓𓂧𓈉𓏏𓏤𓎟𓈗𓈖𓏥𓊪𓅱𓇅𓆓𓏛𓈖𓏥𓊪𓅱𓊪𓅱𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆳𓀁𓁹𓏏𓈖𓏥𓂋𓊃𓍯𓄿𓅱𓅱𓈐𓂋𓄿𓈎𓅱𓅪𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓋴𓃀𓏏𓄑𓀁𓄿𓈎𓅱𓅪⸮⸢ḏd⸣? ḫꜣs,t nb(.t) mw =n pw wꜣḏ =n pw pw-trj jri̯.t =n r =s wꜣ.ww r ꜣq,w jw ms sbt ꜣq.w
3.14 𓂜𓁹𓂋𓏏𓅱𓆑𓇋𓐛𓅓𓏏𓀁𓊪𓅱[⯑][⯑][⯑]𓈙𓃀𓈖𓏴𓏛𓁷𓏤𓈖𓐍𓅱𓏏𓀁𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓎟𓅓𓈖𓏏𓏭𓃹𓈖𓏛𓀀𓃹𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏥𓅓⸮n? jri̯.tw =f jm{t} pw n,t[j] ḫt tꜣ šbn ḥr nḫ,wt jw ms ⟨jw,tj⟩ nb m n,tj-wn wn,w.pl m
English
3.1 Indeed, the desert is throughout the land; the 〈nomes〉 are hacked apart; the foreign bow-people have come to Egypt. Indeed, […] reach […]
3.2 There are no people anywhere. Indeed, gold, lapis lazuli, silver, turquoise, garnet, amethyst, gneiss (?), our [precious stones (?)]
3.3 are hung on the necks of the maidservants. Riches are throughout the land, yet the mistresses of the houses say: "Would that we had something we might eat!" Indeed, […] abhor […] the noble ladies,
3.4 […] noble ladies: their limbs are saddened because of old rags; their hearts are afflicted at the greeting […]. Indeed,
3.5 chests of ebony are smashed; the splendid sesnedjem-wood is broken off the beds — their
3.6 their […] Indeed, the masons have become field laborers; those who were on the god's barque are harnessed […] and no one sails north today to
3.7 Byblos. What shall we do about pines for our mummies, with whose products the priests are buried, and with whose oil the great
3.8 are anointed. From as far as Keftiu they do not come! Gold has perished; ceased is the storing of stone for every work;
3.9 Uncovered is the 〈…〉 of the King's Estate, life, prosperity, health. How great is the coming of the oasis-dwellers with their festal offerings: mats and [sleeping mats] of fresh galingale;
3.10 The fowl's 〈…〉 are plucked. Indeed, Elephantine and Thinis, the Upper Egyptian [nomes], do not pay tax because of [st]rife.
3.11 Strife: I am destroyed — the chufa, the charcoal, the blue plant-dye, the maau-wood, the newet-wood, the brushwood, the works of the craftsmen, the ca[rob] […]
3.12 What is the treasury for, without its revenues? For good indeed is the heart of the king when Maat comes to him;
3.13 every foreign land [says]: "He is our water, he is our good fortune!" What shall we do about it, now that it has come to ruin? Indeed, laughter has perished
3.14 and is not done. It is mourning that is throughout the land, mingled with wailing. Indeed, every 〈have-not〉 is a man of substance; those who were
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Egyptian
4.1 𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓎡𓄿𓅱𓏭𓀀𓁐𓏥𓂞𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓈐𓏏𓏤𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓍲𓁸[⯑]𓈖𓁷𓏤𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓂜𓏏𓈖𓌙𓅯𓏛𓈖𓏏𓅱𓅭𓀀𓊃𓀀𓏤𓂋𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓈖𓆑𓇓𓅱𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁 […]r(m)ṯ.pl ⟨m⟩ kꜣ,wj ḏi̯.tw ḥr wꜣ,t jw ms šn(j) ⸢w⸣[š] ⸢n⸣ ḥr-nb.pl n tni̯.n.tw zꜣ-z r jw,tj-n≡f-sw jw ms […]
4.2 𓁷𓏤𓊤𓅱𓀁𓂜[⯑][⯑]𓅓𓆳𓏏𓏥𓈖𓏏𓊤𓅱𓀁𓂜𓈖[⯑]𓊤𓅱𓀁𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓀗𓀀𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅪𓀀𓌸𓂋𓀁𓀀𓅓𓏏𓀏𓀀𓀔𓀀𓁐𓏥[⯑]ḥr ḫrw n⟨n⟩ ꜥqꜣ[_] [ḫr]w m rnp,t.pl n.t ḫrw nn pḥ[,wj] [n(,j)] ḫrw jw ms wr šrj ⟨ḥr⟩ mri̯ =j mwt =j ẖrd.pl ktt.y[.pl]
4.3 𓁷𓏤𓏏𓍃𓅓𓅱𓇓𓅱𓂋𓂋𓂝𓏤𓋹𓈖𓐍𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀗𓀀𓁐𓏥𓀙𓅱𓀀𓏥𓎛𓂡𓂡𓂡𓏏𓅱𓂋𓋴𓐟𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊅𓈇𓏥𓀔𓀀𓁐𓏥𓏌𓏤𓁷𓏤[⯑]ḥr tm.w sw r ⸮r(ʾ)-ꜥ? ꜥnḫ jw ⟨ms⟩ ms.pl sr.w.pl ḥwi̯.tw r sꜣ,wt.pl ẖrd.pl n.w ⟨nḥ,t⟩ ⟨ḏi̯.tw⟩ ḥr qꜣ~n~[rʾ]
4.4 𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁[⯑]𓅓[⯑][⯑]𓁷𓏤[⯑]𓊃𓈙𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓏴𓏛𓏥𓊪𓅱𓈖𓐎𓏏𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓁷𓏤𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓀒𓂡𓁷𓏤𓆑𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁jw ms wn.w m wꜥb,t [ḏi̯.tw] ⸢ḥr⸣ q[ꜣ~n]~rʾ sštꜣ.pl pw n(.w) wt(,j).pl ḥr sḫr{w} ḥr =f jw ms
4.5 𓅓𓄿𓏭𓈐𓄿𓈎𓅱𓅪𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓅓𓋴𓆑𓇳𓇾𓏤𓈇𓊃𓊪𓅱𓊗𓏥𓈖𓎼𓆑𓈖𓏌𓅱𓅪𓏏𓏥𓆑𓏇𓇋𓅱𓇉𓄿𓏏𓐎𓂡𓎔𓂝𓎛𓏭𓄦𓅓𓅱𓆰𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁{m}⟨nf⟩ꜣj ꜣq.w mꜣꜣ m sf tꜣ s⸢pi̯.w⸣ n g{f}nw,t.pl =f mj wḥꜣ{.t} mḥj{smw} jw ms
4.6 𓇋𓂧𓎛𓅱𓇇𓆰𓊖𓂋𓇥𓂋𓆑𓂜𓈖𓂧𓎼𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓀢𓅪𓏏𓅱𓆑𓎔𓏛𓄣𓏤𓈖𓇾𓎔𓎛𓅱𓇇𓆰𓏏𓊖𓅓𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏌𓅱𓌙𓅯𓈐𓏥𓎛𓂡𓂡𓂡𓊪𓅱𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆳𓀁jdḥ,w r-ḏr =f ⸢nn⸣ dgꜣy.tw =f mḥ jb n(,j) Tꜣ-mḥ,w m mtn.pl ḥwi̯ pwtrj
4.7 𓈖𓏏𓏭𓏏𓅱𓂋𓁹𓏏𓂜𓆣𓂋[⯑]𓅓𓊨𓏏𓉐𓎟𓏏𓐍𓂋𓆓𓂧𓏏𓅱𓈐 […] 𓐍𓂋𓆓𓂧𓏏𓅱𓈐𓂋𓊨𓏏𓉐𓈙𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓏴𓏛𓏥𓅆𓅓𓂝𓎡𓇓𓅱𓅓𓂝𓐍𓅓𓅱𓂜𓏥𓇓𓅱𓏇𓇋[⯑]n,tj tw r jri̯.t n ḫpr w[ꜥr,t] m s,t nb.t ḫr =[tw] ḏd =tw wꜣ […] ḫr =tw ḏd =tw wꜣi̯ r s,t štꜣ,w m =k sw m-ꜥ ḫm.pl sw mj r[ḫ].w.pl
4.8 𓇓𓅱𓈉𓏏𓏭𓅂𓌙𓀀𓁐𓏥𓈉𓍍𓅓𓅱𓏛𓂡𓅓𓂓𓏏𓀗𓏛𓏥[⯑]𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓂞𓏏𓅱𓎸𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏥𓁷𓏤𓃀𓈖𓏌𓅱𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊌𓏥𓎛𓃀𓋴𓇋𓇋𓍱𓂡𓊪𓈎𓏏𓀗𓍱𓏥sw ḫꜣs,tj.pl ⸮⸢ḥmu̯.w⸣? ⸢m⸣ kꜣ,t j[dḥ],w jw ms ḏi̯.tw ẖnm.pl ḥr bny,t.pl ḥbs.y⟨.pl⟩ pq,t.pl
4.9 𓎛𓂡𓂡𓂡𓏏𓅱𓅓𓍑𓅱𓏏𓅪𓏥𓏏𓍃𓅓𓇋𓇋𓀀𓏥𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤𓉐𓂋𓂻𓂜𓇋𓆑𓂡𓃹𓈖𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀀𓏥𓁷𓏤𓎛𓆰𓈖𓎡𓇋𓇋𓏏𓋳𓏭𓉐𓏥𓈖𓏏𓉔𓄿𓇋𓂺𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥ḥwi̯.tw m-⸢ḏꜣw,t⸣ tm.y.pl mꜣ[ꜣ] hrw pri̯ n⟨n⟩ {jf}⟨ḫsf⟩ wn.yw(t).pl ḥr ḥnk,yt.pl n.t hꜣj.pl =sn
4.10 𓇋𓅓𓅓𓂝𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓋴𓈖𓏥𓁷𓏤[⯑]𓅓𓏏𓅱𓀀𓏥𓀀𓇋𓅱𓆑𓂧𓈖𓋴𓍖𓊌𓂋𓀀𓂋𓄞𓂧𓅱𓆱𓏥𓌨𓂋𓏭𓏛𓂝𓈖𓏏𓅂𓏊𓏥jmi̯ sḏr =sn ḥr ⟨šd,yt⟩ [m]-m {mt}⟨jw,t⟩.w.pl ={j} ⟨ḏd.pl⟩ jw =f dns r =j r šd.w.pl ẖrı͗ ꜥnt,jw
4.11 𓃛𓅱𓉔𓄿𓂢𓂝𓋴𓏏𓌨𓂋𓂝𓈖𓈋𓅱𓏊𓏥𓎔𓏛𓌨𓂋𓈗𓂋𓐍𓏛𓋴𓏏𓏥𓈎𓈖𓇋𓅱𓂘𓆱𓐍𓂋𓍏𓃀𓅱𓏊𓂡𓀀𓏥𓌉𓏴𓅪𓇓𓅱𓄤𓆑𓂋𓊪𓅱jwhꜣ st ẖr ꜥnḏ,w.pl mḥ ẖr ⸮⸢mw⸣? ⸮[n]? rḫ =st qnj,w ḫr wbꜣ{.pl} ḥḏi̯ sw nfr-pw
4.12 𓄲𓂋𓏏𓈒𓏥𓇋𓂋𓏭𓊃𓈖𓈖𓇋𓅪𓈖𓋴𓈖𓏥𓀻𓋴𓏏𓏛𓁐𓏥𓏇𓇋[⯑][⯑]𓅓𓏇𓇋𓂝𓏏𓉐𓏥𓅓𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓉐𓈖𓄿𓏏𓉐𓏥𓎛𓎿𓋴𓏏𓀁𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥pẖr,t jr,j snnj n =sn šps,t.pl mj bꜣk,t[.pl] [ḫn],yt.pl m mjꜥ,t.pl m-ẖnw nꜣ,t.pl ḥs,t.pl =sn
4.13 𓈖𓌸𓂋𓏏𓋳𓅓𓇋𓁹𓅂𓀁𓏥𓋴𓏭𓆓𓂧𓀁𓏥𓃀𓈖𓏌𓅱𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊌𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓍛𓏏𓏤𓁐𓏥𓎟𓏏𓌂𓅓𓂡𓅓𓂋𓏤𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓌃𓂧𓅱𓀁n(.t) mr,t m jrt,jw s{j}ḏd.pl ⸮[mdw]? [ḥr] bny,t.pl jw ms ḥm,t.pl nb.t sḫm m rʾ.pl =sn mdwi̯
4.14 𓎛𓏌𓏏𓀗𓁐𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓂧𓈖𓋴𓍖𓊌𓊪𓅱𓂋𓅡𓎡𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁[⯑]𓋴𓎝𓎡𓆱𓏠𓈖𓏌𓅱𓆱𓏥𓃹𓈖𓏌𓅱𓁸𓆱𓃛𓅱𓂧𓂻𓈖𓀀𓇓𓅱𓍛𓏤𓅱𓀀𓏥𓂋ḥn,wt.pl =sn dns pw r bꜣk.w(t).pl jw ms [nh],wt.pl sk ⸢m⸣n,w.pl wn.w jwd.n ={j} sw ḥm{.w.pl} ⸮⸢r⸣?
English
4.1 people 〈as〉 others are set on the road; the hair of everyone has fallen out; the well-born son cannot be told apart from the man who has nothing. Indeed, […]
4.2 because of the noise; none is exact of voice in the years of noise, and there is no end to the noise. Indeed, the great and the small 〈say〉: "Would that I might die!" The small children
4.3 say: "It is finished!" about food. He ceases from the breath of life. Indeed, the children of officials are dashed against the walls; the children of 〈prayer〉 are laid on high ground.
4.4 Indeed, those who were in the embalming-house are [laid] on high ground. This means the secrets of the embalmers are cast down upon it! Indeed,
4.5 those things have perished which were seen yesterday; the land is left to its weakness like the pulling up of flax. Indeed,
4.6 the Delta in its entirety cannot be hidden; Lower Egypt trusts in her beaten roads. What is to be done?
4.7 "No f[light] has happened in any place," it is said; one says: "Away with the Place of Secrets!" Look, it is in the keeping of those who do not know it, just as it is in the keeping of those who know it;
4.8 the foreigners are skilled in the crafts of the Delta. Indeed, the dependants are put to the quernstones; those who used to clothe themselves in fine linen
4.9 are beaten wrongfully; those who never used to see the light of day come forth 〈unhindered〉; those who were on the beds of their husbands:
4.10 "Let them spend the night in the ditches, among the have-nots!" As for me, 〈they say〉, "It is too heavy for me," about the bowls of myrrh;
4.11 "Load them down with jars full of water!" They [no longer] know the carrying-chair. Now the cupbearer, he is destroyed; there is no remedy for it:
4.12 for the remedy of it: noble ladies suffer like maidservants; the singing-women are at the looms in the weaving-rooms,
4.13 their songs are dirges. Those who tell 〈words〉 are at the quernstones. Indeed, all the maidservants are bold of mouth; their mistresses speak,
4.14 and it is a burden to their servants. Indeed, the trees are swept away, the plantations laid bare; the servant has withdrawn himself from his household.
Column 5
Egyptian
5.1 𓉐𓏤𓆑𓇋𓅱𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓂋𓆓𓂧𓄔𓅓𓏛𓋴𓈖𓏥𓋴𓏏𓌉𓏴𓅪𓈖𓇉𓄿𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓀔𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏥𓂜𓈖𓂓𓄿𓅱𓈒𓏥𓈖𓈎𓂝𓅱𓏏𓈒𓏥 […]pr =f jw r(m)ṯ.pl r ḏd sḏm =sn st ḥḏi̯ ⟨fqꜣ.pl⟩ n-ḥꜣ,w n ẖrd.w.pl nn kꜣ,w nqꜥ,wt […]
5.2 𓇋𓅱𓏇𓇋𓈖𓂧𓊪𓏏𓄓𓀁𓇋𓂋𓏭𓏇𓇋𓅓𓂝𓏇𓈖𓇳𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓀙𓅱𓀀𓏥𓎛𓈎𓂋𓅱𓅪𓏥𓁷𓏤𓋴𓃹𓈖𓌕𓅪𓌞𓋴𓂻𓏏𓅱𓌞𓋴𓏏𓅱𓂻𓀀𓏥𓋴𓏏𓊃𓈎𓈖𓂡 […]jw mjn dp,t jr,j mj m mjn jw ms sr.w.pl ḥqr.w ⸢ḥr⸣ swnu̯ šms.tw šms,wt =st ⸮sqn? […]
5.3 𓁷𓏤𓈖𓐍𓅱𓏏𓀁𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓊮𓁷𓏤𓆓𓂧𓇋𓂋𓋷𓄿𓀁𓀀𓂋𓐍𓏛𓈖𓀀𓊹𓅆𓏏𓈖𓌙𓅯𓏛𓎡𓄿𓀁𓁹𓇋𓇋𓀀𓈖𓆑𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁[⯑]ḥr nḫ,wt jw ms tꜣ,w ⸢ḥr⸣ ḏd j⸢r⸣ ⸢sjꜣ⸣ =j rḫ.n =j nṯr tn(j) kꜣ jri̯.y =j n =f jw ms [mꜣꜥ,t] ⸢ḫt⸣
5.4 𓇾𓏤𓈇𓅓𓂋𓈖𓀁𓋴𓏏𓊪𓅱𓇋𓇋𓏛𓇋𓇩𓋴𓆑𓏏𓅪𓏥𓊪𓅱𓁹𓂋𓋴𓈖𓏥𓁷𓏤𓎼𓂋𓍅𓏛𓁷𓂋𓋴𓏏𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓋴𓐍𓋴𓅱𓂻𓏥𓂚𓄿𓂡𓀀𓁷𓏤[⯑]tꜣ m rn =s pwy jsf,t pw jrr(.t) =sn ⸢ḥr⸣ grg ḥr =st jw ms sḫs.w.pl (ḥr) ꜥḥꜣ ={j} ḥr ḥn[,t] [⸮ky?]
