Ipuwer (attributed) · Complete work
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17.1 𓃀𓇋𓈖𓏏𓏭𓄂𓂝 […]bjn.{tj}⟨wj⟩ ḥꜣ,t-ꜥ […] […]
17.2 𓈖𓐍𓂋𓊪𓂡𓂓𓏏𓀗𓏛𓏥 […]n ḫrp-kꜣ,(w)t […] […]
17.3 𓆣𓂋 […]ḫpr […]
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).
17.1 How evil is the beginning 〈of…〉 […]
17.2 of the overseer of works […]
17.3 …come to pass […]
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.
17.1 How bad the beginning of […] is! […]
17.2 […] of the director of works […]
17.3 […] happened […].