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7.1 𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓋴𓐍𓏏𓊮𓍯𓄿𓅱𓅱𓈐𓍘𓇋𓂋𓈎𓄿𓀠𓏛𓉐𓂋𓂻𓅱𓃀𓏏𓏏𓀗𓊮𓋴𓂋𓐍𓆑𓏏𓅂𓀏𓏥𓇾𓏤𓈇𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓋴𓁹𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓂜𓅮𓄿𓆣𓂋𓍯𓄿𓅱𓅱𓈐𓂻𓄞𓂧𓏛𓂡m =tn js ḫ,t wꜣi̯.ww.tj r qꜣ(w) pri̯ wbt,t =s r ⸢ḫft⸣,j.w.pl tꜣ m =tn js jri̯ ḫ,t n pꜣu̯ ḫpr wꜣi̯.ww ⟨r⟩ šdi̯(.t)
7.2 𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓇋𓈖𓎛𓅨𓂋𓅱𓀔𓅪𓀀𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓈎𓂋𓋴𓆱𓂡𓅓𓃀𓇋𓅱𓎡𓅃𓅆𓅓𓈙𓆑𓂧𓏏𓆱𓏥𓇋𓅱𓇋𓏠𓈖𓏏𓀢𓏛𓈖𓍋𓅓𓂋𓉴𓈐𓂋𓆄𓅱𓏏𓅪𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓋴𓈐𓂋𓋴𓈙𓍯𓄿𓅱𓀢𓅪nsw jn ḥwrw.pl m =tn qrs m bjwk m šfd,t jw jmn.t.n mḥr wꜣi̯ r šwi̯.t m =tn js wꜣi̯ r sšwꜣ.w
7.3 𓇾𓏤𓈇𓅓𓇓𓏏𓈖𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏛𓏥𓇋𓈖𓈖𓉔𓏭𓅪𓈒𓏥𓈖𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓐍𓅓𓅱𓂜𓏥𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓋴𓍯𓄿𓈐𓂋𓋴𓃀𓇋𓅱𓌙𓀏𓏥𓁷𓏤𓇋𓂝𓂋𓂝𓏏𓄹𓆗𓈖𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂡𓈖𓏏𓂋𓂝𓇳𓅆𓋴𓉔𓂋𓏛tꜣ m nsw,yt jn nhj n(,j) r(m)ṯ.pl ḫm.w.pl sḫr.w.pl m =tn js wꜣi̯ r sbj.w.pl ḥr jꜥrꜥ,t ⸮nḫt(.t)? n.t Rꜥ shr(.t)
7.4 𓇾𓇾𓈇𓈇𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓊃𓈙𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓏴𓏛𓈖𓇾𓏤𓈇𓐍𓅓𓅓𓂜𓇥𓂋𓅱𓈐𓏥𓆑𓋴𓇉𓄿𓅱𓅱𓍱𓂡𓄚𓈖𓏭𓉐𓉔𓈖𓊊𓈖𓆑𓈖𓃹𓈖𓏌𓏏𓇼𓇳𓏤𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖𓍯𓄿𓈐𓍘𓇋𓂋tꜣ.du m =tn sštꜣ n(,j) tꜣ ḫmm ḏr,w.pl =f sḥꜣw.w ẖn{j}⟨w⟩ ⟨w⟩hn.n =f n wnw,t m =tn Km,t wꜣi̯.tj r
7.5 𓄝𓏏𓏏𓌕𓈗𓂡𓈗𓂋𓇾𓏤𓈇𓎁𓏏𓏏𓂡𓈖𓆑𓈖𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂡𓂝𓏤𓅓𓌳𓄿𓇋𓂋𓌗𓅪𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓄞𓂧𓅱𓏛𓂡𓈎𓂋𓎛𓏏𓆗𓅓𓏏𓊪𓎛𓏏𓉐𓏥𓋴𓋴𓇉𓄿𓅱𓅱𓍱𓂡𓊃𓈙𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓏴𓏛𓏥𓈖sti̯.t mw r tꜣ jṯi̯ n =f nḫt-ꜥ m mꜣjr m =tn šdi̯.w qrḥ,t m tpḥ,t{.pl} =s sḥꜣw.w sštꜣ.pl n(.w)
7.6 𓇓𓏏𓈖𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏛𓅆𓏥𓆤𓏏𓀗𓅆𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓊖𓁷𓏤𓋴𓈖𓂧𓏏𓅾𓀁𓅓𓂝𓎼𓄿𓅱𓏏𓐎𓅪𓏥𓎟𓅆𓅱𓀀𓂋𓅱𓂧𓏴𓂡𓇉𓄿𓂝𓇋𓇋𓏏𓅪𓏥𓂜𓈖𓍙𓆑𓂡nsw.pl-bj,tj.pl m =tn ẖnw ḥr snd{.t} m-ꜥ gꜣ,wt nb ={w}j r wdi̯(.t) ḥꜣꜥ,yt nn ḫsf
7.7 𓂝𓏤𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇾𓏤𓈇𓋭𓊃𓏛𓂡𓈖𓆑𓌨𓂋𓄥𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓈎𓈖𓂡𓀀𓄡𓊃𓏭𓅪𓀀𓁷𓏤𓈖𓈞𓅓𓅱𓂡𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓆑𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓈎𓂋𓎛𓏏𓆗𓁷𓏤𓈗𓏇𓇋𓇑𓇑𓈖𓈖𓇋𓇋𓅱𓀉𓅪𓏥ꜥ m =tn tꜣ ṯs.n =f ẖr zmꜣ,y(t) qn ẖsj ḥr nḥm.w ⸢ḫ,t⸣ =f m =tn qrḥ,t ḥr ⸢mw⸣ ⸢mj⸣ nny.w.pl
