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 […] The door-keepers say, “Let's go once we have looted.” The makers of sweets […].
1.2 The washermen have not agreed to carry their loads; the rope-makers […].
1.3 The bird-catchers have raised troops […].
1.4 The Delta carries shields; the brewers […] […].
1.5 […] is sad. A man sees his son as his enemy. There is uproar […] […].
1.6 […] pushes him against another: “Come with force!” A message […] […].
1.7 […] these things ordained for you in the time of Horus, in the age of […] […].
1.8 A decent man goes about mourning because of what has happened in the land. Yet […] goes […].
1.9 Foreigners have become people everywhere. Indeed, faces have gone pale […].
1.10 […] what the ancestors foretold has reached […].
1.11 Indeed, […] does not go away […].
1.12 Indeed, […] bow down […].
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 under bands of men. A man goes to plow his field carrying his shield. Indeed, the gentle say, “Poverty […].” […]-faced man […].
2.2 […] is a man of means. Indeed, faces are pale; the foreign bowman has settled here. Wrongdoing is everywhere. There is no one left from yesterday. Indeed, looters […] everywhere.
2.3 The servant carries […], and the thief will find him. Indeed, the flood waters the fields, but no one plows for it. Everyone says, “We don't know what has happened throughout the land.”
2.4 Indeed, women have dried up and cannot conceive. Khnum cannot create because of the state of the land. Indeed, the poor now own valuables. The man who could not make himself
2.5 sandals now owns wealth. Indeed, the servants' hearts are sad. Officials no longer meet with their people, who cry out. Indeed, the heart has grown fierce. Disease
2.6 is throughout the land; blood is everywhere. There is no shortage of death. Mummy wrappings say, “Do not come near.” Indeed, many dead people are buried in the river, and the flood
2.7 is a grave: a tomb has become a flood. Indeed, the rich mourn and the poor rejoice. Every town says, “Let us drive the powerful people out from among us.”
2.8 Indeed, people are like ibises; filth is throughout the land, and no one's clothes are white now. Indeed, the land spins like a potter's wheel.
2.9 A robber now owns wealth and has become a looter. Indeed, the trusted men are like […]. A common man says, “How frightening! What can I do?”
2.10 Indeed, the river is blood, yet people drink from it. They push people aside while thirsting for water. Indeed, the porticoes, pillars, and wooden walls are burned,
2.11 but the foundations of the king's house remain firm and strong. Indeed, the southern ship is breaking apart, towns are cut up, and Upper Egypt has become empty high ground.
2.12 Indeed, the crocodiles are feeding but catch nothing; people go to them themselves. This is the ruin of the land, for people say, “Don't step here! Look, it's
2.13 a net!” Look, people step into the trap like fish […]. A frightened man cannot make it out because his heart is full of fear. Indeed, there are few people. The man who puts his brother in the ground
2.14 is everywhere. The words of the wise man come quickly […] without delay. Indeed, every well-born son lacks recognition; the child of his mistress becomes the son of his servant woman.
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 all over the land; districts have been broken up. The foreign bowmen have come to Egypt. Indeed, […] have reached […].
3.2 There are no people anywhere. Indeed, gold, lapis lazuli, silver, turquoise, garnet, amethyst, and gneiss, our precious stones,
3.3 hang around the necks of servant women. Valuables are everywhere, but the women who own houses say, “If only we had something to eat!” Indeed, […] despise […].
3.4 […] noblewomen; their bodies suffer in old clothes, their hearts are troubled as they ask after […]. Indeed,
3.5 chests made of ebony are smashed. Fine wood is broken off the beds […]
3.6 […]. Indeed, builders have become farmworkers. Those who used to be in the god's boat are yoked […]. No one travels north to
3.7 Byblos today. What will we do for pinewood for our mummies? Priests are buried with its products, and the great are embalmed
3.8 with its oils. Even from Keftiu they no longer come. Gold has run out; the stacking of stone for every work has stopped.