5.5 𓂝𓍯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏛𓂡𓀀𓎁𓏏𓏏𓂡𓏏𓅱𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓆑𓎟𓏏𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓌙𓅱𓏏𓀗𓏥𓎟𓏏𓄣𓏤𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓂋𓅓𓅱𓁿𓏠𓈖𓏠𓈖𓏏𓃒𓏥𓁷𓏤𓇋𓐛𓅓𓏏𓀁𓅓𓂝𓋴𓐍𓂋𓏛𓏥𓇾𓏤𓈇ꜥwꜣ,y{t} jṯi̯.tw ḫ,t =f nb.t jw ms ꜥw,t nb.t jb.pl =sn rmi̯.w mnmn,t ḥr jm{.t} m-ꜥ sḫr ⸢tꜣ⸣
5.6 𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓄟𓋴𓅱𓀗𓀁𓏥𓀙𓅱𓀀𓏥𓎛𓅱𓏏𓂡𓏏𓅱𓂋𓋴𓐟𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊅𓈇𓏥𓀔𓅱𓀀𓏥𓏌𓏤𓅘𓎛𓏏𓀁𓂞𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓈎𓄿𓈖𓏥𓂋𓅱𓈇𓏤𓎸𓅓𓅱𓅆𓁷𓏤𓇋𓐛𓅓𓏏𓀁jw ms ms.w.pl sr.w.pl ḥwi̯{.t}.tw r sꜣ,wt.pl ẖrd.w.pl n.w nḥ,t ḏi̯.tw ḥr qꜣ~n~rw H̱nm,w ḥr jm{.t}
5.7 𓁷𓏤𓅨𓂋𓂧𓅱𓀉𓅪𓏥𓆑𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓋴𓌳𓄿𓅓𓅱𓌪𓂡𓋴𓏏𓅾𓅱𓀁𓁷𓏤𓍙𓆑𓂡𓁹𓂋𓅱𓂋𓐍𓆑𓅂𓀏𓏥𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓅱𓎼𓂋𓏏𓂝𓈖𓅱𓂧𓅪[⯑]ḥr wrd,w =f jw ms ⟨šꜥ,t⟩ smꜣm =st snḏ,w ḥr ḫsf jrr.w r ḫft,j.w.pl =tn jw gr,t ꜥnd.w tw[t.pl]
5.8 𓅱𓍑𓄿𓏛𓏥𓁷𓏤𓈖𓏏𓏭𓎡𓏏𓅱𓅪𓀀𓇋𓈖𓇋𓅱𓅓𓌞𓋴𓂻𓈖𓏃𓈖𓏏𓏭𓄛𓏥𓎛𓈖𓂝𓐣𓂡𓀀𓆑𓇋𓈖𓇋𓅱𓅓𓋴𓈖𓌳𓄿𓇋𓅱𓄛𓏤𓄿𓈙𓂋𓊮𓈖𓏴𓏏𓊮𓇋𓈖𓇋𓅱wḏꜣ.pl ḥr n,tj kt,w jn jw m šms n Ḫnt,j ḥnꜥ wḏꜥ =f jn jw m ={s} ⟨rḫs⟩ n mꜣj.w ꜣšr n sḏ,t j⸢n⸣ ⸢jw⸣
5.9 𓅓𓃛𓅱𓎛𓈗𓏛𓂡𓈖𓊪𓏏𓎛𓅆𓎁𓏏𓏏𓂡𓇋𓄿𓇋𓇋𓄛𓏥𓂞𓂞𓏏𓈖𓏥𓈖𓆑𓁷𓏤𓅓𓂝𓂜𓄖𓂻𓇓𓅱𓇋𓆛𓈖𓂧𓅪𓏥𓇋𓋴𓊪𓅱𓂞𓂞𓏏𓈖𓏥𓈖𓆑𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁[⯑] […]m jwḥ n Ptḥ jṯi̯.t ⸮j⸢ꜣy(,t)⸣? ḏḏ =tn n =f ḥr-m n⟨n⟩ pḥ sw jnd js pw ḏḏ =tn n =f jw ms ⸮kꜣ[,t]? […]
5.10 𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓇾𓏤𓈇𓈖𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂡𓁷𓏤𓉔𓄿𓃀𓂻𓈖𓃀𓅱𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓎛𓂡𓂡𓂡𓊃𓀀𓏤𓌢𓀀𓆑𓈖𓅐𓏏𓁐𓆑𓇋𓍱𓊃𓏭𓀁𓊪𓅱𓁹𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏥𓆓𓂧𓀀ḫt tꜣ nḫt ḥr hꜣb n bw-nb.pl ḥwi̯ z sn =f n(,j) mw,t =f jšsj pw jri̯.yt ḏd =j
5.11 𓈖𓄿𓈎𓅪𓅱𓀀𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓈐𓏏𓏥𓈖𓍇𓏌𓅱𓀗𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏌𓅱𓌙𓅯𓈇𓏥𓀸𓄿𓅱𓏛𓂡𓈞𓊃𓀔𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓃀𓅮𓄿𓏏𓆰𓏥𓂋𓇍𓏏𓂻𓏏𓅱𓆼𓄿𓅱𓏭𓇰𓏛𓀀n ꜣq.w jw ms wꜣ,t.pl ⸮nw? mtn.pl zꜣw ḥmsi̯ =tw ḥr bꜣ,t.pl r jy.ṱ ḫꜣwj
5.12 𓂋𓎁𓏏𓏏𓂡[⯑]𓆑𓈖𓈞𓅓𓅱𓂡𓈖𓏏𓏭𓁷𓏤𓆑𓐍𓈖𓌰𓅓𓅱𓂉𓏛𓅓𓋴𓐍𓏏𓂡𓀀𓆱𓏏𓏤𓄡𓂧𓃀𓅱𓌪𓂡𓅓𓈖𓆑𓅪𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓈖𓆑𓄿𓏭𓈐r jṯi̯.t ꜣ[tp],w =f nḥm.w n,tj ḥr =f ḫnm.w m sḫ,t ={j} ⟨n.t⟩ ḫt ẖdb.w m-nf jw ms nfꜣj
5.13 𓄿𓈎𓅱𓅪𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓋴𓆑𓇳𓇾𓏤𓈇𓊃𓊪𓅱𓊗𓈖𓎼𓈖𓏌𓅱𓀉𓅪𓏏𓅱𓏏𓏥𓆑𓏇𓇋𓅱𓇉𓄿𓅱𓐎𓂡𓎔𓂝𓎛𓏭𓄦𓅓𓅱𓆰𓏥𓈖𓆓𓊃𓅪𓀀𓏥𓉐𓂋𓇋𓇋𓅱ꜣq.w mꜣꜣ sf tꜣ ⸢spi̯.w⸣ n gnw,ṱ =f mj wḥꜣ.w mḥj{sm,w} nḏs.pl pri̯.yw
5.14 𓂻𓏏𓏭𓏥𓁷𓏤𓋴𓃹𓈖𓌕𓅪𓏥[⯑] […] 𓅓𓅓𓂝𓈖𓍇𓏌𓅱𓈗𓈘𓈇𓏥𓇉𓄿𓀁𓂋𓆑𓎼𓂋𓎛𓂢𓏛𓊪𓅱𓅓𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓂜𓃛𓅱𓅨𓂋𓁒𓂜jwi̯{.tj.pl} ḥr swnu̯ nby[_] […] ⸮⸢m-m⸣? ⸮⸢nw⸣? ḥꜣ r =f grḥ pw m r(m)ṯ.pl n⟨n⟩ jwr n⟨n⟩
English
5.1 his house. People will say, when they hear it: "Destroyed are the loaves, in abundance, for the children. There are no plain or notched sycamore figs […]
5.2 What is the taste of it like today? Indeed, the officials are hungry and suffering, and their retinue is followed; […] is made strong […]
5.3 because of the wailing. Indeed, the hot-tempered man says: "If only I could perceive, and knew where god is, I would act for him!" Indeed, [Maat] is throughout the land
5.4 in this its name. Wrongdoing is what they do, building upon it. Indeed, the runners fight over the possessions of another […]
5.5 The robber: all his possessions are seized. Indeed, all the herds, their hearts weep; the cattle mourn because of the state of the land.
5.6 Indeed, the children of officials are thrown against the walls; the children of 〈prayer〉 are laid on the high ground; Khnum is in mourning
5.7 because of his weariness. Indeed, terror slays; fear repels the man who would act against your enemies. Moreover, scarce are the sta[tues]
5.8 and the amulets on him who is small. Is it serving Khenty, together with what he butchers? Is it as 〈slaughtering〉 for the lion, roasting on the flame? Is it
5.9 libating to Ptah, seizing the cattle? Why do you give to him? None can reach him, and your giving to him is misery! Indeed, the wo[rk] […]
5.10 is throughout the land. The strong man sends to everyone; a man strikes his brother by the same mother. What is this that is done? I speak
5.11 for the ruined one. Indeed, the roads are watched, the paths guarded; one sits in the bushes until the night-wayfarer comes, to seize his load;
5.12 what is on him is taken away; he is dealt blows of the stick; he is killed wrongfully. Indeed, those things have perished which were seen yesterday:
5.13 perished — seen yesterday — the land is left to its weakness like the pulling up of flax; the commoners come and go, and are homeless,
5.14 they come suffering; they swim (?) […] amidst (?) the flood (?). Would that this were the end of humankind: no conceiving, no birth!
Column 6
Egyptian
6.1 𓄟𓋴𓏏𓀗𓇋𓐍𓏛𓎼𓂋𓀁𓇾𓏤𓈇𓅓𓊤𓅱𓀁𓂜𓈖𓇋𓅱 […] 𓅓𓋴𓄦𓅓𓅱𓆰𓏥𓊃𓂝𓅓𓅱𓄈𓀁𓏏𓅱𓅓𓈗𓂜msi̯.t jḫ gr tꜣ m ḫrw nn ⟨ẖnn,w⟩ jw [ms] […] ⟨wnm⟩ =⟨tw⟩ m sm,w sꜥm =tw m mw n
6.2 𓅠𓅓𓈖𓏏𓅱𓈎𓄿𓇋𓇋𓈒𓏥𓋴𓄦𓅓𓅱𓆰𓏥𓄿𓊪𓂧𓅱𓅬𓏥[⯑][⯑]𓅓𓂋𓏤𓈖𓆷𓄿𓇋𓅱𓄛𓏤𓂜𓁷𓏤𓂝𓈖⯑𓏛𓈖𓎡𓋴𓏏𓀀gmi̯.n.tw qꜣy sm,w ꜣpd,w nḥm.t[w] [p]r,yt m rʾ n(,j) šꜣj,w n(n) ḥr ꜥni̯ n ksi̯.t ={j}
6.3 𓐍𓂋𓎛𓈎𓂋𓅱𓅪𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓌾𓏥𓄿𓈎𓅱𓅪𓁷𓏤𓈐𓏏𓏤𓎟𓋴𓇉𓄿𓅱𓅱𓍱𓂡𓅓𓎛𓃀𓋴𓅱𓍱𓏥𓄡𓊃𓐟𓄿𓁸𓏥𓅓𓌸𓂋𓎛𓏏𓏊𓏥𓁷𓏤𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥ḫr ḥqr,w jw ms jt ꜣq.w ḥr wꜣ,t nb(.t) sḥꜣi̯.w m ḥbs,w.pl ẖsꜣ m mrḥ,t ḥr-nb.pl
6.4 𓁷𓏤𓂜𓈖𓃹𓈖𓅱𓍑𓄿𓉐𓏥𓆑𓎡𓁸𓅪𓀸𓄿𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓆑𓊪𓂧𓌔𓂻𓂋𓇾𓏤𓈇𓋴𓄦𓅓𓅱𓀁𓏥𓅓𓂝𓂋𓂧𓅱𓌗𓏛𓊪𓅱𓈖𓄣𓏤𓀀𓇋𓅱𓀀𓇥𓂋ḥr nn-wn wḏꜣ{.pl} fk zꜣ,w =f pd r tꜣ ⟨nn⟩ sm,w mꜥr{dw} pw n jb =j jw =j ḏr⟨.kwj⟩
6.5 𓂋𓏤𓋴𓏭𓈐𓇉𓄿𓀁𓂋𓆑𓁹𓈖𓀀𓊤𓅱𓀁𓀀𓅓𓄿𓏏𓀗𓇳𓏤𓈖𓈞𓅓𓂡𓆑𓅱𓀀𓅓𓂝𓅱𓐍𓂧𓏏𓐎𓀀𓁹𓂋𓅱𓇋𓅓𓋴𓏏𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓂦𓂋𓉐𓄞𓂧𓏛𓂡rʾ-sj ḥꜣ r =f jri̯.n =j ḫrw =j m ⟨tꜣ⟩ ꜣ,t nḥm =f wj m-ꜥ wḫd{,t} =j jrr.w jm =st jw ms ⟨ḫnt,j⟩ ḏsr šdi̯
6.6 𓏞𓏛𓏥𓆑[⯑]𓊨𓏏𓉐𓈙𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓏴𓏛𓏥𓃹𓈖𓏏𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓎛𓂓𓄿𓅱𓀁𓏥𓋴𓇉𓄿𓅱𓅱𓍱𓂡𓈝𓅓𓀁𓏥𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏌𓅱𓂘𓀁𓏥zẖꜣ.pl =f sḥꜣw.w s,t štꜣ,w wn,t jw ms ḥkꜣ,w sḥꜣw.w šm.pl sḫn.pl
6.7 𓊃𓈖𓇉𓄿𓐎𓂡𓅱𓏏𓁷𓏤𓋴𓆼𓄿𓀁 […] 𓋴𓆼𓄿𓀁𓋴𓏏𓇋𓈖𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓃹𓈖𓉿𓂡𓆼𓄿𓉐𓄞𓂧𓏛𓂡𓄋𓊪𓏏𓏴𓍼𓏥𓋴𓆣𓂋𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓆓𓏏𓏤𓀀𓁐𓏥𓅓𓎟snḥꜣ.w{t} ḥr sḫꜣ(.t) […] ⸮s⟨w⟩ḫꜣ? st jn r(m)ṯ.pl jw ms wn ḫꜣ⟨.pl⟩ šdi̯ wp,t.pl =s⟨n⟩ ḫpr r(m)ṯ.pl ḏ,t m nb⟨.pl⟩
6.8 [⯑][⯑]𓋴𓌳𓄿𓅓𓅱𓌪𓂡𓏏𓅱𓄞𓂧𓏛𓂡𓏞𓏛𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓃀𓇋𓈖𓅪𓅱𓏭𓈖𓀀𓈖𓇋𓆛𓈖𓂧𓅱𓅪𓅓𓂝𓎡𓇳𓇋𓂋𓏭𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁⸢ḏ,t⸣ [jw] [m]s [zẖꜣw.w.pl] ⸢smꜣm⸣.tw šdi̯ zẖꜣ.pl =sn bjn.wj n =j n jnd.w m {ꜥ}⟨r⟩k jr,j jw ms
6.9 𓏞𓅱𓀀𓏥𓏌𓏤𓏏𓌳𓄿𓅓𓅱𓐡𓏤𓂧𓂋𓅱𓂡𓏞𓏛𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓋹𓈖𓐍𓏏𓌾𓏥𓈖𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖𓅓𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓂻𓀀𓏎𓈖𓏏𓈖𓀀𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓉔𓊪𓅱𓏛𓏥zẖꜣw.w.pl-n.w-tmꜣm dr.w zẖꜣ.pl =sn ꜥnḫ,t n(.t) Km,t m hꜣi̯.y =j jni̯.t(w) n =j jw ms hp.w.pl
6.10 𓏌𓏤𓂉𓏏𓉐𓂞𓅱𓂋𓏃𓈖𓏏𓏭𓂉𓉐𓈝𓅓𓂻𓏏𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓁷𓂋𓋴𓅓𓃛𓅱𓅱𓇋𓇋𓏏𓉐𓏥𓎛𓅨𓂋𓅱𓀔𓅱𓅪𓀀𓏥𓁷𓏤𓈖𓎼𓄿𓏏𓏴𓂡𓇋𓅓𓅓𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓉐n.w ḫn(r),t ḏi̯.w r-ḫnt,j šm =tw ms ḥr =s⟨n⟩ ⸢m⸣ ⸢jw⸣y,t.pl ḥwrw.pl ḥr ngꜣ.t jm m-ẖnw
6.11 𓌸𓂋𓏏𓍔𓄿𓉐𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓎛𓅨𓂋𓅱𓀔𓅪𓀀𓄭𓂋𓂻𓂋𓂝𓏤𓏥𓏥𓏥𓇷𓏏𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓋴𓇉𓄿𓅱𓍱𓂡⯑𓅓𓅱𓏛𓊪𓆑𓎆𓎆𓎆𓃀𓇋𓇋𓏏𓉐𓏥mr{tꜣ}⟨,t⟩.pl jw ms ḥwrw⟨.pl⟩ spr r ꜥ psḏ,t sḥꜣi̯.w sšmw pf ⟨n(,j)⟩ mꜥbꜣy,t
6.12 [⯑]𓂉𓏏𓉐𓀗𓉐𓅓𓉐𓂋𓂻𓉔𓄿𓂻𓆑𓎛𓅨𓂋𓅱𓀔𓅱𓅪𓀀𓏥𓁷𓏤𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓇍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻𓅓𓉗𓅱𓏏𓉐𓏥𓅨𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓉐𓏥𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁[jw] [m]s ḫn(r),t wr(.t) m pri̯ hꜣi̯ =f ḥwrw.pl ḥr šm.t jyi̯.t m ḥw,t.pl-wr.yt.pl jw ms
6.13 𓄟𓋴𓅱𓀗𓀀𓁐𓏥𓀙𓅱𓀀𓏥𓆼𓄿𓂝𓂻𓅓𓌸𓂋𓏏𓉕𓉐𓏥𓂋𓐍𓏛𓀀𓁷𓏤𓍘𓅱𓀁𓅱𓆼𓄿𓅪𓀀𓁷𓏤𓅓𓃀𓇋𓄿𓎺𓄑𓏛𓏥𓀁𓈖𓏏𓏭𓂜𓂋𓐍𓏛𓆑𓋴𓏭𓂝𓈖⯑𓏛ms.w.pl sr.w.pl ḫꜣꜥ m mr,t.pl rḫ ḥr tjw wḫꜣ ḥr m-bjꜣ(,t) n,tj n rḫ =f sj ꜥn
6.14 𓅓𓁷𓏤𓆑𓇋𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀁𓃹𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏥𓅓𓃂𓈗𓏏𓉐[⯑]𓁷𓏤𓈎𓄿𓈖𓏥𓂋𓏤𓈇𓏥𓊃𓈙𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓏴𓏛𓏥𓊪𓅱𓈖𓐎𓏏𓅱𓏛𓂡𓁷𓏤𓋴𓐍𓂋𓀒𓂡𓏥𓁷𓏤𓆑⸢m⸣ ḥr =f jw ms wn.pl m wꜥb,t ḏi̯.[t]w ḥr qꜣ~n~rʾ.pl sštꜣ,w pw n(.w) wt(,j)⟨.pl⟩ ḥr sḫr{.pl} ḥr =f
English
6.1 — the giving of birth? Then the land would be quiet of noise, without 〈tumult〉! Indeed, 〈one eats〉 of the plants and swallows down water;
6.2 no flour, no greens, no fowl is found; the seed is snatched from the pig's mouth; there is no bright face because of my bowing low.
