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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]
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Egyptian, line for line, covering all seventeen columns of the recto of Papyrus Leiden I 344, the only surviving copy, working from the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae transcription (hieroglyphs, transliteration and lemma glosses, with the TLA editors’ German sentence renderings as a comprehension aid; ORAEC release of the TLA corpus, CC BY-SA 4.0).
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.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Egyptian text, line for line, covering all seventeen columns of the recto of Papyrus Leiden I 344, the only surviving copy.
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 […].