3.9 […] belonging to the royal estate has been stripped bare. How remarkable that oasis people arrive carrying their festival offerings: mats, sleeping mats of fresh grass,
3.10 […] of birds, and gathered reeds. Indeed, Elephantine, Thinis, and the districts of Upper Egypt do not pay taxes because of
3.11 unrest. Tiger nuts, charcoal, blue plant dye, various kinds of timber, the work of craftspeople, and colocynth
3.12 and gum, the palace's due payments, are destroyed. What good is the treasury without its revenue? The king's heart is glad when Maat, justice, comes to him, and
3.13 all foreign lands say, “He is our water; he is our prosperity.” What can we do about it, now that it is heading for ruin? Indeed, laughter has died
3.14 and no longer happens. Mourning is everywhere in the land, mixed with cries of grief. Indeed, every person with nothing has become wealthy; those who used to be
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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 are now treated as others and set on the road. Indeed, everyone's hair has fallen out; a well-born son cannot be told apart from a person with nothing. Indeed, […]
4.2 because of the noise. No one can speak clearly in these years of noise; there is no end to the noise. Indeed, important people and ordinary people say, “I wish I were dead!” Little children
4.3 say of food, “It is gone.” Indeed, officials' children are smashed against walls; the children for whom people prayed are left on high ground.
4.4 Indeed, those who were in the embalming place are put on high ground; the embalmers' secrets are spilled there. Indeed,
4.5 what could be seen yesterday has disappeared. The land is left exhausted, like flax pulled from the ground. Indeed,
4.6 none of the Delta can be hidden; Lower Egypt relies on well-used roads. What can anyone do?
4.7 “There is nowhere to flee,” people say. People say, “Away with the secret place!” Look, people who know nothing about it have it, just like those who know it.
4.8 Foreigners have learned the work of the Delta. Indeed, dependents have been put to grinding grain; people who used to wear fine linen
4.9 are beaten unjustly. Those who never saw daylight have come out without being stopped. Women who used to lie in their husbands' beds
4.10 are told, “Let them sleep in ditches among the poor!” Women who used to say of bowls of myrrh, “They are too heavy for me,” must carry
4.11 storage jars full of water. They no longer know the carrying chair. The attendant has been ruined. There is no cure for this:
4.12 rich women suffer like servants. Musicians are at the loom inside the weaving rooms; the weavers' songs are songs of mourning.
4.13 The women who used to tell stories are at the grinding stones. Indeed, every servant woman speaks boldly; when her mistress speaks,
4.14 it is a burden to the servants. Indeed, trees are swept away and plantations stand bare. A servant has left 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, “The many loaves for children have been destroyed. There are no plain figs or cut figs […].
5.2 What do they taste like today?” Indeed, officials are hungry and homeless, and their attendants are pursued. […] because of mourning.
5.3 Indeed, the hot-tempered man says, “If I could understand and know where god is, I would act for him!” Indeed, Maat, justice, is throughout
5.4 the land in name only; what they really do is wrong, and they build on it. Indeed, runners fight over another's possessions,
5.5 and everything the robber owns is seized. Indeed, all herds are weeping in their hearts; the cattle mourn the condition of the land.
5.6 Indeed, officials' children are thrown against walls; children for whom people prayed are laid on high ground. Khnum mourns
5.7 because he is weary. Indeed, terror kills, and fear drives away anyone who would act against your enemies. Also, images
5.8 and amulets are not enough for a poor man. Is it serving Khenty and the one he cuts up? Is it killing for the lion and roasting in the fire?
5.9 Is it pouring an offering for Ptah and taking cattle? Why do you give to him? No one can reach him; your gift brings him misery! Indeed, work […]
5.10 is everywhere in the land. The violent man sends for everyone, and a man strikes his own brother, born of the same mother. What has been done? I speak for someone already lost.