6.3 Indeed, the barley has perished on every road; people are stripped of their clothes and unanointed with oil; everyone
6.4 [says]: "There are no storehouses — they stand empty;" its guard lies stretched on the ground. This is no glad hour for my heart! I am finished utterly!
6.5 Would that I had raised my voice at that moment, that it might save me from the misery wrought on me in it! Indeed, the sacred forehall:
6.6 its writings have been carried off; the place of secrets and the sanctuary have been stripped bare. Indeed, magic is stripped bare;
6.7 omens and spells are made dangerous by people's recalling them. Indeed, the offices have been opened and their inventories carried off; the serfs have become the lords of serfs;
6.8 the serfs… Indeed, the scribes are slain, their writings carried off. How bitter it is for me, because of the misery of this time! Indeed,
6.9 the scribes of the land-register: their writings are destroyed. The life-grain of Egypt is a free-for-all — at my going down it is brought to me. Indeed,
6.10 the laws of the enclosure are cast out; one walks upon them in the lanes; the wretches break them open within.
6.11 The roads: indeed, the wretches have attained the condition of the Ennead; stripped bare is that ordinance of the Court of Thirty.
6.12 Indeed, the great enclosure is in an uproar; wretches go and come in the great mansions. Indeed,
6.13 the children of officials are cast into the roads; the wise man saying: "Yes!" the fool saying: "No!"; to him who does not know it, it is good.
6.14 In his sight. Indeed, those who were in the embalming-house are laid on high ground; the secrets of the embalmers are cast down upon it!
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Egyptian
7.1 𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓋴𓐍𓏏𓊮𓍯𓄿𓅱𓅱𓈐𓍘𓇋𓂋𓈎𓄿𓀠𓏛𓉐𓂋𓂻𓅱𓃀𓏏𓏏𓀗𓊮𓋴𓂋𓐍𓆑𓏏𓅂𓀏𓏥𓇾𓏤𓈇𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓋴𓁹𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓂜𓅮𓄿𓆣𓂋𓍯𓄿𓅱𓅱𓈐𓂻𓄞𓂧𓏛𓂡m =tn js ḫ,t wꜣi̯.ww.tj r qꜣ(w) pri̯ wbt,t =s r ⸢ḫft⸣,j.w.pl tꜣ m =tn js jri̯ ḫ,t n pꜣu̯ ḫpr wꜣi̯.ww ⟨r⟩ šdi̯(.t)
7.2 𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓇋𓈖𓎛𓅨𓂋𓅱𓀔𓅪𓀀𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓈎𓂋𓋴𓆱𓂡𓅓𓃀𓇋𓅱𓎡𓅃𓅆𓅓𓈙𓆑𓂧𓏏𓆱𓏥𓇋𓅱𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓀢𓏛𓈖𓍋𓅓𓂋𓉴𓈐𓂋𓆄𓅱𓏏𓅪𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓋴𓈐𓂋𓋴𓈙𓍯𓄿𓅱𓀢𓅪nsw jn ḥwrw.pl m =tn qrs m bjwk m šfd,t jw jmn.t.n mḥr wꜣi̯ r šwi̯.t m =tn js wꜣi̯ r sšwꜣ.w
7.3 𓇾𓏤𓈇𓅓𓇓𓏏𓈖𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏛𓏥𓇋𓈖𓈖𓉔𓏭𓅪𓈒𓏥𓈖𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓐍𓅓𓅱𓂜𓏥𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓋴𓍯𓄿𓈐𓂋𓋴𓃀𓇋𓅱𓌙𓀏𓏥𓁷𓏤𓇋𓂝𓂋𓂝𓏏𓄹𓆗𓈖𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂡𓈖𓏏𓂋𓂝𓇳𓅆𓋴𓉔𓂋𓏛tꜣ m nsw,yt jn nhj n(,j) r(m)ṯ.pl ḫm.w.pl sḫr.w.pl m =tn js wꜣi̯ r sbj.w.pl ḥr jꜥrꜥ,t ⸮nḫt(.t)? n.t Rꜥ shr(.t)
7.4 𓇾𓇾𓈇𓈇𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓊃𓈙𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓏴𓏛𓈖𓇾𓏤𓈇𓐍𓅓𓅓𓂜𓇥𓂋𓅱𓈐𓏥𓆑𓋴𓇉𓄿𓅱𓅱𓍱𓂡𓄚𓈖𓏭𓉐𓉔𓈖𓊊𓈖𓆑𓈖𓃹𓈖𓏌𓏏𓇼𓇳𓏤𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖𓍯𓄿𓈐𓍘𓇋𓂋tꜣ.du m =tn sštꜣ n(,j) tꜣ ḫmm ḏr,w.pl =f sḥꜣw.w ẖn{j}⟨w⟩ ⟨w⟩hn.n =f n wnw,t m =tn Km,t wꜣi̯.tj r
7.5 𓄝𓏏𓏏𓌕𓈗𓂡𓈗𓂋𓇾𓏤𓈇𓎁𓏏𓏏𓂡𓈖𓆑𓈖𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂡𓂝𓏤𓅓𓌳𓄿𓇋𓂋𓌗𓅪𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓄞𓂧𓅱𓏛𓂡𓈎𓂋𓎛𓏏𓆗𓅓𓏏𓊪𓎛𓏏𓉐𓏥𓋴𓋴𓇉𓄿𓅱𓅱𓍱𓂡𓊃𓈙𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓏴𓏛𓏥𓈖sti̯.t mw r tꜣ jṯi̯ n =f nḫt-ꜥ m mꜣjr m =tn šdi̯.w qrḥ,t m tpḥ,t{.pl} =s sḥꜣw.w sštꜣ.pl n(.w)
7.6 𓇓𓏏𓈖𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏛𓅆𓏥𓆤𓏏𓀗𓅆𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓊖𓁷𓏤𓋴𓈖𓂧𓏏𓅾𓀁𓅓𓂝𓎼𓄿𓅱𓏏𓐎𓅪𓏥𓎟𓅆𓅱𓀀𓂋𓅱𓂧𓏴𓂡𓇉𓄿𓂝𓇋𓇋𓏏𓅪𓏥𓂜𓈖𓍙𓆑𓂡nsw.pl-bj,tj.pl m =tn ẖnw ḥr snd{.t} m-ꜥ gꜣ,wt nb ={w}j r wdi̯(.t) ḥꜣꜥ,yt nn ḫsf
7.7 𓂝𓏤𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇾𓏤𓈇𓋭𓊃𓏛𓂡𓈖𓆑𓌨𓂋𓄥𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓈎𓈖𓂡𓀀𓄡𓊃𓏭𓅪𓀀𓁷𓏤𓈖𓈞𓅓𓅱𓂡𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓆑𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓈎𓂋𓎛𓏏𓆗𓁷𓏤𓈗𓏇𓇋𓇑𓇑𓈖𓈖𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀉𓅪𓏥ꜥ m =tn tꜣ ṯs.n =f ẖr zmꜣ,y(t) qn ẖsj ḥr nḥm.w ⸢ḫ,t⸣ =f m =tn qrḥ,t ḥr ⸢mw⸣ ⸢mj⸣ nny.w.pl
7.8 𓏏𓍃𓅓𓁹𓈖𓆑𓌥𓃀𓏏𓉐𓅓𓎟𓇉𓄿𓏏𓉐𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓎟𓅱𓏥𓃂𓈗𓏏𓉐𓀻𓏥𓂧𓂋𓂡𓁷𓏤𓈎𓄿𓈖𓏥𓂋𓏤𓈇𓏤𓏥𓏏𓍃𓅓𓁹𓈖𓆑𓈎𓂋𓋴𓆱𓂡𓅓𓉐𓌉𓉐tm jri̯ n =f ḏbꜣ,t m nb ḥꜣ,t m =tn nb.w.pl wꜥb,t dr ḥr qꜣ~n~rʾ.pl tm jri̯ n =f qrs m ⟨nb⟩ pr-ḥḏ
7.9 𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓋴𓈖𓄿𓆣𓂋𓅱𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓏏𓍃𓅓𓅱𓀨𓂡𓈖𓆑𓂝𓏏𓉐𓅓𓎟𓇥𓂋𓇋𓏏𓆱𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓊋𓏏𓀗𓀀𓏥𓈖𓏏𓇾𓏤𓈇𓂧𓂋𓂡𓍘𓇋𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓇾𓏤𓈇𓂧𓂋𓂡𓅓𓉐𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓉐𓏥m =tn js nꜣ ḫpr.w ⟨r⟩ r(m)ṯ.pl tm.w qd n =f ꜥ,t m nb ḏrj,t.pl m =tn qnb,t n.t tꜣ dr.tj ḫt tꜣ dr m pr,yt.pl
7.10 𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓇋𓇋𓅱𓏏𓏛𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓀻𓋴𓏏𓏛𓁐𓏥𓁷𓏤𓀙𓅱𓀀𓏥𓅓𓍁𓂝𓉐𓏏𓍃𓅓𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓁷𓏤𓇥𓂋𓇋𓅱𓏏𓆱𓏥𓅓𓎟𓎛𓆰𓈖𓎡𓇋𓇋𓏏𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓎟𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥nsw{,ywt.pl} m =tn šps,t.pl ḥr ⟨šd,yt⟩ sr.w.pl m šnꜥ tm sḏr ḥr ḏrj,wt.pl m nb ḥnk,yt m =tn nb ḫ,t
7.11 𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓇋𓃀𓃙𓈗𓀁𓂧𓃀𓎛𓄑𓀁𓈖𓆑𓆑𓅓𓎟𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓀒𓏊𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓎟𓅱𓏥𓍑𓄿𓇋𓇋𓅱𓏏𓍱𓏥𓅓𓇋𓇩𓋴𓇋𓇋𓅱𓏏𓆰𓍱𓏥𓏏𓍃𓅓𓌦𓐍𓏏𓏴𓂡sḏr jbi̯ dbḥ n =f ⟨tꜣḥ,t⟩ =f m nb sḫr.w m =tn nb.w.pl ḏꜣy,wt.pl m js,ywt.pl tm sḫt
7.12 𓈖𓆑𓅓𓎟𓊪𓈎𓏏𓀗𓍱𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓏏𓍃𓅓𓌎𓎛𓅱𓏛𓂡𓈖𓆑𓇋𓐛𓅓𓅱𓊛𓅓𓎟𓎟𓏏𓇋𓂋𓏭𓁷𓏤𓅠𓅓𓎛𓁺𓋴𓏏𓂜𓈖𓋴𓏏𓅓𓂝𓆑n =f m nb p(ꜣ)q,t.pl m =tn tm mḏḥ.w n =f jmw m nb ⟨ꜥḥꜥ.pl⟩ nb{.t} jr,j ḥr gmḥ st nn st m-ꜥ =f
7.13 𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓆄𓅱𓇋𓇋𓏏𓇳𓏏𓅱𓆑𓅓𓎟𓆄𓅱𓇋𓇋𓏏𓇳𓎟𓅱𓏥𓆄𓅱𓇋𓇋𓏏𓇳𓅓𓈖𓆓𓂝𓌙𓊡𓅱𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓐍𓅓𓂜𓍑𓄿𓍑𓄿𓏏𓆱𓅓𓎟𓃀𓈖𓏏𓆱m =tn jw,tj šw,yt.ṱ =f m nb šw,yt nb.w.pl šw,yt m ⟨wḫ,t⟩ n⟨.t⟩ ḏꜥ.w m =tn ḫm ḏꜣḏꜣ,t m nb bn,t
7.14 𓏏𓍃𓅓𓎛𓎿𓋴𓏭𓀁𓏥𓈖𓆑𓁷𓏤𓋴𓅱𓉔𓄿𓀁𓌸𓂋𓏏𓁺𓅆𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓎟𓅱𓏥𓎗𓎛𓅱𓏊𓏥𓅓𓈔𓏤𓈒𓏥𓂜𓃹𓈖𓐍𓅱𓍼𓏥𓉔𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏊𓏤𓈖𓌡𓂝𓏤𓇋𓅓𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀tm ḥsj{.pl} n =f ḥr swhꜣ Mr,t m =tn nb.w.pl wḏḥw m ḥmt n wnḫ.w hnw 1 n wꜥ jm m =tn sḏr
English
7.1 Look, the fire has risen high; let its burning go forth against the enemies of the land! Look, things have been done that were never done before, come 〈to〉 the removing of
7.2 the king by wretches. Look, he who was buried as a Falcon lies on a bier; what the pyramid concealed has come to be empty. Look, it has come to impoverishing
7.3 the kingship of the land, by a few of men who do not know plans. Look, it has come to rebellion against the victorious uraeus of Re, which pacifies the Two Lands. Look,
7.4 the secret of the land, whose limits are unknown, laid bare; the Residence has collapsed within the hour. Look, Egypt has come to
7.5 pouring water on the ground; yet the strong of arm seizes for himself amid the misery. Look, the Primordial One has been removed from her cavern; laid bare are the secrets of
7.6 the kings of Upper and Lower Egypt. Look, the Residence is fearful because of want; and my Lord stirs up strife, unopposed!
