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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
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).
15.1 …what we raised for ourselves has become bowmen; it has come to hacking. It has happened through this: the Asiatics are made to know the leadership of the land!
15.2 Now all the foreigners are under fear of it; the experience of the subjects says: "Egypt will not be given 〈to〉 the sand; it is strong upon [its] bord[ers]"
15.3 …its borders […] will say of you after the years: "[… which des]troyed itself." Do they remain in their houses? […]
15.4 there, to make his children live. Exists […] they […] what has happened without […] the crown […]
15.5 …spoken by their young men? […]
15.6 …because of mourning […]
15.7 The papyrus line is lost. […]
15.8 The papyrus line is lost. […]
15.9 The papyrus line is lost. […]
15.10 [f]ish […]
15.11 …which you made: dbw-material, j[…] […]
15.12 A rope (?): qmjw-unguent, lotus sheaths, reed stems, jw[…] st[…] 〈become〉 〈…〉
15.13 …beyond the revenues, more than 〈…〉 you. What Ipuwer said in answer to the majesty of the Lord of All: "Those things that you said
15.14 — every herd: to disregard it is sweetness to the heart. You did good to their hearts; you made the people live by them — yet they cover their faces for fear of
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.
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.”