7.8 𓏏𓍃𓅓𓁹𓈖𓆑𓌥𓃀𓏏𓉐𓅓𓎟𓇉𓄿𓏏𓉐𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓎟𓅱𓏥𓃂𓈗𓏏𓉐𓀻𓏥𓂧𓂋𓂡𓁷𓏤𓈎𓄿𓈖𓏥𓂋𓏤𓈇𓏤𓏥𓏏𓍃𓅓𓁹𓈖𓆑𓈎𓂋𓋴𓆱𓂡𓅓𓉐𓌉𓉐tm jri̯ n =f ḏbꜣ,t m nb ḥꜣ,t m =tn nb.w.pl wꜥb,t dr ḥr qꜣ~n~rʾ.pl tm jri̯ n =f qrs m ⟨nb⟩ pr-ḥḏ
7.9 𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓇋𓋴𓈖𓄿𓆣𓂋𓅱𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓏏𓍃𓅓𓅱𓀨𓂡𓈖𓆑𓂝𓏏𓉐𓅓𓎟𓇥𓂋𓇋𓏏𓆱𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓊋𓏏𓀗𓀀𓏥𓈖𓏏𓇾𓏤𓈇𓂧𓂋𓂡𓍘𓇋𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓇾𓏤𓈇𓂧𓂋𓂡𓅓𓉐𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓉐𓏥m =tn js nꜣ ḫpr.w ⟨r⟩ r(m)ṯ.pl tm.w qd n =f ꜥ,t m nb ḏrj,t.pl m =tn qnb,t n.t tꜣ dr.tj ḫt tꜣ dr m pr,yt.pl
7.10 𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓇋𓇋𓅱𓏏𓏛𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓀻𓋴𓏏𓏛𓁐𓏥𓁷𓏤𓀙𓅱𓀀𓏥𓅓𓍁𓂝𓉐𓏏𓍃𓅓𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓁷𓏤𓇥𓂋𓇋𓅱𓏏𓆱𓏥𓅓𓎟𓎛𓆰𓈖𓎡𓇋𓇋𓏏𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓎟𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥nsw{,ywt.pl} m =tn šps,t.pl ḥr ⟨šd,yt⟩ sr.w.pl m šnꜥ tm sḏr ḥr ḏrj,wt.pl m nb ḥnk,yt m =tn nb ḫ,t
7.11 𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓇋𓃀𓃙𓈗𓀁𓂧𓃀𓎛𓄑𓀁𓈖𓆑𓆑𓅓𓎟𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓀒𓏊𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓎟𓅱𓏥𓍑𓄿𓇋𓇋𓅱𓏏𓍱𓏥𓅓𓇋𓇩𓋴𓇋𓇋𓅱𓏏𓆰𓍱𓏥𓏏𓍃𓅓𓌦𓐍𓏏𓏴𓂡sḏr jbi̯ dbḥ n =f ⟨tꜣḥ,t⟩ =f m nb sḫr.w m =tn nb.w.pl ḏꜣy,wt.pl m js,ywt.pl tm sḫt
7.12 𓈖𓆑𓅓𓎟𓊪𓈎𓏏𓀗𓍱𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓏏𓍃𓅓𓌎𓎛𓅱𓏛𓂡𓈖𓆑𓇋𓐛𓅓𓅱𓊛𓅓𓎟𓎟𓏏𓇋𓂋𓏭𓁷𓏤𓅠𓅓𓎛𓁺𓋴𓏏𓂜𓈖𓋴𓏏𓅓𓂝𓆑n =f m nb p(ꜣ)q,t.pl m =tn tm mḏḥ.w n =f jmw m nb ⟨ꜥḥꜥ.pl⟩ nb{.t} jr,j ḥr gmḥ st nn st m-ꜥ =f
7.13 𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓆄𓅱𓇋𓇋𓏏𓇳𓏏𓅱𓆑𓅓𓎟𓆄𓅱𓇋𓇋𓏏𓇳𓎟𓅱𓏥𓆄𓅱𓇋𓇋𓏏𓇳𓅓𓈖𓆓𓂝𓌙𓊡𓅱𓏥𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓐍𓅓𓂜𓍑𓄿𓍑𓄿𓏏𓆱𓅓𓎟𓃀𓈖𓏏𓆱m =tn jw,tj šw,yt.ṱ =f m nb šw,yt nb.w.pl šw,yt m ⟨wḫ,t⟩ n⟨.t⟩ ḏꜥ.w m =tn ḫm ḏꜣḏꜣ,t m nb bn,t
7.14 𓏏𓍃𓅓𓎛𓎿𓋴𓏭𓀁𓏥𓈖𓆑𓁷𓏤𓋴𓅱𓉔𓄿𓀁𓌸𓂋𓏏𓁺𓅆𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓎟𓅱𓏥𓎗𓎛𓅱𓏊𓏥𓅓𓈔𓏤𓈒𓏥𓂜𓃹𓈖𓐍𓅱𓍼𓏥𓉔𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏊𓏤𓈖𓌡𓂝𓏤𓇋𓅓𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀tm ḥsj{.pl} n =f ḥr swhꜣ Mr,t m =tn nb.w.pl wḏḥw m ḥmt n wnḫ.w hnw 1 n wꜥ jm m =tn sḏr
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).