7.7 of arm. Look, the land is knotted together in gangs; as for the strong man, the wretched carries off his goods. Look, the Primordial One is on [the water like] the inert ones;
7.8 He who could not make for himself a coffin is owner of a tomb. Look, the owners of tombs are driven out onto the high ground; he who could not make for himself a coffin is 〈lord〉 of the tomb-treasury.
7.9 Look, these things have happened 〈to〉 men: he who could not build himself a room is owner of walls. Look, the council of the land is driven out through the land; he who was driven out is in the King's Estates.
7.10 Look, the noble ladies are on 〈ditches〉; the officials are in the storerooms; he who never slept on boards is owner of a bed. Look, the owner of property passes the night
7.11 thirsty; he who begged for his dregs is owner of sekheru-beer. Look, the owners of linen are in rags; he who could not weave
7.12 for himself is owner of fine linen. Look, he who could not hew himself a boat is owner of ships; their former owner catches sight of them, but they are not his.
7.13 Look, he who had no shade is owner of shade; the owners of shade are in 〈darkness〉 of the storm-wind. Look, he who knew not the arched harp is owner of a harp;
7.14 he who could not sing is himself singing the praise of Meret. Look, the owners of offering-stands of copper: not one vessel is clad for any of them. Look, he who passed the night
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Egyptian
8.1 𓅓𓂝𓎼𓄿𓅱𓐎𓅪𓏥[⯑]𓆑𓀻𓋴𓋴𓏛𓏥𓏏𓍃𓅓𓈖𓆑𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓊢𓂝𓂻𓁷𓏤𓋴𓅱𓂧𓈖𓍖𓊌𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓆑𓅓𓎟𓊢𓂝𓇤𓏤𓏛𓏥⟨m⟩ ⟨ḫꜣr,t⟩ m-ꜥ gꜣ,w(t) gmi̯ =f špss tm n =f mꜣꜣ ꜥḥꜥ ḥr swdn m =tn jw,tj ḫ,t =f m nb ꜥḥꜥ.pl
8.2 𓀙𓀀𓁷𓏤𓎛𓎿𓋴𓏭𓀁𓏏𓅱𓆑𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓈙𓍯𓄿𓅱𓅱𓀢𓅪𓏥𓏌𓏤𓇾𓏤𓈇𓆣𓂋𓅓𓐍𓂤𓅱𓂧𓊋𓏛𓏥𓀀𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓀀𓅓𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓈖𓆑𓀀𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓊪𓅱𓂡𓀀𓏥sr ḥr ḥsj.ṱ =f m =tn šwꜣw.w n.w tꜣ ḫpr m ḫwd⟨.pl⟩ ⟨nb⟩ ḫ,t m jw,tj-n≡f m =tn ⟨wd⟩p,w.pl
8.3 𓆣𓂋𓅓𓎟𓅱𓏥𓍏𓃀𓅯𓄿𓅱𓏊𓂡𓀀𓏥𓃹𓈖𓅓𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏭𓏴𓂻𓀀𓁷𓏤𓉔𓄿𓃀𓂻𓎡𓇋𓇋𓀀𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓀀𓊪𓂝𓏏𓏖𓆑𓅓𓎟𓅓𓂝𓌨𓂋𓉐ḫpr m nb.w.pl wbꜣ.pl wn m wpw,tj ḥr hꜣb ky m =tn jw,tj pꜥ,t =f m nb mẖr ⟨ḥn.n.t(w)⟩
8.4 𓍁𓂝𓉐𓆑𓅓𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓎡𓇋𓇋𓀀𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓅱𓈙𓁸𓅪𓏥𓍲𓁸𓀀𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓀀𓌸𓂋𓎛𓏏𓏊𓏥𓆑𓆣𓂋𓅓𓎟𓐍𓃀𓃀𓏏𓏊𓏥𓂝𓈖𓏏𓅂𓏊𓏥𓇛𓅓𓏛šnꜥ =f m ḫ,t ky m =tn wš šn(j) jw,tj mrḥ,t =f ḫpr m nb ḫbb,t.pl ꜥnt,jw nḏm
8.5 𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓂾𓋴𓅱𓆱𓋴𓅓𓎟𓏏𓄿𓏏𓊪𓀋𓆱𓅠𓅓𓎛𓁺𓁷𓏤𓋴𓅓𓈗𓅓𓎟𓏏𓋹𓏤𓈔𓏏𓈖𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓄤𓆑𓂋𓊃𓀀𓏤𓁷𓏤𓏶𓅓𓅱𓀁m =tn jw,t{j}⟨.t⟩ pds,w =s m ⸢nb,t⸣ ꜣtp gmḥ(.t) ḥr =s m mw m nb,t ꜥnḫ ={tn} m =tn nfr z ḥr wnm
8.6 𓂓𓏤𓈀𓏥𓆑𓊃𓈖𓌰𓅓𓅯𓀁𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓎡𓅓𓄫𓅱𓏛𓄣𓏤𓂜𓈖𓈖𓎡𓎛𓆰𓈖𓆰𓈖𓂻𓂋𓎡𓅜𓐍𓅱𓏛𓏥𓊪𓅱𓈖𓊃𓀀𓏤𓏶𓅓𓅱𓀁𓂓𓏤𓈀𓏥𓆑𓎗𓅱𓏛𓇓𓅱𓊹𓅆𓈖kꜣ.pl =f snm ḫ,t =k m ꜣw(,t)-jb nn n =k ḥnḥn r =k ꜣḫ,w pw n z wnm kꜣ.pl =f wḏ sw nṯr n
8.7 𓎛𓎿𓋴𓏭𓀁𓈖𓆑 […] 𓂜𓊹𓅆𓆑𓁷𓏤𓅱𓂧𓈖𓏌𓅱𓍖𓏛𓈖𓆑𓅓𓊹𓌢𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆳𓈒𓏥𓈖𓎡𓇋𓇋𓀀𓂜[⯑]𓏏𓈖𓏥ḥsj.n =f […] ⟨ḫm⟩ nṯr =f ḥr wdn n =f m sntrj n(,j) ky n r[ḫ] =[f] [st] [m] =tn
8.8 𓀻𓋴𓏏𓏛𓁐𓏥𓅨𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓁐𓏥𓎟𓏏𓀻𓋴𓋴𓅱𓏛𓏥𓁷𓏤𓂋𓂝𓈖𓄟𓋴𓅱𓀗𓀀𓁐𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓈖𓎛𓆰𓈖𓏏𓎡𓂤𓍱𓏏𓉐𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓋴𓊃𓀀𓏤 […]šps,t.pl wr,yt⟨.pl⟩ nb,t⟨.pl⟩ špss,w ḥr rḏi̯{.n}(.t) ms.w.pl =sn n ḥnk,t.pl m =tn js z […]
8.9 𓀻𓋴𓏏𓏛𓁐𓅓𓈞𓏏𓁐𓈖𓐍𓅱𓏛𓂡𓈖𓇓𓅱𓇋𓏏𓆑𓀀𓋴𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓁷𓏤𓋴𓌳𓄿𓅓𓅱𓌪𓂡𓆑𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓄟𓋴𓀗𓀀𓁐𓏥𓊋𓏏𓀗𓀀𓏥𓅓[⯑] […]šps,t m ḥm,t nḫw.n sw jt =s jw,tj ḥr smꜣm.w =f m =tn ms.pl qnb,t m ⸮js,[ywt]? […]
8.10 𓏌𓏤𓎛𓏏𓅱𓃒𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓈖𓇉𓄿𓈎𓇋𓇋𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇓𓏏𓈖𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀀𓏥𓁷𓏤𓈎𓈖𓈎𓈖𓏴𓂡 […] 𓈎𓈖𓈎𓈖𓏴𓂡𓅓𓃒𓏥[⯑] […]n.w ḥ{t}⟨w⟩,w =sn n ḥꜣq.yw.pl m =tn nsw,y.w.pl ḥr qnqn […] qnqn m jḥ.pl mꜣj[r] […]
8.11 [⯑]𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏛𓋴𓆑𓏏𓌪𓂡𓈖𓆑𓁷𓏤𓋴𓆑𓏏𓌪𓂡𓏶𓈋𓅱𓃒𓏥𓐍𓅓𓂜𓎛𓆰𓈖𓏏𓍔𓄿𓁷𓏤[⯑] […][ḥꜣ]q.wy.pl m =tn tm sft n =f ḥr sft wnḏ,w ḫm ḥntꜣ ḥr mꜣ[ꜣ] […]
8.12 𓎟𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇓𓏏𓈖𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀀𓏥𓁷𓏤[⯑] […] [⯑]𓅓𓂋𓏤𓅯𓏥𓂞𓂞𓅱𓏏 […] 𓂞𓂞𓅱𓏏𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓂋𓌥𓃀𓅱𓏛𓇋𓍯𓄿𓅱𓃒𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓍛𓏏𓏤𓁐𓏥[⯑] […]nb m =tn nsw,y.w.pl ḥr qnq[n] […] qnq[n] m rʾ.pl ḏḏ.tw ⟨n⟩ […] ḏḏ.tw nṯr.pl r-ḏbꜣ,w jwꜣ,w m =tn ḥm,t.pl ⸢ꜣ⸣ […]
8.13 𓁷𓏤𓅱𓂧𓈖𓏌𓅱𓍖𓏛𓏥𓄿𓊪𓎛𓅱𓀗𓏥[⯑]𓇋𓂋𓏭 […] 𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓀻𓋴𓏏𓏛𓁐𓏥𓁷𓏤𓋴𓐍𓋴𓂻𓅓𓌡𓂝𓏏𓋴𓈖𓏥ḥr wdn{.pl} ꜣpḥ.w.pl šps[,t].pl jr,j […] m =tn šps,t.pl ḥr sḫs m ⸮⟨rw,wt⟩? wꜥ[.t] _ =sn
8.14 𓊪𓏏𓐍𓅱𓂻𓅓𓅾𓀁𓈖𓅓𓏏𓀏𓁷𓂋𓇯𓅱𓀀𓏥𓈖𓏏𓇾𓏤𓈇𓁷𓏤𓋴𓐍𓋴𓂻𓂜𓈖𓎛𓆰𓈖𓏏𓀗𓀁𓈖𓋴𓈖𓏥𓅓𓂝𓎼𓄿𓅱𓏏𓐎𓅪𓏥𓎟[⯑]ptḫ.w m snḏ n mwt ⟨m⟩ =⟨tn⟩ ḥr,j.w.pl n{.t} tꜣ ḥr sḫs nn ḥn,t n =sn m-ꜥ gꜣ,wt nb ḥs[,t.pl] [m] =[tn]
English
8.1 〈as〉 a widow because of want — he finds riches. He who was never looked at stands, making himself important. Look, he who had no property is an owner of wealth;
8.2 and the official sings his praises. Look, the poor of the land have become rich men; the 〈owner〉 of property is a man of nothing. Look, 〈butlers〉 have become
8.3 owners of cupbearers. He who was a messenger now sends another. Look, he who had no peat-loaf is an owner of granaries, 〈furnished〉
8.4 with the goods of another. Look, he whose hair has fallen out, who had no oil, has become an owner of khebbet-jars of sweet myrrh.
8.5 Look, she who had no casket is an owner of a carrying-chest; she who glimpsed her face in the water is an owner of a mirror. Look, happy is the man who eats his food:
8.6 Eat your food in joy, with nothing held back from you! It is a good thing for a man to eat his food: god allots it to whom he has favored.
8.7 …whom he has favored. […] One 〈who does not know〉 his god offers to him with the incense of another, without [his] knowing [it]. Look, the noble ladies, the great ladies, the mistresses of riches
8.8 give their children for bed-covers. Look, a man […] makes a noble lady his wife, her father having protected him;
8.9 yet the have-not slays him. Look, the children of the council are in ol[d clothes]; [the calves of their cattle belong to plunderers …]
8.10 Look, the king's men smash and devour the cattle; the oppressed […] the plunderers.
8.11 The plunderers: he who could not slaughter for himself slaughters shorthorn cattle; he who knew no butchery sees every […]
8.12 every man. Look, the king's men smash and devour the geese; in place of longhorn cattle they are given 〈to〉 the gods! Look, the maidservants
8.13 offer the pigs; the noble ladies thereof 〈…〉. Look, the noble ladies flee in a single rush, their
8.14 bodies felled in fear of death. 〈Look〉, the chiefs of the land flee; they have no occupation, for lack of a lord of fav[ors]. [Look,] the owners of beds are on the ground.