5.11 Indeed, roads are watched and paths guarded. Someone sits in the bushes until a nighttime traveler arrives,
5.12 so that his load can be taken, everything on him stolen, and he can be struck with a stick and killed unjustly. Indeed, what could be seen yesterday has disappeared;
5.13 the land is left exhausted, like flax pulled up from the ground. Ordinary people come and go without homes,
5.14 […] in the flood […]. If only this were the end of humanity, with no conception and no births!
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 Then the land would be quiet, without noise or disorder! Indeed, […] people eat plants and drink water. No flour or bird feed
6.2 can be found; seed is taken from a pig's mouth. No one has a cheerful face because they bend under hunger.
6.3 Indeed, barley is gone from every road. People have been stripped of their clothes and have no oil to rub on themselves. Everyone
6.4 says, “There is nothing!” The storeroom is torn down, its guard lies stretched on the ground. This is no cause for my heart to rejoice. I am completely finished!
6.5 If only I had raised my voice then, so it could save me from the suffering caused by this! Indeed, the sacred entrance hall has had its writings removed;
6.6 its secret place and inner room have been stripped bare. Indeed, magic has been stripped bare, and signs and predictions are dangerous when people recall them.
6.7 […] people seek them out. Indeed, offices have been opened and their lists taken away. Dependent people now own dependents.
6.8 Indeed, scribes have been killed and their documents taken away. How terrible the suffering of this time is for me! Indeed,
6.9 the land-record scribes have had their writings erased; Egypt's grain, which keeps its people alive, is there for anyone to take. Indeed, the rules
6.10 of the work camp have been thrown out. People walk on them in the alleys; poor people tear them up in the streets.
6.11 Indeed, poor people have reached the place of the Ennead; the rules of the House of Thirty have been stripped bare.
6.12 Indeed, the great work camp is in turmoil; poor people come and go through the great estates. Indeed,
6.13 officials' children are thrown into the streets. The knowledgeable person says, “Yes”; the fool says, “No.” To someone who does not understand it, it seems right.
6.14 Indeed, those who used to be in the embalming place are put on high ground. The embalmers' secrets are spilled there.
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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 higher; let its flames go out against the land's enemies! Look, things never done before have happened: poor people have removed
7.2 the king. Look, the man buried as a falcon lies on a bier; the pyramid that hid him has been emptied. Look, a few people who know nothing about governing have stripped
7.3 the land of kingship. Look, people rebel against Re's powerful royal cobra, which brings peace to Upper and Lower Egypt.
7.4 Look, the land's secret, whose boundaries are unknown, has been exposed, and the Residence has fallen in a single hour. Look, Egypt has come to
7.5 pouring water on the ground, while the strong man takes for himself amid the misery! Look, the first being has been taken out of its cave; the secrets of the kings of Upper and Lower Egypt
7.6 have been exposed. Look, the Residence is afraid because of shortages, but my lord will stir up conflict without anyone stopping him.
7.7 Look, the land has joined together in gangs; a low man steals the strong man's things. Look, the first being is on the water like those who cannot move;
7.8 yet someone who could not make himself a coffin now owns a tomb. Look, the owners of burial chambers are driven onto high ground, while someone who could not make a coffin now owns a tomb's storeroom.
7.9 Look what has happened to people: someone who could not build himself a room now owns walls. Look, the council of the land is driven out across the land, while the former outcast is in the king's estates.
7.10 Look, wealthy women sleep in ditches, and officials are in the workshop; someone who had nowhere to sleep now owns a bed. Look, the property owner spends the night thirsty,
7.11 while the man who begged for beer dregs now owns good beer. Look, the owners of linen wear rags, while a man who could not weave now owns fine linen.
7.12 Look, a man who could not cut wood to make a boat now owns ships. Their former owner sees them, but they aren't his.
