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The Staff of Menkheperre
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1.1 […] [⯑]𓈖[⯑] […] [⯑]𓏇𓇋𓂋𓂝𓈖𓊵𓏏𓊪𓎅𓏥 […][…] 120 n mꜥ~jrʾ~y[~nꜣ.pl] […] =[s]n ⸮mj-rʾ-ꜥ-n? ḥtp.pl […]
1.2 𓈖𓅝𓇋𓀀[⯑][⯑]𓆑 […] 𓍢𓏏𓄿𓃛𓂝𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓉻𓉐𓉐𓋹𓍑𓋴 […][n] Ḏḥw,[t]y jm[m] ⸮[ḏi̯.t]w? ⸮[n]? =f ⸮[ꜥq.pl]? […] ⸮100? tꜣ jwꜥ,yt pr-ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) […]
1.3 𓁷𓏤𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓐍𓂋𓇋𓂋𓁷𓏤𓐟𓏤𓃹𓈖𓏌𓏏𓇼𓇳𓏤𓋴𓏏𓏥𓏏𓐍𓅱𓏊𓂡𓇋𓅱𓅝𓇋𓀀𓁷𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖⸮ḥr.pl? =sn ḫr-jr ḥr-sꜣ wnw,t =st (⸮n?) tḫ,w jw Ḏḥw,ty ḥr ḏd n
1.4 [⯑] […] 𓎛𓈖𓂝𓈞𓏏𓁐𓀔𓀀𓁐𓏥𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡𓂧𓏇𓇋𓏏𓈇𓏤𓊖𓈖𓎛𓂝𓏏𓄹𓏥𓎡𓇋𓅓𓅓𓂝𓋴𓅧𓈎𓂻𓈖𓄿[⸮pꜣ?] [⸮ḫr,y?] [⸮n?] [⸮Y~pw?] […] ḥnꜥ ḥm,t ẖrd.pl ⟨n⟩ pꜣy =k dmj{,t} n-ḥꜥ,t =k jmm sꜥq nꜣ⟨-n⟩
1.5 [⯑][⯑]𓏏𓅱[⯑]𓈖𓋴𓈖𓏥𓏶𓅓𓏏𓌾𓏥𓅓𓂋𓏤𓊪𓅱𓁹𓌡𓂝𓏤𓀀𓈖𓂝𓊪𓅱𓏭𓂋𓏤𓌙𓈉𓊃𓈖𓈖𓏭𓏒𓂻 […]⸮mꜥ[~rw~jꜣ.pl]? [nꜣ-n] [ḥtrj.pl] [mtw] =⸢tw⸣ [ḏi̯].t n =s[n] wnm,t m-rʾ-pw jri̯ wꜥ-n ꜥ~pw~jrʾ snnj […]
1.6 𓋴𓈖𓏥𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓐍𓂝𓅱𓏛𓂡𓈖𓄿𓈖𓎛𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆴𓄛𓏥𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓂞𓏏𓈖𓋴𓈖𓏥𓏶𓅓𓏏𓌾𓏥𓇋𓅱 […]=sn jw =tw ḥr ḫ{ꜥ}w nꜣ-n ḥtrj.pl jw =tw ḥr ḏi̯.t n =sn wnm,t jw […]
1.7 𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓇳𓏠𓈖𓆣𓋹𓍑𓋴𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓇍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻𓁷𓏤𓋴𓏇𓇋𓀀𓅝𓇋𓀀nsw Mn-ḫpr-Rꜥ ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) jw =tw ḥr jy.t ḥr smj [n] Ḏḥw,ty
1.8 [⯑][⯑]𓁷𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓅝𓇋𓀀𓄣𓏤𓀀𓂋𓊪𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆴𓁺𓏏𓄿𓂝𓃹𓈖𓏏𓆱𓉻𓏏𓏛𓈖𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓇳𓏠𓈖𓆣𓋹𓍑𓋴ḫr[-jr] [pꜣ] [ḫr,y] [n] [Y~]pw ḥr ḏd n Ḏḥw,ty jb =j r ptrj tꜣ ꜥwn,t ꜥꜣ.t n nsw Mn-ḫpr-Rꜥ ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb)
1.9 […] [⯑]𓂋𓈖𓀁𓋴𓎝𓎛𓏛𓂓𓏤𓈖𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓇳𓏠𓈖𓆣𓋹𓍑𓋴𓇋𓅱𓋴𓈖𓎡𓅓𓅯𓄿𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤[n,tj] […] [_]ꜣtjwt-nfr.t rn =s wꜣḥ kꜣ n nsw Mn-ḫpr-Rꜥ ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) jw =s n =k m pꜣ-hrw
1.10 […] 𓄤𓆑𓂋𓏏𓏛𓅓𓏏𓅱𓎡𓏎𓈖𓇓𓅱𓀀𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷𓏤𓁹𓂋𓏏𓅓𓏇𓏏𓏏𓏛𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷𓏤𓏎𓈖𓏏𓏏𓄿𓂝𓃹𓈖𓏌𓅱𓆱𓈖𓇓𓏏𓈖𓇳𓏠𓈖𓆣𓏤_ […] nfr.t mtw =[k] jni̯ sw ⟨n⟩ =j jw =f ḥr jri̯.t m-mj,tt jw =f ḥr jni̯.t tꜣ ꜥwnw(,t) n nsw Mn-ḫpr-Rꜥ
1.11 𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓏴𓈋𓇋𓇋𓍱𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷𓏤𓊢𓂝𓂻𓅓𓂧𓃹𓈖𓂻𓆑𓁷𓏤𓆓𓂧𓇋𓀁𓈖𓍇𓏌𓅱𓁺𓇋𓅓𓀀𓅯𓄿𓐍𓂋𓇋𓇋𓀏𓈖[ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb)] [⸮jw?] =[⸮f?] [⸮ḥr?] [⸮mḥ?] [⸮m?] pꜣy =f sḏw,y jw =f ḥr ꜥḥꜥ m dwn =f ḥr ḏd j:nw(ꜣ) jm =j pꜣ ḫr,y n
1.12 [⯑]𓇳𓏠𓈖𓆣𓋹𓍑𓋴𓅯𓄿𓌳𓄿𓇋𓅱𓄛𓏤𓎛𓋴𓐟𓄿𓅱𓏛𓂡𓅭𓏤𓅆𓌂𓐍𓏏𓀗𓅆𓇋𓅱𓂞𓈖𓆑𓇋𓏠𓈖𓅆𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑[Y~pw] [⸮m?] =[⸮kj?] ⸢nsw⸣ Mn-ḫpr-Rꜥ ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) pꜣ mꜣj,w-ḥsꜣ,w zꜣ Sḫm,t jw ḏi̯ n =f Jmn pꜣy =f