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9.1 𓎟𓅱𓏥𓎛𓆰𓈖𓎡𓅱𓏏𓂣𓍱𓏏𓉐𓏥𓁷𓏤𓅭𓏏𓅱𓈇𓏥𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓂋𓆑 […] 𓂋𓆑𓅓𓄿𓂧𓏏𓀗𓂡𓈖𓆑𓄞𓂧𓅱𓄛𓏤𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓀻𓋴𓏏𓁐𓏥𓍯𓄿𓅱𓅱𓈐𓂋𓎛𓈎𓂋𓅱𓅪𓏥𓇓𓏏𓈖𓇋𓇋𓅱𓂡𓀀𓏥𓋴𓐟𓄿𓏏𓀁nb.w.pl ḥnk,wt.pl ḥr zꜣt,w sḏr ⟨btk⟩ r =f […] r =f m ꜣd{t} n =f šd,w m =tn šps,t.pl wꜣi̯.ww r ḥqr,w nsw.yw.pl sꜣi̯{.t}
9.2 𓅓𓁹𓏏𓈖𓋴𓈖𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓏛𓏥𓎟𓏏𓂜𓈖𓋴𓏏𓂋𓊨𓏏𓉐𓋴𓏏𓏇𓇋𓇋𓂧𓂋𓎩𓃒𓏥𓏏𓈖𓃀𓅱𓄡𓏏𓄔𓂜𓈖𓀦𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓆑𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓃒𓏥𓅓𓎗𓅱𓇋𓇋𓅱𓂻𓂜𓈖𓈖𓍇𓏌𓅱𓇋𓇋𓏛𓂡𓀀m jri̯.t n =sn m =tn jꜣw,t{.pl} nb.t nn st r s,t =st mj jdr tnbwẖ{.t} nn mnj,w.pl =f m =tn jḥ.pl m wḏ.yw nn nwy
9.3 𓋴𓏏𓊃𓀀𓏤𓎟𓁷𓏤𓏎𓈖𓏏𓅱𓈖𓆑𓋁𓃀𓅱𓌪𓅓𓂋𓈖𓀁𓆑𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓋴𓌳𓄿𓅓𓅱𓌪𓂡𓏏𓅱𓊃𓀀𓏤𓂋𓐛𓏤𓌢𓀀𓆑𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷𓏤𓉔𓄿𓂻 […] 𓉔𓄿𓂻𓎡𓇓𓅱𓂋𓎛𓂝𓄹𓏥𓆑𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥st z nb ḥr jni̯.ṱ n =f ꜣbw m rn =f m =tn smꜣmw.tw z r-gs sn =f jw =f ḥr hꜣi̯ […] ⟨b⟩hꜣ ={k} ⟨m⟩ =⟨k⟩ sw r ⟨mki̯.t⟩ ḥꜥ.pl =f m =tn
9.4 𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓎛𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆳𓏛𓏥𓆑𓅓𓎟𓇋𓄿𓂧𓂋𓎩𓃒𓏥𓏏𓍃𓅓𓅠𓅓𓏛𓈖𓆑𓋴𓂓𓄿𓍁𓃒𓏥𓅓𓎟𓏠𓈖𓏠𓈖𓃒𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓀀𓏥𓉐𓂋𓏏𓀗𓌽𓏥𓆑𓅓𓎟𓍲𓏌𓅱𓏏𓊚𓏏𓉐𓏥jw,tj ḥtrj =f m nb jꜣdr tm gmi̯ n =f skꜣ.pl m nb mnmn(,t) m =tn jw,tj{.pl} pr,t =f m nb šnw,t.pl
9.5 𓏎𓈖𓈖𓆑𓅷𓄿𓃀𓏏𓌽𓏥𓅓𓂞𓂞𓉐𓂋𓂻𓋴𓏏𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓋴𓐟𓄿𓎛𓃃𓂻𓀀𓁐𓏥𓆑𓅓𓎟𓌸𓂋𓏏𓀀𓁐𓏥𓃹𓈖 […] 𓅓𓁹𓂋𓆑𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏴𓀁𓆓𓊃𓆑𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓈎𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏴𓏛𓏥𓏌𓏤𓇾𓏤𓈇𓂜[⯑]jni̯ n =f ṯꜣb,t m ḏḏ pri̯ =st m =tn jw,tj sꜣḥ.pl =f m nb mr,t wn ⟨m⟩ ⟨…⟩ m jrr =f wpw,t ḏs =f m =tn qn.pl n.w tꜣ n smj =[sn]
9.6 𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓂋𓐍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓅚𓀀𓁐𓏥𓍯𓄿𓅱𓅱𓈐𓂋𓄿𓈎𓅱𓅪𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓍍𓅓𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓎟𓂜𓅡𓎡𓅱𓂡𓋴𓈖𓏥𓋴𓈙𓍯𓄿𓅱𓅱𓀢𓅪𓏥𓐍𓆑𓏏𓅂𓀏𓏥𓇾𓏤𓈇𓍍𓅱𓏏𓀀𓏥𓆑⸢sḫr⸣.pl n(.w) rḫ,yt wꜣi̯.ww r ꜣq.w m =tn ḥmw.w.pl nb⟨.pl⟩ n bꜣk.w =⸢sn⸣ sšwꜣ.ww ḫft,j.w.pl tꜣ ḥmw,t =f
9.7 [⯑]𓈙𓈗𓌽𓏥𓂜𓂋𓐍𓏛𓆑𓇋𓅓𓏏𓍃𓅓𓋴𓂓𓄿𓅱𓍁𓌸𓂡 […] 𓁷𓏤𓆣𓂋𓂜𓋴𓏇𓇋𓀁𓈖𓏏𓅱𓆑𓏞𓀀[m] =[tn] _ šm,w n rḫ =f jm tm ⸢skꜣ⸣ [n] =[f] […] [m] =[tn] […] ḥr ḫpr n smj.n.tw =f zẖꜣ,w
9.8 [⯑]𓂝𓂝𓏤𓅱𓏭𓆑𓏭𓅓𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓉐𓆑𓌉𓏴𓅪𓏥 […] 𓆑𓅓𓂝𓎡𓇳𓇋𓂋𓏭𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓊃𓀀𓏤⸢bꜣgi̯⸣ ꜥ.wj.du =fj m ẖnw =f ḥḏi̯{.pl} […] […] […] =f m {ꜥ}⟨r⟩k jr,j mꜣꜣ z
9.9 𓆑𓍑𓄿𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀏𓆑𓆑𓈖𓅪𓀀𓁷𓏤𓏎𓈖𓏏[⯑] […] [⯑] […] 𓋴𓈖𓂧𓅱𓅾𓀁𓂜 […]_ =⸮f? [m] ḏꜣy,w =f fn ḥr jni̯.t qbḥ[_] […] […] [__]y,t […] snd.w ⸮n? […] […]
9.10 [⯑] […] 𓇋𓅱𓎛𓅨𓂋𓅱𓀔𓅪𓀀𓏥 […][…],t.pl […] jw ḥwrw.pl […] […]
9.11 𓋴𓈖𓏥𓂜𓇾𓏤𓈇𓌉𓆓𓇳𓁷𓂋𓋴𓌉𓆓𓏴𓅪𓏥 […] 𓂓𓏤𓏒𓏥𓇋𓂋𓏭𓅓𓂝𓋴𓈖𓏥 […]⸮sn? ⸮n(n)? ⸮tꜣ? ḥḏ ḥr =s ⸢ḥḏi̯{.pl}⸣ […] […] kꜣ.pl jr,j m-ꜥ =sn […]
9.12 𓅾𓀁𓈖𓁷𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓐡𓂡𓏥𓆑𓂧𓄑𓃀𓎛𓀁𓈖𓆓𓊃𓅪𓀀 […] 𓅓𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏭𓏴𓂻𓀀𓂜𓇋𓋴 […]⸢snḏ⸣ n ḥr,yt =f dbḥ nḏs […] […] ⸮⸢m⸣? wpw,tj n-js […]
9.13 𓂋𓎡𓇳𓎁𓏏𓏏𓂡𓏏𓅱𓆑𓄿𓏏𓊪𓀋𓂡𓅓𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓆑𓈖𓈞𓅓𓅱𓂡𓁹𓅱 […] [⯑]𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓇼𓄿𓉐𓆑 […]rk jṯi̯.tw =f ꜣtp m ḫ,t =f nḥm ⸢jri̯.w⸣ […] […] swꜣ =tw ḥr sbꜣ =f […]
9.14 𓁷𓏤𓇉𓄿𓇋𓇋𓁶𓉐𓇥𓂋𓇋𓏏𓆱𓅓𓆼𓄿𓉐𓂝𓏏𓉐𓏥𓌨𓂋𓏭𓏛𓃀𓇋𓅱𓎡𓅃𓅆𓏥[⯑] […] 𓊏𓊪𓇳𓇋𓈖𓈖𓆓𓊃𓅪𓀀𓍞𓁺𓆑⸮⸢ḥr⸣? ḥꜣy ḏrj,t m ḫꜣ ꜥ,t.pl ẖrı͗ bjwk.pl ⸮⸢sr.w⸣? […] ⸮[r]? [šz]p jn nḏs rs =f
English
9.1 the owners of beds are on the bare ground. He who slept afflicted smooths (?) a skin for himself. Look, the noble ladies have come to hunger; the king's men are sated,
9.2 it is not made for them. Look, every office is not in its place, like a wandering herd without its herdsmen. Look, the cattle are on the march with no one to herd them;
9.3 every man fetches for himself the one branded with his name. Look, a man is slain at his brother's side; he flees — look, he must protect himself! Look, he who had no
9.4 ox-team is an owner of herds; he who could not find plow oxen is an owner of cattle. Look, he who had no seed is an owner of granaries;
9.5 he who took out a grain-loan lends it out again. Look, he who had no dependants is a possessor of dependants; he who was 〈a …〉 does his errands all by himself. Look, the strong of the land — they do not report
9.6 the condition of the people: it has come to ruin. Look, all the craftsmen have ceased to work; the enemies of the land impoverish its crafts.
9.7 [Look,] he who […] the harvest does not know of it; he who could not plow [for himself] […]. [Look,] it happens, but is not reported; the scribe
9.8 — his two arms hang weary in his house. Destroyed […] his […] in this its time; a man looks on his […] as his adversary,
9.9 …as his adversary; the weak man brings cool[ness] […] […] of fear. Not […]
9.10 Wretches […] […] it;
9.11 day does not dawn over it. Destroyed […] its provisions in their keeping; […]
9.12 fearing his terror. The commoner begs […] […] as 〈a〉 messenger, but not […]
9.13 The time: he is seized, laden with his goods; [evil-doers] take away […] one passes by his doorway; […]
9.14 behind a screen in an office; chambers containing falcons and rams (?) […] until dawn. It is the commoner who keeps watch.
Column 10
Egyptian
10.1 𓇾𓏤𓈇𓌉𓆓𓇳𓁷𓏤𓆑𓂜𓈖𓁷𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓐡𓂡𓀀𓏥𓏏𓅱𓆑𓋴𓐍𓋴𓂻𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓌳𓐙𓂝𓅱𓆀𓄹𓏥𓄡𓈖𓎡𓅱𓏊𓂡𓅓𓅨𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓋳𓏏𓍔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓍱𓅓𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓉐𓉐𓆭𓅓𓅱𓉐𓏥𓊪𓅱tꜣ ḥḏ ḥr =f nn ḥr,yt{.pl}.ṱ =f sḫs =tw ḥr mꜣꜥw ⟨s⟩ẖnk,w m wr,yt tꜣy,t m-ẖnw pr ⸢jm(ꜣ)w.pl⸣ pw
10.2 𓈖𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓏇𓇋𓈉𓏏𓏭𓅂𓌙𓀀𓏥𓌉𓆓𓏏𓏴𓅪𓏥𓁹𓏏𓉔𓄿𓃀𓂻𓏏𓅱𓁷𓂋𓋴𓇋𓈖𓌞𓋴𓅱𓂻𓀀𓏥𓅓𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏴𓀁𓏥𓎟𓅱𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓂜𓈖𓁷𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓐡𓂡𓀀𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓅓𓂝𓎡𓊃𓀀𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓊪𓅱={n} ⟨jrr.t⟩ =sn mj ḫꜣs,tj.w.pl ḥḏi̯{.t.pl} jri̯.t hꜣb.t{w} ḥr =s jn šms.w.pl m wpw,t.pl nb.w.pl =sn nn ḥr,yt{.pl} =sn m =k z 5 pw
10.3 𓆓𓂧𓋴𓈖𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓈝𓅓𓅱𓂻𓏥𓁷𓏤𓈐𓏏𓏤𓂋𓐍𓏛𓈖𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓅱𓈖𓏥𓄭𓂋𓂻𓅱𓏭𓈖𓏥𓂋𓅓𓇋𓇋𓁿𓂋𓆑𓇾𓎔𓎛𓅱𓇇𓆰𓏥𓊖𓍁𓂝𓉐𓈖𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓂻𓀀𓏎𓈖𓏏𓅱𓈖𓀀ḏd =sn ={sn} šm.pl ḥr wꜣ,t rḫ(.t).n =tn jw =n spr.wjn rmi̯.y r =f Tꜣ-mḥ,w šnꜥ n(,j) nsw ⟨m⟩ hꜣi̯.y =j jni̯.tw n =j
10.4 𓈖𓃀𓅱𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓇋𓅱𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓉐𓏤𓋹𓍑𓋴𓂋𓇥𓂋𓋴𓐍𓂸𓏏𓏥𓂜𓅡𓎡𓅱𓏛𓏥𓆑𓈖𓏏𓆑𓌾𓏥𓇣𓏏𓏭𓌽𓏥𓄿𓊪𓂧𓅱𓅯𓏥𓂋𓅓𓅱𓆟𓏥𓈖𓏏𓆑𓌉𓏏𓀗𓍱𓏥𓊪𓈎𓏏𓀗𓍱𓏥𓈔𓏤𓈒𓏥𓌸𓂋𓎛𓏏𓏊𓏥n bw-nb jw pr-nsw ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) r-ḏr ={s} =⟨f⟩ ⟨m⟩-ḫm.t bꜣk,w =f ntf jt btj ꜣpd,w rm.w ntf ḥḏ,t p(ꜣ)q,t ḥmt mrḥ,t
10.5 𓈖𓏏𓆑𓊪𓊃𓈙𓏴𓏛𓎅[⯑][⯑]𓈎𓈖𓇋𓅱𓎅𓅡𓎡𓅱𓏛𓏥𓎟𓄤𓆑𓂋𓇍𓇋𓇋𓂻𓆑𓁹𓅱𓇋𓂋𓅱𓆓𓆑𓄿𓅱𓅯𓋴𓎝𓎡𓏏𓀁 […] 𓋴𓎝𓎡𓏏𓀁ntf psš(,t) qn[,w] n[ḥb,t].pl qnj,w bꜣk,w nb nfr jy =f jri̯.w jr wḏfꜣ sk.t […] sk{.t}
10.6 𓋴𓏏𓅓𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓉐𓏤𓋹𓍑𓋴𓂜𓈖𓆄𓅱𓅪𓏏𓅱𓅓 […] [⯑]𓌉𓆓𓏴𓅪𓏥𓐍𓆑𓏏𓅂𓀏𓏥𓏌𓏤𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓊖𓀻𓋴𓏏𓏛𓋴𓃀𓈎𓂾𓏛[⯑] […]st m pr-nsw ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) nn šwi̯ =tw ⸢m⸣ […] n[f]ꜣj ḥḏi̯.pl ḫft,j.w.pl n.w ẖnw ⟨pf⟩ šps{.t} sbq qnb,t […]
10.7 𓇋𓅓𓆑𓏇𓇋 […] 𓈝𓅓𓅱𓂻𓄟𓋴𓀁𓅓𓂋𓊖𓏏𓏤𓂜𓈖𓋴𓆈𓏥𓂻𓈖𓆑[⯑]jm =f mj […] šmw ms (j)m,(j)-rʾ-nʾ,t nn sꜥšꜣ n =f ḥ[ḏi̯.pl] [ḫft,j.w.pl] [n.w] [ẖnw] [pf] [šps{.t}]
10.8 [⯑] […] 𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓊖𓊪𓆑𓀻𓋴𓏏𓏛𓆈𓏥𓉔𓊪𓅱𓏛𓏥 […]sbq […] [ḥḏi̯.pl] [ḫft,j.w.pl] [n.w] ẖnw pf šps{.t} ꜥšꜣ hp.w.pl […] […]
10.9 𓋴 […] 𓆑[⯑][⯑][⯑][⯑] […]s […] […] ⸮f? [_] ⸮ꜥ.[w]j? n,t[j] ⸮ḫt? ⸮ḫ? […] [ḥḏi̯.pl] [ḫft,j.w.pl] [n.w] [ẖnw]
10.10 𓊪𓆑𓀻𓋴𓏏𓏛 […] 𓆑𓌉𓆓𓏴𓅪𓏥𓐍𓆑𓏏𓀏𓏥𓏌𓏤𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓊖𓊪𓆑 […]pf šps{.t} […] […] =f ḥḏi̯.pl ḫft,j.w.pl n.w ẖnw pf [šps{.t}] […]
10.11 𓂜𓈖𓊢𓂝𓂻𓈖𓏏𓅱 […] [⯑][⯑]𓆈𓏥𓆼𓄿𓅓𓅱𓉐𓏥𓇋𓅱[⯑] […]n{n} ꜥḥꜥ.n =tw […] [ḥḏi̯.pl] [ḫft,j.w.pl] [n.w] [ẖnw] [pf]ꜣj šps{[.t]} ꜥšꜣ ḫꜣ{m}.w.pl jw m[s] […]
10.12 𓋴𓆼𓄿𓀁𓏥𓏏𓐍𓃀𓈗𓂡 […] 𓅱𓐍𓂧𓇋𓇋𓅱𓐎𓏥𓀀𓏥𓂋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓏛𓆑𓎛𓂝𓄹𓏥𓆑𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆳𓀢𓏛𓈖[⯑][⯑]sḫꜣ.pl tḫb […] […] wḫd,yw{.pl} r mn,t ={f} ⟨m⟩ ḥꜥ.pl =f trj n ⸮ḫꜣ[m]? […]w.pl
10.13 𓁷𓏤𓊹𓅆𓆑𓅓𓂝𓎡𓏛𓆑𓂋𓏤 […] 𓄟𓋴𓅱𓀗𓀀𓁐𓏥𓇋𓂋𓏭𓂸𓏏𓅂𓂭𓂭𓏛𓏥𓁷𓏤[⯑][⯑][⯑]ḥr nṯr =f mki̯ =f rʾ =[f] […] ms.w.pl jr,j mtjw.pl ḥr ḥwi̯(.t) ⟨wḏn,w⟩ sḫꜣ[.pl] [sq]d
English
10.1 The land grows light over him: he has no terrors. One rushes about headlong. A sieve of weryt-cloth, a woven curtain within the house — this is
10.2 what we make like the foreigners do. Destroyed is the errand sent about by followers on the missions of their lords — they have no terrors. Look, there are five men, and they say:
10.3 "Go by a way you know, for we have arrived!" Let Lower Egypt weep over it: the king's storehouse — at my going down it is brought to me.
10.4 To everyone. The King's House, life, prosperity, health, is entirely without its revenues: it is barley and emmer, fowl and fish; it is white linen and fine linen, copper and oil.
10.5 It is peseshet-matting and qen-matting, lotus [buds] and sheaves — every good revenue comes ready-made. If complaint about it is slow in the palace, no one is free of the [claim] of those things […]
10.6 It is in the King's House, life, prosperity, health — it is not to be emptied of those. Destroy the enemies of the noble Residence, splendid of council; […]
10.7 in it, like […]. But the Overseer of the City goes about without an escort. Destroy the enemies of the noble Residence, splendid of […]
10.8 …wise. Destroy the enemies of the noble Residence, plentiful of laws; […] […]
10.9 s […] […] his hands, which are throughout […] Destroy the enemies of the noble Residence; […]
10.10 that noble […] his… Destroy the enemies of the noble Residence, […]
10.11 None can stand […]. Destroy the enemies of the noble Residence, plentiful of offices; Indeed, […]
10.12 Remember the immersion […] of one who suffers pain in his limbs; the reverence of him who [bows down] to
10.13 his god, guarding his mouth; and the children thereof witness the rising of the flood. Remember the [build]ing of the granaries, the censing with incense, the offering of water in the heset-vase at daybreak.