7.13 Look, the man who had no shade now owns shade, while those who owned shade are out in the dark storm. Look, a man who knew nothing of the curved harp now owns a fine harp;
7.14 someone who could not sing now praises Meret. Look, the owners of copper offering stands have not even one decorated vessel among them. Look, a man who once slept
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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 widower because he had nothing now finds wealth. A man nobody looked at stands as an important person. Look, a man who had nothing now owns riches,
8.2 and an official praises him. Look, the country's poor have become rich, while a man who owned property now has nothing. Look, the servers
8.3 now own attendants, and the former messenger sends someone else. Look, a man who had no loaf now owns a storehouse, stocked
8.4 with things that belong to someone else. Look, a man whose hair fell out and who had no oil now owns jars of sweet myrrh.
8.5 Look, a woman who had no small chest now owns a carrying chest; one who used to see her face reflected in water now owns a mirror. Look, a man enjoys eating
8.6 his food. Eat what you have gladly, with no one to stop you! It is good for a man to eat his food: god gives it to a man he favors.
8.7 […] A man who does not know his god offers him someone else's incense without realizing it. Look, wealthy and powerful women who own riches give away their children in exchange for beds.
8.8 Look, a man […] takes a wealthy woman for his wife, and her father has protected him,
8.9 but a man who has nothing kills him. Look, the councilors' children wear old clothes; […] their cattle belong to looters.
8.10 Look, butchers kill cattle, while the miserable […] looters.
8.11 Look, a man who could not slaughter an animal now slaughters short-horned cattle; a man who did not know butchery now sees […].
8.12 Look, butchers slaughter […] geese. These are given to the gods in place of long-horned cattle! Look, servant women […]
8.13 are offering pigs, while the wealthy women […]. Look, wealthy women flee together in a rush; their […] lie flat
8.14 in fear of death. Look, the leaders of the land are fleeing; they have no work because there is no lord to reward them. Look, the owners of beds lie 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 lie on the ground, while a man who slept in distress prepares a hide for himself. Look, rich women have become hungry, while the butchers are satisfied with what was made for them.
9.2 Look, no position is where it belongs: they are like a wandering herd without shepherds. Look, cattle roam without anyone to herd
9.3 them; each man brings back the animal marked with his name. Look, a man is killed beside his brother, who flees […] to save himself. Look,
9.4 a man who had no team of oxen owns a herd, and one who could not find plow oxen now owns cattle. Look, a man who had no seed now owns granaries;
9.5 one who borrowed grain now lends it out. Look, a man without dependents now has subordinates, while someone who was […] runs his own errands. Look, the powerful men of the land have not reported how the people are being ruined.
9.6 Look, all the craftspeople have stopped working; the land's enemies have made its trades poor.
9.7 Look, the man who […] the harvest knows nothing about it; one who did not plow for himself […]. Look, […] happens and no one reports it. The scribe
9.8 lets his arms hang idle at home. […] has been destroyed […] in its time. A man sees his […] as his opponent,
9.9 while the gentle man brings relief […]. […] fear […].
9.10 […] Poor people […] […].
9.11 […] daylight does not dawn on it. […] has been destroyed, and […] supplies are in their hands […].
9.12 […] fears his terror. An ordinary man begs […]. […] as a messenger, but not […].
9.13 […] He is seized and loaded with his belongings, which are taken away […]. Someone passes his doorway […].
9.14 […] behind a wall in a building, and rooms holding falcons and rams […] until dawn. The ordinary man will keep 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 Day dawns on him, and he is no longer afraid; people rush around upside down. Strainers made of cloth and curtains in the house are made into tents like those of foreigners.
10.2 The work of followers sent on their lords' errands has been destroyed. They have no fear. Look, there are five men,
10.3 and they say, “Go by the road you know; we have arrived!” Let Lower Egypt weep, because everyone may now take from the king's workshop!
10.4 The whole royal estate has no income. It owns barley and emmer wheat, birds and fish. It owns white and fine linen, copper and oil.
10.5 It owns woven mats, lotus buds and grain bundles; all good payments arrive ready-made. If the palace is slow to complain about them, no one will be free from […].
10.6 Destroy the enemies of the noble Residence, with its fine council! […] in it like […].
10.7 […] but the city overseer walks without an escort. Destroy the enemies of the noble Residence, with its fine […]!
