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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
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).
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.
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.
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.