Column 11
Egyptian
11.1 𓍲𓏌𓅱𓏏𓉐𓊶𓊪𓅱𓏛𓂡𓅓𓊹𓌢𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆳𓈒𓏥𓐍𓂋𓊪𓅱𓌂𓂡𓈗𓅓𓎛𓎿𓋴𓏏𓏊𓅓𓈖𓉔𓊪𓅱𓇳𓏥𓋴𓆼𓄿𓀁𓏥𓂋𓏤𓅬𓏥𓆓𓂧𓏌𓅱𓐎𓅬𓏥𓏏𓂋𓊪𓅱𓅬𓏥šnw,t kꜣpw m sntrj ḫrpw mw m ḥs,t m nhp,w sḫꜣ.pl ⟨jni̯.t⟩ rʾ.pl ḏd{nw}⟨ꜣ⟩.pl trp.w.pl
11.2 𓋴𓏏𓅬𓏥𓅱𓂧𓈖𓏌𓅱𓍖𓏒𓏥𓊹𓊵𓏏𓊪𓏒𓏥𓈖𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓋴𓆼𓄿𓀁𓏥𓅱𓈙𓂝𓄑𓀁𓎛𓋴𓏠𓈖𓍖𓈒𓏥𓋴𓋴𓊪𓂧𓏛𓏏𓏐𓏒𓏥𓌉𓇮𓏒𓏥𓇋𓈖𓊃𓀀𓏤𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤𓃛𓅱𓎛𓈗𓁶𓏤s,t.pl wdn{.pl} ḥtp.pl-nṯr n nṯr.pl sḫꜣ.pl wšꜥ ḥsmn sspd tʾ-ḥḏ jn z hrw jwḥ tp
11.3 𓋴𓆼𓄿𓀁𓏥𓋴𓊢𓂝𓂻𓌢𓏌𓅱𓆱𓏥𓆱𓐍𓏏𓌪𓂡𓂝𓃀𓌂𓊌𓃂𓈗𓀀𓁷𓏤𓂋𓏤𓏥𓉐𓏤𓏥𓊖𓏥𓊹𓉗𓏏𓉐𓋴𓈎𓄿𓇉𓄿𓈒𓏥𓍘𓇋𓏇𓇋𓇋𓁹𓏏𓏏𓏊𓏥sḫꜣ.pl sꜥḥꜥ sn,w(t).pl ḫti̯(.t) ꜥbꜣ wꜥb ḥr ⟨twr⟩ rʾ.pl-pr.pl ḥw,t-nṯr sqꜣḥꜣ.tj mj jrt,t
11.4 𓋴𓇛𓅓𓏛𓋴𓏏𓐎𓈌𓏏𓉐𓋴𓂋𓅱𓂧𓌗𓏛𓅯𓄿𓅱𓏏𓏖𓏒𓏥𓋴𓆼𓄿𓀁𓏥𓈖𓇥𓂋𓂡𓁶𓏤𓂋𓂧𓂾𓏤𓏛𓏥𓈙𓃀𓈙𓃀𓏴𓏛𓋴𓋴𓋴𓅱𓇳𓏥𓄞𓂧𓏏𓂡𓃀𓋴𓆟𓂻snḏm st(j) ꜣḫ,t srwd pꜣw,t.pl sḫꜣ.pl nḏri̯ tp-rd.pl šbšb sw.pl šdi̯.t bsi̯
11.5 𓅓𓃂𓏏𓈗𓂋𓄡𓊃𓏏𓅪𓄡𓏏𓏤𓁹𓏏𓋴𓏏𓊪𓅱𓅓𓈖𓆑𓅪𓋴𓋴𓃹𓈖𓌕𓅪𓄣𓏤𓊪𓅱𓈖 […] 𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤𓏃𓈖𓏏𓏭𓎛𓇳𓎛𓇹𓇼𓂧𓏏𓇳𓏥[⯑]⸢m⸣ wꜥb.t r ẖs,t ẖ,t jri̯.t st pw m-nf sswn jb pw n […] hrw ḫntj (n)ḥḥ ꜣbd.pl tn[w]
11.6 𓆳𓏏𓏥𓂋𓐍𓏛𓋴𓆼𓄿𓀁𓏥𓋴𓆑𓏏𓌪𓂡𓇋𓍯𓄿𓅱𓃒𓏥[⯑] […] 𓂝𓂝𓏞𓏛𓏥𓏏𓈖𓏥𓋴𓆼𓄿𓀁𓏥𓉐𓂋𓂻[⯑] […]rnp,t.pl rḫ sḫꜣ.pl sft jwꜣ.pl rḫ[s] […] nꜥ.pl =tn sḫꜣ.pl pri̯(.t) ⸢wḫꜣ⸣ […]
11.7 𓇋𓄿𓂝𓈙𓀁𓈖𓏏𓈖𓏥𓂋𓂝𓏏𓂋𓏤𓅬𓏥𓁷𓏤𓐍𓏏𓊮 […] [⯑] […] 𓂧𓊃𓏭𓏊𓏤[⯑]jꜣꜥš.n =tn rḏi̯.t rʾ.pl ḥr ḫ,t […] […]tjw […] ⟨wpi̯.t⟩ dsj dr[p]
11.8 [⯑]𓈖𓏏[⯑] […] 𓌃𓏏𓀗𓏛𓏥𓈖𓏏[⯑] […][ḥr] mry,t n.t ⸢nw,y⸣ […] ⸮mdw,t? n.t ⸮ḥm,t[.pl]? […] […]
11.9 [⯑][⯑] […][…].pl mnḫ,t[.pl] […]
11.10 𓂋𓂝𓏏[⯑] […] 𓂋𓋴𓊵𓏏𓊪𓏛𓏏𓈖𓏥 […]rḏi̯.t jꜣw{,t} […] r sḥtp =⸢tn⸣ […]
11.11 𓎼𓄿𓅱𓐎𓅪𓏥𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥[⯑] […] [⯑]𓂋𓂝𓇳𓅆[⯑][⸮n?] gꜣw(,t) ⸢r(m)ṯ⸣.pl mj […] [wḏ].n Rꜥ wḏ[,t-m]d[w]
11.12 𓁷𓏤𓏏𓂋𓇋𓇋𓀢𓏛𓇓𓅱[⯑][⯑]𓂋[⯑] […] 𓇋𓈖[⯑]𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇓𓅱𓁷𓏤[⯑][ḥ]r try sw _m_ jmn,tt r ⸮[s]ꜥn[d]? […] jn ⸮[nṯr]?.pl m =tn sw ḥr ḏꜥ[r]
11.13 [⯑] […] [⯑] […] 𓁷𓏤𓅓𓂝𓅱𓂜𓏏𓈖𓏭𓌙𓅯𓏛𓅾𓅱𓀁𓀀𓂋𓌂𓅓𓂡𓄣𓏤𓀀𓂻𓅱𓏎𓈖𓈖𓆑𓈎𓃀𓎛𓏁𓈗𓏛𓏥𓁷𓏤[⯑][qd] […] [qd] […] ḥr-m n tnj snḏ,w r sḫm jb jwi̯ jnn =f qbḥ ḥr t[ꜣ,w]
English
11.1 Remember the granaries censed with incense, the offering of water in the heset-vessel at first light; remember 〈the bringing of〉 the geese — the fat graylag geese, the pintails.
11.2 Remember the offering, the god's-offerings for the gods; remember the chewing of natron, the preparing of white bread on the day of washing the head.
11.3 Remember the raising of the flagpoles, the carving of the altars — the wab-priest purifying the temples, and the god's-house whitewashed like milk;
11.4 Remember the sweetening of the horizon's air, the making firm of the offering-cakes; remember the keeping of the regulations, the fixing of the dates, the removing of him brought in
11.5 from purity because of the weakness of his body: that is doing it wrongly, a destruction of heart for […] a day before eternity, when the months are coun[ted]
11.6 and the years known. Remember the slaughtering of the longhorn cattle, the dis[membering of …] your nea-cattle; remember the coming forth purged […]
11.7 whom you have invoked; the laying of the geese upon the fire; […] the opening of the jar, the off[ering on] the flood-bank.
11.8 […] upon the dam of the flood […] the speech of the women […]
11.9 […] cloths, the menkhet-garments […]
11.10 …giving praise […] to satisfy you […]
11.11 …because of the lack of people. Come (?) […] Re has [commanded] a dec[ree]
11.12 …concerning him who reveres him, to diminish him in the West by the gods? Look — why does he try
11.13 …to create 〈humankind〉? Why is the fearful man not distinguished from the bold of heart? On the he[at] he should come bringing coolness!
Column 12
Egyptian
12.1 𓇋𓅱𓆓𓂧𓏏𓅱𓀦𓅱𓏛𓂡𓊪𓅱𓈖𓃀𓅱𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓂜𓈖𓃀𓇋𓈖𓅪𓅓𓄣𓏤𓆑𓂝𓈖𓂧𓅪𓇋𓄿𓂧𓂋𓎩𓃒𓏥𓆑𓁹𓈖𓆑𓇋𓋴𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤𓂋𓈖𓍇𓏌𓅱𓏛𓂡𓋴𓏏jw ḏd =tw mnj,w pw n(,j) bw-nb nn bjn m jb =f ꜥnd jꜣdr =f jri̯.n =f js hrw r nwi̯(.t) st
12.2 𓐍𓏏𓊮𓈖𓄣𓏤𓇋𓂋𓏭𓇉𓄿𓎙𓂧𓏛𓆑𓃀𓇋𓏏𓄑𓎺𓏛𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓅓𓄡𓏏𓏤𓄹𓀀𓏥𓁶𓊪𓏏𓏛𓎡𓄿𓀁𓎛𓂡𓂡𓂡𓆑⯑𓏤𓅪𓏥𓍑𓄿𓏴𓂡𓆑𓂝𓏤𓂋𓊃𓋴𓎝𓎡𓇋𓇋𓅪𓆑ḫ,t n jb jr,j ḥꜣ ꜥd =f bj(ꜣ),t =sn m ẖ,t.pl tp,(j)t kꜣ ḥwi̯ =f sḏb,w ḏꜣi̯ =f ꜥ r =s ski̯.y =f
12.3 𓋿𓅱𓏏𓂺𓇋𓂋𓏭𓋴𓈖𓏥𓍋𓃀𓃀𓀁𓏏𓅱𓄟𓋴𓏏𓀗𓂋𓋴𓈖𓇉𓄿𓏏𓐎𓄣𓏤𓅪𓏥𓆣𓂋 […] 𓂋𓋴𓈖𓇉𓄿𓏏𓐎𓄣𓏤𓅪𓏥𓋴𓐟𓄿𓂋𓇋𓇋𓌗𓅪𓏥𓁷𓏤𓈐𓏏𓏤𓎟𓏏𓈖𓆑𓄿𓏭𓈐𓊪𓅱ꜥw,t jr,j ⟨jwꜥ.pl⟩ =sn ꜣbb.tw ms,t r =s nḥꜣ,t-jb ḫpr⟨.tj⟩ […] r snḥꜣ.t jb sꜣry ḥr wꜣ,t nb.t nfꜣj pw
12.4 𓂜𓃹𓈖𓂻𓆑𓃹𓈖𓈖𓄿𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓁷𓂋𓄣𓏭𓇋𓂋𓏭𓉐𓂋𓂋𓂻𓄝𓏏𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂺𓅓𓈞𓏏𓁐𓏥𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓂜𓅠𓅓𓈖𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓈐𓏏𓏤𓎛𓂡𓂡𓂡𓈖𓏭𓂋𓁷𓏤𓂡𓉐𓂋𓂻n wni̯ =f wn nꜣ nṯr.pl ⟨m⟩-ḥr,j-jb jr,j prr sty,t m ḥm,t.pl r(m)ṯ.pl n gmi̯.n.tw ḥr wꜣ,t ḥw-nj-r-ḥr pri̯
12.5 𓂧𓂋𓂡𓈖𓃛𓅱𓅪𓏥𓅓𓋴𓆣𓂋𓋴𓈖𓏥𓂜𓇋𓂝𓈙𓀁𓈖𓄂𓏏𓏤𓅓𓃹𓈖𓏌𓏏𓇼𓇳𓏤𓋴𓈖𓏥𓇋𓈖𓇋𓅱𓂋𓆑𓏏𓈖𓏭𓌙𓅯𓏛𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳𓇋𓈖𓇋𓅱𓆑𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆳𓀁𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥dr n(,j) jw.pl m sḫpr sn n(n) jꜥš-n(,j)-ḥꜣ,t m wnw,t =sn jn jw r =f tnj mjn jn jw =f trj sḏr m =tn
12.6 𓂜𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓈖𓏏𓅱𓅢𓏤𓏛𓏥𓇋𓂋𓏭𓇋𓂋𓊃𓈖𓌰𓅓𓅯𓅪𓈖𓏏𓅱𓈖𓏥𓂜𓅠𓅓𓈖𓀀𓏏𓅱𓂜𓇋𓂝𓈙𓀁𓈖𓏏𓅱𓈖𓀀𓅓𓆄𓅱𓅪𓄿𓂧𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀗𓏥𓂋𓋴[⯑]n mꜣꜣ.n.tw bꜣ.pl jr,j jr snm.n.tw =n n gmi̯.n =j tw n jꜥš.n =tw n ={j} =⟨k⟩ m šwi̯ ꜣd{yw} r =s s[swn]
12.7 𓄣𓏤𓊪𓅱𓐍𓈖𓏭𓅯𓀁𓎼𓂋𓏏𓁷𓂋𓏭𓇯𓂋𓏤𓈖𓃀𓅱𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇋𓋴𓅾𓀁𓋴𓏏𓂋𓊃𓀀𓏤𓅓𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓂜[⯑] […]jb pw ḫnj gr,t ḥr,j rʾ n(,j) bw-nb mjn js snḏ st r ⟨ḥḥ⟩ (n,j) z m r(m)ṯ.pl n mꜣꜣ[.⸮tw?] […]
12.8 𓂋[⯑] […] [⯑]𓂋𓏃𓈖𓏏𓏭𓂉𓉐𓆑𓅧𓈎𓂻𓂋𓊹𓉗𓏏𓉐[⯑]r ḫft[,j.w.pl] […] […] ⸮[kh]b? r ḫnt,j =f ꜥq r ḥw,t-nṯr [⸮ḥr?] [⸮ḏsr?] [rm]i̯
12.9 𓈖𓆑[⯑] […] 𓊪𓆑𓄿𓈐𓁹[⯑][⯑]𓆑𓊪𓅱[⯑][⯑] […]n =f ⸢nṯr.pl⸣ […] […] pfꜣ jri̯ swh[ꜣ] ḏd[.t] =f pw ⸮ḫt? ⸮ḏr[_]? […]
12.10 𓂜𓐍𓂋𓀒𓇾𓏤𓈇 […] [⯑] […] [⯑]𓏏𓅱𓏏𓀾𓅆𓏥[⯑]𓇋𓇩𓋴𓅱𓇋𓇋𓆰𓉐𓏥𓇋𓂋𓏭𓈖𓍇𓏌𓅱𓏛𓂡 […]n ḫr ⸢tꜣ⸣ […] ⸮šn_? […] wbd{.t} twt.pl ꜥd js.wy.pl jr,j nwi̯ […]
12.11 𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓆑[⯑]𓅯[⯑] […] 𓎟𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏛𓁹𓈖𓆑𓃛𓅱𓂧𓂻𓊪𓏏𓇯𓂋𓅭𓏏𓅱𓈇𓏥𓅾𓀁𓁷𓏤𓁷𓏤𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓇋𓇋𓆑mꜣꜣ =f hrw ⸮⸢pꜣ⸣? ⸮j⸢ꜣ⸣[dr]? […] nb-tm jri̯.n =f jwd p,t r zꜣtw snḏ ḥr ḥr-nb {y}⟨jyi̯⟩ =f
12.12 𓇋𓂋𓅓𓁹𓂋𓆑𓋴𓏏𓅓𓄖𓂻𓍘𓇋𓈖𓏥𓈖𓅓𓂝[⯑]𓆑𓂋𓊃𓅓𓄟𓋴𓂧𓂧𓅪𓎡𓈖𓈞𓅓𓂡𓎛𓅱𓄑𓏛𓅆𓋷𓄿𓀁𓅆𓌳𓐙𓂝𓏏𓆄𓏛𓏥𓅆𓎛𓈖𓂝𓎡𓋴𓉔𓄿𓃩𓂡𓊪𓅱jr m jrr =f st m pḥ.tj n n-m [ꜥ]q =f r =s ⸢m⸣ msdd =k nḥm Ḥw Sjꜣ Mꜣꜥ,t ḥnꜥ =k shꜣ pw
12.13 𓂋𓂝𓎡𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓇾𓏤𓈇𓎛𓈖𓂝𓊤𓅱𓀁𓅓𓂝𓎡𓎡𓇋𓇋𓀀𓁷𓏤𓅱𓂧𓏴𓂡𓂋𓎡𓇋𓇋𓀀𓊃𓈖𓏭𓏒𓂻𓏏𓅱𓂋𓎗𓅱𓏛𓈖𓎡𓇋𓂋𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓊃𓀀𓏤𓏤𓏤rḏi̯ =k ḫt tꜣ ḥnꜥ ḫrw ⟨ẖnn,w⟩ m =k ky ḥr wdi̯(.t) r ky snj =tw r wḏ(.t).n =k jr šmi̯ z 3
12.14 𓁷𓏤𓈐𓏏𓏤𓅠𓅓𓅓𓏏𓅱𓅓𓊃𓀀𓏤𓏤𓇋𓈖𓆈𓏏𓏥𓋴𓌳𓄿𓅓𓅱𓌪𓂡𓂝𓈖𓂧𓏏𓅪𓇋𓈖𓇋𓅱𓅓𓀦𓅱𓏛𓂡𓌸𓂋𓀁𓅓𓏏𓀏𓐍𓂋𓎡𓄿𓀁𓎗𓅱𓏛𓎡𓁹𓏏𓅱𓈙𓃀𓏴𓀁ḥr wꜣ,t gmm.tw m z 2 jn ꜥšꜣ,t smꜣmw ꜥnd,t jn jw m mnj,w mri̯ m(w)t ḫr kꜣ wḏ =k jri̯.t wšb
English
12.1 One says: "He is the shepherd of everyone; there is no evil in his heart." Yet his flock is small, and he has spent the day caring for it,
12.2 since fire belongs to their hearts! Would that he had perceived their character in the first generation; then he would have struck down the harm, stretching out his arm against it, to destroy their flock and its heirs!