10.8 Destroy the enemies of the noble Residence, with its many laws! […] […].
10.9 […] which are everywhere […]. Destroy the enemies of the noble Residence […]!
10.10 […] Destroy the enemies of the noble Residence […]!
10.11 No one can stand […]. Destroy the enemies of the noble Residence, with its many offices! Indeed, […].
10.12 Remember the immersion […], and the sufferer's aching limbs; remember the reverence of one who calls on his god,
10.13 covering his mouth […], while his children witness the flood overflowing. Remember building granaries, burning incense, and pouring water from the water vessel 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, the burning of incense, and the pouring of water from a vessel in the morning. Remember bringing fattened geese of several kinds
11.2 and making offerings for the gods. Remember chewing natron and preparing white bread on the day a man washes his head.
11.3 Remember putting up flagpoles and cutting an offering table, while a priest cleans the sacred spaces and the temple is made white like milk; burn incense toward the horizon and keep the offering loaves coming.
11.4 Remember following the rules, setting the dates, and expelling a person initiated into ritual purity from the clean place because of bodily filth:
11.5 doing this is wrong and breaks the heart of […]. […] a day before eternity, when months are counted
11.6 and years are known. Remember sacrificing long-horned cattle and slaughtering […] your cattle. Remember coming out cleansed […]
11.7 whom you summoned, and putting geese on the fire […], opening the jar and making offerings
11.8 on the bank of the flood […]. The words of women […]
11.9 […] linen cloth […].
11.10 […] give praise […] to satisfy you […], because humanity is lacking.
11.11 […] people […]. Re has ordered a decree […] for one who respects him, […] the west […].
11.12 […] Look, why does he seek to create people when the frightened man cannot be distinguished from the man with a fierce heart?
11.13 […] Why can't the frightened be distinguished from the strong-hearted? He should come and bring coolness to the heat!
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 People say, “He is everyone's shepherd; there is no evil in his heart.” Yet his herd is dwindling, though he spent the day tending it,
12.2 because there is fire in its heart. If only he had known their nature from the first generation! Then he would have punished them, raised his arm against them, and destroyed that herd and its heirs.
12.3 Yet people want it to have children, though heartbreak has come and need is everywhere. That is how it is,
12.4 and it has not ended, though these gods are among them! Children come from the wives of men, but no one can be found on the road, because fighting has broken out,
12.5 and the person who once prevented wrongdoing now causes it. No guides are on duty. Where is he today? Is he asleep? Look,
12.6 his anger cannot be seen! When we are sad, I cannot find you; no one can call on you. You are free from violence against it, yet hearts are broken.
12.7 What everyone says today is more frightening than a million people. No one has been seen facing enemies […].
12.8 […] people rage against its entrance hall and enter the temple, into the sacred rooms; the gods weep for it […].
12.9 […] the gods […]. “[…] the one who caused this turmoil.” That is what he says throughout the […].
12.10 But the land has not fallen […]. Statues are burned, and its tombs destroyed. The man who tends […]
12.11 sees the day, but this herd […]. The Lord of All separated the sky from the earth, yet everyone is afraid when he comes.
12.12 If he acts like someone attacking us, who can set this right when you refuse to save us? Speech, understanding, and Maat are with you, yet you place turmoil
12.13 throughout the land, along with noise and disorder. Look, one person turns against another; people copy what you have commanded. If three men set off
12.14 on the road, only two are found. The many kill the few. Is this a shepherd who loves death? Then you must order an answer.
Column 13
Egyptian
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 man is loving, another is angry. But their usual ways have vanished everywhere, and you have made this happen by speaking falsely.
13.2 The land is full of weeds, and people are destroyed. No one expects to live; all these years have been full of conflict.
13.3 A man is killed on his rooftop, even though he keeps watch at the edge of his house. If he is strong enough to save himself, then he lives.