7.1 Look, the fire has risen high; let its burning go forth against the enemies of the land! Look, things have been done that were never done before, come 〈to〉 the removing of
7.2 the king by wretches. Look, he who was buried as a Falcon lies on a bier; what the pyramid concealed has come to be empty. Look, it has come to impoverishing
7.3 the kingship of the land, by a few of men who do not know plans. Look, it has come to rebellion against the victorious uraeus of Re, which pacifies the Two Lands. Look,
7.4 the secret of the land, whose limits are unknown, laid bare; the Residence has collapsed within the hour. Look, Egypt has come to
7.5 pouring water on the ground; yet the strong of arm seizes for himself amid the misery. Look, the Primordial One has been removed from her cavern; laid bare are the secrets of
7.6 the kings of Upper and Lower Egypt. Look, the Residence is fearful because of want; and my Lord stirs up strife, unopposed!
7.7 of arm. Look, the land is knotted together in gangs; as for the strong man, the wretched carries off his goods. Look, the Primordial One is on [the water like] the inert ones;
7.8 He who could not make for himself a coffin is owner of a tomb. Look, the owners of tombs are driven out onto the high ground; he who could not make for himself a coffin is 〈lord〉 of the tomb-treasury.
7.9 Look, these things have happened 〈to〉 men: he who could not build himself a room is owner of walls. Look, the council of the land is driven out through the land; he who was driven out is in the King's Estates.
7.10 Look, the noble ladies are on 〈ditches〉; the officials are in the storerooms; he who never slept on boards is owner of a bed. Look, the owner of property passes the night
7.11 thirsty; he who begged for his dregs is owner of sekheru-beer. Look, the owners of linen are in rags; he who could not weave
7.12 for himself is owner of fine linen. Look, he who could not hew himself a boat is owner of ships; their former owner catches sight of them, but they are not his.
7.13 Look, he who had no shade is owner of shade; the owners of shade are in 〈darkness〉 of the storm-wind. Look, he who knew not the arched harp is owner of a harp;
7.14 he who could not sing is himself singing the praise of Meret. Look, the owners of offering-stands of copper: not one vessel is clad for any of them. Look, he who passed the night
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.
7.1 Look, the fire has risen higher; let its flames go out against the land's enemies! Look, things never done before have happened: poor people have removed
7.2 the king. Look, the man buried as a falcon lies on a bier; the pyramid that hid him has been emptied. Look, a few people who know nothing about governing have stripped
7.3 the land of kingship. Look, people rebel against Re's powerful royal cobra, which brings peace to Upper and Lower Egypt.
7.4 Look, the land's secret, whose boundaries are unknown, has been exposed, and the Residence has fallen in a single hour. Look, Egypt has come to
7.5 pouring water on the ground, while the strong man takes for himself amid the misery! Look, the first being has been taken out of its cave; the secrets of the kings of Upper and Lower Egypt
7.6 have been exposed. Look, the Residence is afraid because of shortages, but my lord will stir up conflict without anyone stopping him.
7.7 Look, the land has joined together in gangs; a low man steals the strong man's things. Look, the first being is on the water like those who cannot move;
7.8 yet someone who could not make himself a coffin now owns a tomb. Look, the owners of burial chambers are driven onto high ground, while someone who could not make a coffin now owns a tomb's storeroom.
7.9 Look what has happened to people: someone who could not build himself a room now owns walls. Look, the council of the land is driven out across the land, while the former outcast is in the king's estates.
7.10 Look, wealthy women sleep in ditches, and officials are in the workshop; someone who had nowhere to sleep now owns a bed. Look, the property owner spends the night thirsty,
7.11 while the man who begged for beer dregs now owns good beer. Look, the owners of linen wear rags, while a man who could not weave now owns fine linen.
7.12 Look, a man who could not cut wood to make a boat now owns ships. Their former owner sees them, but they aren't his.
7.13 Look, the man who had no shade now owns shade, while those who owned shade are out in the dark storm. Look, a man who knew nothing of the curved harp now owns a fine harp;
7.14 someone who could not sing now praises Meret. Look, the owners of copper offering stands have not even one decorated vessel among them. Look, a man who once slept