12.3 Small cattle and 〈their heirs〉: birth is wished for it, though heartbreak has come into being, to embitter the heart; need is on every road. Such are these things:
12.4 it has not gone away, though these gods are 〈in〉 the midst thereof! From the bodies of men's wives comes seed, yet no one is found on the road, for violence has come forth,
12.5 and the repeller of wrongs is now their maker. There is no pilot at his hour. Where is he today? Is he perhaps asleep? Look,
12.6 his wrath cannot be seen! If we grow sad, I cannot find you; no one can call you to me, 〈you〉 who are empty of rage against it —
12.7 it is destruction of heart. Moreover, the speech on every man's mouth today: fear of it is greater than of a million men! Nothing is seen against the enemies […]
12.8 …against the enemies. They rage against his forehall; they enter the temple, [into the holy places]; the gods weep
12.9 for it, the gods […] That one who made upro[ar] — it is what he says throughout the […]
12.10 The land has not fallen […] statues are burned, its tombs are hacked up; he who cared for […] sees the day — but this flock…
12.11 He sees the day, this flock. The Lord of All made the sky separate from the earth; but fear is on every face when he comes?
12.12 If he does it as one who would attack us, who will deal with it, when you disdain to save? Utterance, Perception and Maat are with you — yet what you have set over the land
12.13 is uproar, with noise 〈and tumult〉. Look, one man sets himself against another, each surpassing what you commanded! If three men go
12.14 on the road, they are found as two men. Is it the many slaying the few? Is he a shepherd who loves death? Then you should order an answer to be made:
Column 13
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13.1 𓈖𓌸𓂋𓅱𓏏𓀁𓏥𓇋𓋴𓊪𓅱𓌡𓂝𓏤𓀀𓄟𓋴𓂧𓅪𓎡𓇋𓇋𓀀𓂝𓈖𓂧𓅪𓆣𓂋𓅱𓀾𓏛𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓊪𓅱𓁷𓏤𓈐𓏏𓏤𓎟𓏏𓁹𓈖𓎡𓇋𓋴𓂋𓋴𓆣𓂋𓈖𓆑𓄿𓏭𓈐n(,j)-mr,wt js pw wꜥ msd ky ꜥnd ḫpr.pl =sn pw ḥr wꜣ,t nb.t jri̯.n =k js ⟨pw⟩ r sḫpr nfꜣj
13.2 𓆓𓂧𓈖𓎡𓎼𓂋𓍅𓅪𓏥𓇾𓏤𓈇𓅓𓂓𓄿𓂓𓄿𓆰𓏥𓋴𓎛𓊨𓅓𓅱𓅯𓅪𓏥𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓂜𓎡𓄿𓀁𓐎𓏏𓅱𓅓𓋹𓈖𓐍𓇑𓇑𓈖𓈖𓂋𓄫𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓆳𓏏𓏥𓅓𓇉𓄿𓂝𓇋𓇋𓏛𓂡𓏥ḏd.n =k grg tꜣ m kꜣkꜣ sḥtm r(m)ṯ.pl n kꜣi̯ =tw m ꜥnḫ nn r-ꜣw n(,j) rnp.t.pl m ḥꜣꜥ,y(t)
13.3 𓄡𓂧𓃀𓅱𓌪𓂡𓏏𓅱𓊃𓀀𓏤𓁷𓏤𓁶𓏤𓉗𓏏𓉐𓆑𓇋𓅱𓆑𓍞𓁺𓆑𓅓𓉐𓏤𓆑𓈖𓏏𓍔𓄿𓈙𓏴𓈇𓏤𓇋𓈖𓈎𓈖𓂡𓆑𓈖𓈞𓅓𓂡𓆑𓇓𓅱𓋹𓈖𓐍𓆑𓊪𓅱ẖdb.tw z ḥr tp-ḥw,t =f jw =f rs =f m pr =f n(,j) tꜣš jn qni̯ =f nḥm =f sw ꜥnḫ =f pw
13.4 𓏏𓅱𓂋𓈖𓆓𓊃𓅪𓀀𓏥𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓆑𓁷𓏤𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏌𓅱𓌙𓅯𓈇𓏥𓂋𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓆑𓇋𓏏𓎛𓅱𓏛𓂡𓏏𓅱𓈐𓏏𓏤hbu̯ =tw ⟨bꜣ,wt.pl⟩ r nḏs.pl šm{t} =f ḥr mtnw{.pl} r mꜣꜣ =f ⟨wḏn,w⟩ jtḥw.tw wꜣ,t
13.5 𓊢𓂝𓂻𓆑𓊃𓈖𓈖𓇋𓅪𓈖𓈞𓅓𓂡𓈖𓏏𓏭𓁷𓏤𓆑𓐍𓈖𓌰𓅓𓂉𓏛𓅓𓋴𓐍𓏴𓂡𓈖𓏏𓆱𓏏𓏤𓄡𓂧𓃀𓅱𓌪𓂡𓅓𓈖𓆑𓄿𓅪𓇉𓄿𓀁𓎡𓅓𓈖𓉔𓏭𓅪𓈒𓏥ꜥḥꜥ =f snnj nḥm n,t{j}⟨t⟩ ḥr =f ḫnm m sḫ(,t) n.t ḫt ẖdbw m-nfꜣ ⸢ḥꜣ⸣ ⟨dp⟩ =k m nhj
13.6 𓈖𓌳𓄿𓇋𓂋𓌗𓅪𓏥𓇋𓂋𓏭𓎡𓄿𓀁𓆓𓂧𓎡[⯑] […] 𓏃𓈖𓏏𓏭𓆑n(,j) mꜣjr jr,j kꜣ ḏd =k wḫd […] […] ḫnt,j =f
13.7 𓅓𓅓𓂝𓎡𓇋𓇋𓀀𓅓𓇋𓆛𓈖𓃀𓅱𓊅𓈇𓏤𓅓𓇉𓄿𓅱𓏛𓏥𓌨𓂋 […]m mk,y m jnbw m ⸢ḥꜣ,w⸣ ⸮⸢ẖr⸣? […] […]
13.8 𓈙𓅓𓅓𓊮𓏥𓂋𓄡𓏏𓏤𓆳𓏏𓏥𓁹[⯑] […]šmm r ẖ,t rnp,t.pl jri̯ mdw,t […]
13.9 𓄤𓆑𓂋𓊢𓂝𓅱𓊛𓏥𓁷𓏤𓏃𓈖𓏏𓏭 […][jw] [jr] =[f] [ḥmw] nfr ꜥḥꜥ,w.pl ḥr ḫntj […] […]
13.10 [⯑]𓁷𓏤𓂝𓍯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏛𓂡[⯑]𓇋𓅱𓇋𓂋𓆑𓈞𓅓𓅱𓏛𓂡 […] 𓆑⸢ꜣ_w⸣ ḥr ꜥwꜣy.t s[t] jw jr =f ḥmw [nfr] […] [jw] [jr] =f
13.11 [⯑]𓄤𓆑𓂋𓇋𓏏𓎛𓅱𓏛𓂡[⯑]𓅓𓂝𓆼𓄿𓅱𓏴𓂡𓏏𓅱𓄿𓊪𓂧𓅱𓅯𓏥𓅓[⯑][⯑][⯑]𓆑[⯑]𓄤𓆑𓂋[⯑] […][ḥm]w nfr jtḥ.w [jꜣ]d,t mḫꜣ.tw ꜣpd.w ⸢m⸣ ⸢mšr,t⸣ j[w] j[r] =f [ḥ]mw nfr ⸮sr[.w.pl]? […]
13.12 𓊃𓂝𓎛𓋨𓏛𓏥𓈖𓋴𓈖𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏌𓅱𓌙𓅯𓈇𓏥𓁷𓏤𓁹𓏏𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓇋𓅱𓇋𓂋𓆑𓈞𓅓𓅱𓏛𓂡𓄤𓆑𓂋𓂝𓂝𓏤𓅱𓏭𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓋴𓏭𓋴𓈖𓏥𓍋𓅓𓂋𓉴𓊌𓏥sꜥḥ.pl n =sn mtnw.pl ḥr jri̯.t šm,t jw jr =f ḥmw nfr ꜥ.wj.du r(m)ṯ.pl ⟨sḫw⟩sj =sn mḥr.pl
13.13 𓄞𓂧𓏛𓂡𓈘𓈇𓏥𓁹𓏏𓏠𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏛𓏥𓅓𓈖𓉔𓅱𓏏𓆭𓏥𓈖𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓇋𓅱𓇋𓂋𓆑𓈞𓅓𓅱𓂡𓄤𓆑𓂋𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓏏𓐍𓅱𓏊𓂡𓋴𓏴𓂋𓇋𓈗𓀁𓋴𓈖𓏥šdi̯ mr.pl jri̯.t(w) mnw m nh,wt.pl n nṯr.pl jw jr =f ḥmw nfr r(m)ṯ.pl tḫ.w swrj =sn ⟨mjn,t⟩
13.14 𓄣𓏤𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓄤𓆑𓂋𓇋𓅱𓇋𓂋𓆑𓈞𓅓𓅱𓏛𓂡𓄤𓆑𓂋𓈖𓉔𓅓𓀁𓅓𓂋𓏥𓇋𓅱𓃀𓅱𓍯𓄿𓅱𓅱𓀢𓏛𓏥𓏌𓏤𓐖𓏏𓊖𓏥𓊢𓂝𓂻𓁷𓏤𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓈖𓉔𓅓𓅱𓀁𓏥jb.pl =sn nfr jw jr =f ḥmw nfr nhm m r⟨ʾ⟩.pl jw bwꜣw.w.pl n.w ḏꜣt,t.pl ꜥḥꜥ ḥr mꜣꜣ nhm,w.pl
English
13.1 One is beloved, another is hated; their forms are lacking on every road. It was you who brought this about, you who spoke falsehood:
13.2 the land is like a field of kaka-plants, and people are destroyed! No one plans on living; all these years are nothing but strife.
13.3 A man is killed on his own roof, though he keeps watch at his house's boundary. Is he strong enough to save himself? Then he will live!
13.4 One hides in the bushes against the commoners; he goes along the path until he sees the onrush; the road is netted as he stands in distress,
13.5 standing in anguish; what he has is taken from him; he is dealt blows of the stick and killed wrongfully. Would that you could taste a little of this misery!
13.6 of the misery thereof! Then you would say: "Suffer […]" […] in front of it, as protector, as a wall, beyond measure
13.7 as protector, as a wall, to excess 〈under〉 […]
13.8 …he burns with fever against a generation of years; he who made speech […]
13.9 [Indeed it is] good when the ships sail south; […]
13.10 Indeed it is [good] when […] are robbed of them; indeed [it is] good
13.11 when the net is drawn and the birds are trussed in the evening; indeed [it is] good when the off[icials] […] honors for themselves,
13.12 dignities for themselves; the roads are made for walking. Indeed it is good when the hands of men raise pyramids for themselves,
13.13 canals are dug and plantations made of trees for the gods. Indeed it is good when people are drunk, drinking their 〈daily〉 draught,
13.14 and their hearts are glad. Indeed it is good when shouts of joy are in the mouths; the notables of the estates stand watching the rejoicing.
Column 14
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14.1 𓅓𓉐𓏤𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓎛𓃀𓋴𓅱𓍱𓂡𓏥𓅓𓏏𓅨𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏⯑𓏥𓂋𓄂𓏏𓏤𓋴𓅱𓂋𓂧𓌗𓏛𓏥𓅓𓁷𓂋𓄣𓏭𓇋𓅱𓇋𓂋𓆑𓈞𓅓𓅱𓂡𓄤𓆑𓂋𓄿𓍘𓇋𓅱𓏏𓆱𓏥m ⸮pr?.pl =sn ḥbs.pl m ⟨ḥꜣtjw⟩ twr,yt.pl r-ḥꜣ,t s{w}r⟨w⟩d.pl m ḥr,j-jb jw jr =f ḥmw nfr ꜣtj,wt.pl
14.2 𓄿𓂧𓏏𓏛𓂡𓅨𓂋𓋴𓅱𓆱𓏥𓈖𓀙𓅱𓀀𓏥𓅷𓄿𓂋𓐡𓂡𓅓𓅱𓍑𓄿𓏛𓏥𓋴𓐟𓄿𓂋𓏏𓌗𓈖𓏏𓊃𓀀𓏤𓎟𓆎𓅓𓏛𓍘𓇋𓅓𓇋𓆑𓂧𓏭𓂢𓍱𓅓𓆄𓅱𓇋𓇋𓏏𓇳ꜣd.t(j) wrs.w.pl n(.w) sr.w.pl ṯꜣr m wḏꜣ sꜣr,t n.t z nb km.tj m jfdj m šwy,t
14.3 𓉻𓉿𓏤𓆱𓐍𓏏𓅓𓅱𓋨𓂡𓁷𓏤𓆑𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓅓𓃀𓅯𓄿𓏭𓆰𓏥𓇋𓅱𓇋𓂋𓆑𓈞𓅓𓅱𓂡𓄤𓆑𓂋𓊪𓈎𓏏𓀗𓍱𓏥𓊃𓈙𓏴𓂻𓍘𓇋𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤ꜥꜣ ḫtmw ḥr ={f} sḏr ⸢m⸣ bꜣj(,t) jw jr =f ḥmw nfr p(ꜣ)q,t ⸢sš⸣.tj hrw
14.4 𓎛𓃀𓎱𓇳𓇾𓏤𓈇[⯑]𓁷𓏤𓎗𓃀𓅱𓈘𓈇𓊪𓅱𓈎𓏏𓀗𓍱𓏥𓊃𓈙𓏴𓂻𓍘𓇋𓇉𓄿𓅂𓍱𓏥𓁷𓏤𓅓𓂋[⯑] […] 𓅓𓏏𓅱𓀀𓏥ḥ(ꜣ)b ⸮tꜣ? ⸮b[w-nb]? ⸢ḥr⸣ wḏb,w p{w}(ꜣ)q,t sš.tj ḥꜣtjw ḥr ⟨zꜣtw⟩ (j)m(,j)-r(ʾ) ⸮ḥꜣ[tjw]? […] ⸮⸢m(w)t.pl⸣?
