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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
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).
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 […]
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.
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?