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16.1 𓏃𓈖𓏏𓏭𓋴𓈖𓏥𓈖𓅾𓀁𓈖[⯑]𓃹𓈖𓊃𓀀𓏤𓊪𓅱𓏏𓈖𓇋𓌙𓀗𓐎𓁶𓏤𓂝𓏤𓋴𓅱𓍑𓄿𓀏𓆑𓇋𓅱𓅭𓏤𓀀𓆑𓅓𓈖𓐍𓈖𓀔𓀀𓂜𓋴𓐟𓄿𓂋𓏏𓌗𓀁𓏥𓆑ḫnt{,j} =sn n snḏ n [dwꜣ],yt wn z pw tnj tp-ꜥ swḏꜣ =f jw zꜣ =f m nḫn n(n) sꜣr,t =f
16.2 𓆷𓄿𓂝𓏛𓈖𓆑𓍙𓆑𓂡𓁷𓏤[⯑][⯑]𓐎𓏤𓁐𓂜𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏴𓀁𓆑𓂋𓏤𓆑[⯑]𓐍𓂋𓏏𓈖𓏥𓎁𓏏𓏏𓂡𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇓𓅱𓅓𓐎𓅱𓀏 […] 𓐎𓅱𓀏𓈖𓐍𓊪𓅱𓀏𓂋𓅓𓅱𓁿šꜣꜥ.n =f ḫsf ḥr kꜣ[.pl] ⸮[ḫn]pw? ⸮ḥsb(,t)? n wpi̯.t =f rʾ =f md[wi̯] =[f] ḫr =tn jṯi̯ =tn sw m ⸮ḥsbw? […] ⸮mwt? n(,j) ḫp,w rmi̯.w
16.3 [⯑]𓇋𓏏𓆑𓀀𓅓𓈗 […] 𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓊃𓀀𓏤 […] [⯑] […] 𓅓𓐍𓊪𓈙𓏏𓌃𓏛𓏥𓆑s[w] ⸢jt⸣ ⸮⸢m⸣? ⸢mw⸣ […] […] šm{t} z […] ⸮sp,t? […] ⸮m? ḫpš ⸮[ẖr]? ⸮⸢mdw⸣? =⸮⸢f⸣?
16.4 [⯑] […]j[__] […]
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16.10 […][ḏd.t.n] [ḥm]
16.11 𓎟𓂋𓇥𓂋𓅆[⯑] […] [⯑][n(,j)] Nb-r-ḏr wš[b] =[f] [n] [J-pw-wr] […] […].wj
16.12 𓂞𓏏𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓏏𓈖𓏥𓃹𓈖𓇾𓏤𓈇𓅾𓀁 […] [⯑] […] [⯑]ḏi̯.t ḫti̯ =tn wn tꜣ snḏ […] […] [ḥr]-nb […] [bw]-nb
16.13 𓁷𓏤𓈐𓏏𓏤𓎟𓏏𓇋𓂋𓇋𓄿𓂝𓈙𓀁𓏏𓅱𓈖[⯑]𓈖[⯑]𓋴𓈖𓏥[⯑] […] [⯑] […] [⯑]𓂋𓅓𓅱𓁿𓂋𓆑𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥[⯑]𓋴𓈖𓏥ḥr wꜣ,t nb.t jr jꜣꜥš =tw n =s[n] n ⸮[sḏ]m?.n =sn ⸢jꜣ⸣[ꜥš] […] _f_ […] ⸮[ḫ]⸢ft,j.w⸣?.pl rmi̯.w r =f nṯr.pl ⸮šms,w? =sn
16.14 𓅧𓈎𓂻𓂋𓉗𓅱𓏏𓉐𓏥𓂓𓏤𓏥𓊖𓅱𓃀𓂧𓅱𓊮𓏥𓏏𓅱𓏏𓀾𓅆𓏥[⯑]𓆞𓄿𓏏𓅱𓐎𓀏𓏥𓈖𓏏[⯑]ꜥq r ḥw,t.pl-kꜣ.pl wbd{.pl} twt.pl ⸢ꜥd⸣ ⸮[js,wy.pl]? ẖꜣ,tw.pl n.t sꜥḥ.w.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).
16.1 the morning. Their faces are averted for fear of the daybreak. There was a man grown old, just before he passed on; his son is a child without understanding,
16.2 and he has begun to defend his fo[od] that the maidservant 〈steals〉, before he can open his mouth to speak before you; you carry him off into the fate of the departed; his father weeps for him with tears
16.3 …his father, by the water […] a man goes […] the shore (?) […] with strength, because of his speech
16.4 j[…] […]
16.5 The papyrus line is lost. […]
16.6 The papyrus line is lost. […]
16.7 The papyrus line is lost. […]
16.8 The papyrus line is lost. […]
16.9 The papyrus line is lost. […]
16.10 What the Majesty of the Lord of All [said], answ[ering]
16.11 of the Lord of All, answering to Ipuwer: How […] has brought you to retreat, since the land is afraid […]
16.12 …making you retreat, while the land fears […] everyone […] everywhere.
16.13 On every road: if one calls to them, they do not [listen]; call (?) […] the enemies; let the gods weep, for their follow[ers]
16.14 …have entered the ka-chapels: statues are burned, tombs are hacked up, and the bodies of the dead!
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.
16.1 They cover their faces in fear of tomorrow. There is an old man about to die, and his son is a child who does not understand.
16.2 He has begun to defend his food […] before he can open his mouth to speak in your presence. Yet you carry him away to the fate of one who dies, and his father weeps for him.
16.3 […] a man goes […] to the edge […] with strength […] his words.
16.4 […] […].
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16.10 What the Lord of All said
16.11 when he replied to Ipuwer: “[…] Why have you drawn back, when the land is afraid […]?
16.12 […] you have let the land be afraid […] everyone everywhere
16.13 on every road. If people call to them, they do not listen. […] enemies […]. Let the gods weep, for their followers
16.14 have entered the burial chapels; statues are burned, tombs are destroyed, and so are the bodies of the dead!”