14.5 𓃹𓈖 […] [⯑][⯑]𓎼𓂋𓍅𓏏𓏛𓈖𓉔𓅱𓏏𓆭𓏥𓈖𓆓𓊃𓅱𓅪𓀀𓏥𓁷𓏤[⯑] […]⸮wn? […] [jw] j[r] =[f] [ḥmw] ⸢nfr⸣ ⸮⸢grg⸣? nh,wt.pl nḏs.w.pl ḥr ⸮⸢ḏr_⸣? […]
14.6 [⯑] […] [⯑]𓋴𓈖𓏥𓁷𓏤[⯑] […]⸮⸢nfr⸣? […] […] […] =sn ḥr jb_ […]
14.7 […]…
14.8 […]…
14.9 [⯑] […] 𓏇𓇋[⯑]𓎙𓂧 […]j_ […] […] mj __nw ⸮⸢ꜥd⸣? […]
14.10 […] 𓋴𓈖𓏥𓊃𓊗𓊪[⯑] […] [⯑]𓂋𓏤𓎟𓅓𓋴𓂝𓂋𓂻 […] 𓋴𓂝𓂋𓈎 […][…] =sn sp ḥꜣq[.w] […] __w.wj rʾ nb m sꜥr […] sꜥrq […]
14.11 [⯑]𓇋𓂋𓏭𓏇𓇋𓄝𓏏𓏭𓅂𓌙𓀀𓏥 […] 𓈖𓏏𓏭 […] 𓈖𓆑𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓇋𓂋𓏭𓐖𓈖𓏛𓋴𓈖𓏥𓈖𓋴𓈖𓏥⸮[m]?-⸮qꜣb? jr,j mj st,tjw.pl […] ⸮n,tj? […] ⸢n⸣ =⸢f⸣ jw =tw ḥr sḫr.w.pl jr,j qn =sn n =sn
14.12 𓂜𓈖𓅠𓅓𓈖𓏏𓅱𓈖𓏏𓏭𓂋𓊢𓂝𓂻𓏥𓁷𓏤𓋴𓏏𓆱𓐍𓏏 […] 𓆑[⯑]𓂚𓄿𓂡𓊃𓀀𓏤𓎟𓁷𓏤𓌢𓏏𓁐𓆑𓅓𓂝𓎡𓏛𓆑n{n} gmi̯.n.tw n,tj r ꜥḥꜥ{.pl} ḥr mki̯.t st ḫt […] […] =⸮f? [ꜥꜣ]m.w.pl ꜥḥꜣ z nb ḥr sn,t =f mki̯ =f
14.13 𓎛𓂝𓄹𓏥𓆑𓇋𓈖𓅘𓎛𓋴𓇋𓇋𓌙𓀀𓏥𓎡𓄿𓀁𓁹𓈖𓏥𓅓𓂝𓎡𓏏𓈖𓏥𓋴𓆈𓏥𓂚𓄿𓅂𓂡𓏥𓂋𓍙𓆑𓂡𓌔𓏏𓏤𓌙𓀀𓁐𓏥𓇋𓈖𓇋𓅱𓋴𓅓𓍘𓅓𓎛𓏭𓌙𓀀𓁐𓏥ḥꜥ.pl =f jn nḥs,y.pl kꜣ jri̯ =n mk,t =⸮n? sꜥšꜣ =⟨n⟩ ꜥḥꜣ(w),tjw.pl r ḫsf pḏ,t(j).pl jn jw =s m tjmḥj.pl
14.14 𓎡𓄿𓀁𓁹𓈖𓏥𓂝𓈖𓏌𓅱𓂽𓅓𓂝𓍑𓄿𓇋𓇋𓅱𓌙𓀀𓏥𓇛𓅓𓅱𓏛𓏥𓎛𓈖𓂝𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖𓏇𓇋𓅓𓂝𓇋𓂋𓆑𓊃𓀀𓏤𓎟𓁷𓏤𓋴𓌳𓄿𓅓𓅱𓌪𓂡𓌢𓀀𓆑𓍑𓄿𓅓𓅱𓀔𓀀𓁐𓏥kꜣ jri̯ =n ꜥnw mḏꜣy.w.pl nḏmw.pl ḥnꜥ Km,t mj m jr =f z nb ḥr smꜣmw sn =f ḏꜣmw.pl
English
14.1 in their houses, clothed in 〈royal linen〉, staves held before them, set firm in their midst. Indeed it is good when the beds
14.2 are smoothed, and the headrests of the officials are set in well-being; the wish of every man is fulfilled with a four-woven cloth in the shade.
14.3 The door is shut upon him who slept in the bushes. Indeed it is good when fine linen is spread on the day of the land's festival;
14.4 the festival of the land: everyone is on the banks; fine linen is spread, royal linen on the ground; the overseer of 〈royal linen〉 […] the dead […]
14.5 Being? […] [Indeed it] is [good when] trees [are planted] and commoners are on [walls (?)] […]
14.6 Good? […] […] they upon […]
14.7 The papyrus line is lost. […]
14.8 The papyrus line is lost. […]
14.9 j[…] […] like 〈…〉 they 〈plunder〉 […]
14.10 …their case — the plundering; every mouth is lifted in […]; bringing to an end […]
14.11 …within it like the Asiatics […] who […] for him: one says: "Their manner of it is finished for them."
14.12 None is found who will stand up to protect them throughout […] the Asiatics; every man fights for his sister, but protects himself.
14.13 Is it Nubians? Then let us make our protection, mass fighting men to repel the bowmen! Is it Libyans?
14.14 Then let us act once more — the Medjay are well disposed toward Egypt! But how, when every man slays his brother — and the young men […]
Column 15
Egyptian
15.1 𓋭𓊃𓏛𓂡𓈖𓏥𓈖𓈖𓏥𓆣𓂋𓅱𓅓𓌔𓏏𓏤𓌙𓀀𓁐𓏥𓍯𓄿𓅱𓈐𓂋𓐍𓃀𓅯𓄿𓌸𓂡𓆣𓂋𓏏𓈖𓆑𓇋𓅓𓆑𓂋𓂝𓏏𓂋𓐍𓏛𓄝𓏏𓏭𓅂𓌙𓀀𓁐𓏥⯑𓅓𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓇾𓏤𓈇ṯsi̯ =n n =n ḫpr.w m pḏ,t(j).pl wꜣi̯.w r ḫbꜣ ḫpr{t}.n ={f} jm =f rḏi̯.t rḫ st,tj.w.pl sšmw n(,j) tꜣ
15.2 𓇋𓅱𓎼𓂋𓏏𓈉𓏏𓏤𓌙𓀀𓁐𓏥𓎟𓌨𓂋𓏏𓋴𓈖𓂧𓅱𓅾𓀁𓏥𓆑𓂧𓊪𓏏𓄓𓀁𓈖𓂋𓐍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓅚𓀀𓁐𓏥𓁷𓏤𓂜𓈖𓂞𓏏𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖𓈙𓂝𓇋𓇋𓈒𓏥𓈖𓆱𓐍𓏏𓅱𓂡𓋴𓁷𓏤jw gr,t ḫꜣs,t(j).⸢pl⸣ nb(.pl) ẖr{t} sndw =f dp,t n(.t) rḫy,t ḥr nn ḏi̯.t(w) Km,t ⟨r⟩ šꜥy nḫtw s(j) ḥr
15.3 [⯑] […] 𓂋𓆓𓂧𓂋𓏏𓈖𓏥𓅓𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓆳𓏏𓏥 […] [⯑]𓇓𓅱𓆓𓊃𓆑𓇋𓈖[⯑][⯑]𓅓𓉐𓏤𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥 […]ḏr.w[w] =[s] […] r ḏd r =tn m-ḫt rnp,t.pl […] [ḫb]ꜣ sw ḏs =f jn spi̯.w =[s]n m ⸢pr.pl⸣ =sn […]
15.4 𓇋𓅓𓂋𓋴𓋹𓈖𓐍𓄟𓋴𓀗𓏥𓆑𓃹𓈖𓈖 […] [⯑]𓋴𓈖𓏥𓆣𓂋𓏏𓏥𓂜𓈖 […] [⯑][⯑]𓄋𓏏𓏤 […]jm r sꜥnḫ ms.pl =f wnn […] [__]mw =sn ḫpr.t nn […] …f n__ ⸮wp,t? […] […]
15.5 𓆓𓂧𓇋𓈖𓍑𓄿𓅓𓅱𓀔𓀀𓁐𓏥𓆑 […]⸢ḏd⸣ ⸢jn⸣ ḏꜣm.w =f […] […]
15.6 𓈖[⯑] […]n ⸮jn[d]? […] […]
15.7 […]…
15.8 […]…
15.9 […]…
15.10 [⯑] […][r]mw […] […]
15.11 […] 𓆑𓁹𓈖𓏏𓈖𓏥𓂧𓃀𓅱𓀗𓈒𓏥[⯑] […]… =f jri̯.n =tn dbw j[__] […]
15.12 [⯑] […] 𓈎𓏇𓇋𓅱𓈒𓏥𓏎𓈖𓇉𓄿𓋴𓏏𓈒𓏥𓂝𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓈒𓏥[⯑][⯑]𓆣⸮qꜣ[s]w? […] qmjw jnḥꜣs,t ꜥry,t jw[_] _⸮st?_ ⸮ḫpr? __
15.13 𓅓𓇉𓄿𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓅧𓈎𓅱𓏒𓏥𓂋 […] 𓏏𓈖𓏥𓆓𓂧𓏏𓈖𓇋𓀁𓊪𓅱𓀙𓀀𓅱𓈙𓃀𓏴𓀁𓆑𓈖𓍛𓏤𓅆𓈖[⯑][⯑][⯑]𓎡m-ḥꜣ,w-n ꜥq.w ⸮r? … =⸢tn⸣ ḏd.t.n J-pw-{sr}⟨wr⟩ wšb =⸢f⸣ ⸢n⸣ ḥm n(,j) Nb-r-⸢ḏr⸣ ⸮[n]fꜣ? ḏd[.n] =⸮k? ⸮[n]?
15.14 𓋿𓅱𓏏𓀗𓏥𓎟𓐍𓅓𓂜𓋴𓏏𓊪𓅱𓅓𓇛𓅓𓏏𓏛𓁷𓏤𓄣𓏤𓇋𓅱𓁹𓈖𓎡𓄤𓆑𓂋𓁷𓏤𓄣𓏤𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓋴𓋹𓈖𓐍𓈖𓎡𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓇋𓅓𓋴𓈖𓏥𓇋𓅱𓎛𓃀𓋴𓅱𓍱𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥ꜥw,t nb(.t) ḫm st pw m ⸢nḏm,t⸣ ḥr jb jw jri̯.n =k nfr ḥr jb.pl =sn sꜥnḫ.n =k r(m)ṯ.pl jm =sn jw ḥbs{.pl} =sn
English
15.1 …what we raised for ourselves has become bowmen; it has come to hacking. It has happened through this: the Asiatics are made to know the leadership of the land!
15.2 Now all the foreigners are under fear of it; the experience of the subjects says: "Egypt will not be given 〈to〉 the sand; it is strong upon [its] bord[ers]"
15.3 …its borders […] will say of you after the years: "[… which des]troyed itself." Do they remain in their houses? […]
15.4 there, to make his children live. Exists […] they […] what has happened without […] the crown […]
15.5 …spoken by their young men? […]
15.6 …because of mourning […]
15.7 The papyrus line is lost. […]
15.8 The papyrus line is lost. […]
15.9 The papyrus line is lost. […]
15.10 [f]ish […]
15.11 …which you made: dbw-material, j[…] […]
15.12 A rope (?): qmjw-unguent, lotus sheaths, reed stems, jw[…] st[…] 〈become〉 〈…〉
15.13 …beyond the revenues, more than 〈…〉 you. What Ipuwer said in answer to the majesty of the Lord of All: "Those things that you said
15.14 — every herd: to disregard it is sweetness to the heart. You did good to their hearts; you made the people live by them — yet they cover their faces for fear of
Column 16
Egyptian
16.1 𓏃𓈖𓏏𓏭𓋴𓈖𓏥𓈖𓅾𓀁𓈖[⯑]𓃹𓈖𓊃𓀀𓏤𓊪𓅱𓏏𓈖𓇋𓌙𓀗𓐎𓁶𓏤𓂝𓏤𓋴𓅱𓍑𓄿𓀏𓆑𓇋𓅱𓅭𓏤𓀀𓆑𓅓𓈖𓐍𓈖𓀔𓀀𓂜𓋴𓐟𓄿𓂋𓏏𓌗𓀁𓏥𓆑ḫnt{,j} =sn n snḏ n [dwꜣ],yt wn z pw tnj tp-ꜥ swḏꜣ =f jw zꜣ =f m nḫn n(n) sꜣr,t =f
16.2 𓆷𓄿𓂝𓏛𓈖𓆑𓍙𓆑𓂡𓁷𓏤[⯑][⯑]𓐎𓏤𓁐𓂜𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏴𓀁𓆑𓂋𓏤𓆑[⯑]𓐍𓂋𓏏𓈖𓏥𓎁𓏏𓏏𓂡𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇓𓅱𓅓𓐎𓅱𓀏 […] 𓐎𓅱𓀏𓈖𓐍𓊪𓅱𓀏𓂋𓅓𓅱𓁿šꜣꜥ.n =f ḫsf ḥr kꜣ[.pl] ⸮[ḫn]pw? ⸮ḥsb(,t)? n wpi̯.t =f rʾ =f md[wi̯] =[f] ḫr =tn jṯi̯ =tn sw m ⸮ḥsbw? […] ⸮mwt? n(,j) ḫp,w rmi̯.w
16.3 [⯑]𓇋𓏏𓆑𓀀𓅓𓈗 […] 𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓊃𓀀𓏤 […] [⯑] […] 𓅓𓐍𓊪𓈙𓏏𓌃𓏛𓏥𓆑s[w] ⸢jt⸣ ⸮⸢m⸣? ⸢mw⸣ […] […] šm{t} z […] ⸮sp,t? […] ⸮m? ḫpš ⸮[ẖr]? ⸮⸢mdw⸣? =⸮⸢f⸣?
16.4 [⯑] […]j[__] […]
16.5 […]…
16.6 […]…
16.7 […]…
16.8 […]…
16.9 […]…
16.10 […][ḏd.t.n] [ḥm]
16.11 𓎟𓂋𓇥𓂋𓅆[⯑] […] [⯑][n(,j)] Nb-r-ḏr wš[b] =[f] [n] [J-pw-wr] […] […].wj
16.12 𓂞𓏏𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓏏𓈖𓏥𓃹𓈖𓇾𓏤𓈇𓅾𓀁 […] [⯑] […] [⯑]ḏi̯.t ḫti̯ =tn wn tꜣ snḏ […] […] [ḥr]-nb […] [bw]-nb
16.13 𓁷𓏤𓈐𓏏𓏤𓎟𓏏𓇋𓂋𓇋𓄿𓂝𓈙𓀁𓏏𓅱𓈖[⯑]𓈖[⯑]𓋴𓈖𓏥[⯑] […] [⯑] […] [⯑]𓂋𓅓𓅱𓁿𓂋𓆑𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥[⯑]𓋴𓈖𓏥ḥr wꜣ,t nb.t jr jꜣꜥš =tw n =s[n] n ⸮[sḏ]m?.n =sn ⸢jꜣ⸣[ꜥš] […] _f_ […] ⸮[ḫ]⸢ft,j.w⸣?.pl rmi̯.w r =f nṯr.pl ⸮šms,w? =sn
16.14 𓅧𓈎𓂻𓂋𓉗𓅱𓏏𓉐𓏥𓂓𓏤𓏥𓊖𓅱𓃀𓂧𓅱𓊮𓏥𓏏𓅱𓏏𓀾𓅆𓏥[⯑]𓆞𓄿𓏏𓅱𓐎𓀏𓏥𓈖𓏏[⯑]ꜥq r ḥw,t.pl-kꜣ.pl wbd{.pl} twt.pl ⸢ꜥd⸣ ⸮[js,wy.pl]? ẖꜣ,tw.pl n.t sꜥḥ.w.pl
English
16.1 the morning. Their faces are averted for fear of the daybreak. There was a man grown old, just before he passed on; his son is a child without understanding,
16.2 and he has begun to defend his fo[od] that the maidservant 〈steals〉, before he can open his mouth to speak before you; you carry him off into the fate of the departed; his father weeps for him with tears
16.3 …his father, by the water […] a man goes […] the shore (?) […] with strength, because of his speech
16.4 j[…] […]
16.5 The papyrus line is lost. […]
16.6 The papyrus line is lost. […]
16.7 The papyrus line is lost. […]
16.8 The papyrus line is lost. […]
16.9 The papyrus line is lost. […]
16.10 What the Majesty of the Lord of All [said], answ[ering]
16.11 of the Lord of All, answering to Ipuwer: How […] has brought you to retreat, since the land is afraid […]
16.12 …making you retreat, while the land fears […] everyone […] everywhere.
16.13 On every road: if one calls to them, they do not [listen]; call (?) […] the enemies; let the gods weep, for their follow[ers]
16.14 …have entered the ka-chapels: statues are burned, tombs are hacked up, and the bodies of the dead!
Column 17
Egyptian
17.1 𓃀𓇋𓈖𓏏𓏭𓄂𓂝 […]bjn.{tj}⟨wj⟩ ḥꜣ,t-ꜥ […] […]
17.2 𓈖𓐍𓂋𓊪𓂡𓂓𓏏𓀗𓏛𓏥 […]n ḫrp-kꜣ,(w)t […] […]
17.3 𓆣𓂋 […]ḫpr […]
English
17.1 How evil is the beginning 〈of…〉 […]
17.2 of the overseer of works […]
17.3 …come to pass […]