13.4 Someone hides in the bushes from ordinary people. He goes down the path until he sees an attack; the road is trapped while he stands suffering,
13.5 and everything he carries is taken. He is struck with a stick and killed unjustly. If only you could taste a little of this misery!
13.6 Then you would say, “I suffer […]” […] before him
13.7 as a protector, as a wall […] in the heat […].
13.8 […] through years of burning heat; the man who spoke […].
13.9 Indeed, it is good when ships sail upstream […].
13.10 […] robbing them. Indeed, it is good […]. Indeed, it is good when nets are set and birds are caught at dusk.
13.11 Indeed, it is good when officials […] honors for themselves, when
13.12 the paths are open. Indeed, it is good when people build pyramids with their hands, dig canals,
13.13 and plant trees for the gods. Indeed, it is good when people get drunk, drink beer, and feel happy.
13.14 Indeed, it is good when people cheer aloud. The important men of the estates stand watching the celebrations from their houses,
Column 14
Egyptian
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 fine linen, holding staffs before them, at ease among their people. Indeed, it is good when beds are made smooth and officials' headrests secured;
14.2 when every man's needs are met with a blanket in the shade, and the door is closed on the man who used to sleep in a bush.
14.3 Indeed, it is good when fine linen is spread out on the day of the festival,
14.4 when everyone is on the bank and fine linen is laid out, with the finest cloth on the ground […].
14.5 Indeed, it is good when trees are planted and ordinary people are on […] […].
14.6 […] they […] in their hearts […].
14.7 […]
14.8 […]
14.9 […] like […] an act of looting […].
14.10 […] they have looted […]. Every mouth raises […] among them like foreigners […].
14.11 […] like people from Asia […]. People say, “Their situation is finished for them.”
14.12 No one can be found to stand up and protect them […] Asiatics. Every man fights for his sister but protects himself.
14.13 Are they Nubians? Then let us protect ourselves and gather fighters to drive back the bowmen. Are they Libyans?
14.14 Then let us act as well, for the Medjay are friendly to Egypt. But how can we, when every man kills his brother, and the young men we would train have become foreign bowmen?
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 The young men we raise for ourselves have become bowmen and are out destroying. This is how the Asiatics come to know who leads the land!
15.2 Now all foreigners fear it, and the people's experience tells them: “Egypt will not be handed over to the desert; it is strong on its borders.”
15.3 […] will speak of you years later: “[…] destroyed itself.” Do they remain in their houses? […] there to keep his children alive.
15.4 […] to keep his children alive. There is […] they […] what happened without […] […].
15.5 His young men say […] […].
15.6 […] because of misery […] […].
15.7 […]
15.8 […]
15.9 […]
15.10 […] fish […] […].
15.11 […] what you have made: binding materials […].
15.12 […] gum, lotus leaves, lotus stems, […] plenty of provisions […].
15.13 This is what Ipuwer said in reply to the Lord of All: “[…] What you said […] to the whole herd: to ignore it brings pleasure to the heart!
15.14 You have done good in their hearts and kept people alive through these things. Yet they cover their faces in fear of tomorrow.”
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 They cover their faces in fear of tomorrow. There is an old man about to die, and his son is a child who does not understand.
16.2 He has begun to defend his food […] before he can open his mouth to speak in your presence. Yet you carry him away to the fate of one who dies, and his father weeps for him.
16.3 […] a man goes […] to the edge […] with strength […] his words.
16.4 […] […].
16.5 […]
16.6 […]
16.7 […]
16.8 […]
16.9 […]
16.10 What the Lord of All said
16.11 when he replied to Ipuwer: “[…] Why have you drawn back, when the land is afraid […]?
16.12 […] you have let the land be afraid […] everyone everywhere
16.13 on every road. If people call to them, they do not listen. […] enemies […]. Let the gods weep, for their followers
16.14 have entered the burial chapels; statues are burned, tombs are destroyed, and so are 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 bad the beginning of […] is! […]
17.2 […] of the director of works […]
17.3 […] happened […].