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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]
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).
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!
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.
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!