1.13 𓆑𓄿𓀋𓂡[⯑]𓆑[⯑]𓁷𓏤𓎛𓂡𓂡𓂡𓁷𓏤[⯑]𓅯𓄿𓐍𓂋𓇋𓇋𓀏𓇋𓇋𓊪𓅱𓌙𓈉𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷𓏤𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻[⸮jt?] _ [jw] =[f] [ḥr] ⸢fꜣi̯⸣ ⸢ḏr,t⸣ =f ⸢jw⸣ =[f] ḥr ḥwi̯ ḥr mꜣ[ꜥ] [n] pꜣ ḫ[r],y [n] Y~pw jw =f ḥr hꜣy.t
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Egyptian, line for line, covering all 41 lines of the verso of Papyrus Harris 500 (British Museum EA 10060), pages 1–3, 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).
1.1 […] 120 noble Syrians […] them like baskets […] to
1.2 Djehuti. “Have [bread] given to him […] 100, the garrison of Pharaoh—life, prosperity, health—[…]”
1.3 […] their faces. When their hour of drunkenness had passed, Djehuti said to
1.4 [the enemy of Joppa]: “[…] with your wife and children to your own city. Have the
1.5 [stable hands lead in the teams of horses], and [give] them fodder, or one of the Apiru will pass by […]
1.6 them.” Then the horses were tended, and fodder was given to them. Then […]
1.7 King Menkheperre—life, prosperity, health. Then someone came to report to Djehuti.
1.8 When [the enemy of Joppa] said to Djehuti, “I wish to see the great staff of King Menkheperre—life, prosperity, health—
1.9 [whose] […]atiut-neferet is its name,” Djehuti said, “As the ka of King Menkheperre—life, prosperity, health—endures, it is yours today!”
1.10 “[…] beautiful; bring it to me!” He did as asked and fetched the staff of King Menkheperre,
1.11 [life, prosperity, health]. [He took hold of] his loincloth, drew himself up and said, “Look at me, enemy of
1.12 [Joppa]! [Behold] King Menkheperre—life, prosperity, health—the fierce lion, son of Sekhmet, to whom Amun, his
1.13 [father], has given […].” [He raised] his hand and struck the temple of the enemy of Joppa, who fell
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Egyptian text, line for line, covering all 41 lines of the verso of Papyrus Harris 500 (British Museum EA 10060), pages 1–3.
1.1 […] 120 noble Syrians […] them like baskets […] to Djehuti.
1.2 “Have [bread] given to him […] 100 [?], Pharaoh’s troops, may he live, prosper, and be healthy, […]
1.3 their faces [?].” After their hour of drinking, Djehuti said to
1.4 [the enemy of Joppa]: “[…] with the wife and children to your own city. Have the
1.5 [stablehands] lead [the teams of horses] in and [give] them feed, or one of the Apiru will pass by […]
1.6 them.” Then the horses were looked after. They were given feed. Then […]
1.7 King Menkheperre, may he live, prosper, and be healthy. Someone came to report to Djehuti.
1.8 The [enemy of Joppa] said to Djehuti, “I want to see the great staff of King Menkheperre, may he live, prosper, and be healthy,
1.9 [whose] […]-atiut-nefer is its name.” “As the spirit of King Menkheperre, may he live, prosper, and be healthy, lives on, it is yours today!”
1.10 “[…] fine, and bring it to me!” He did as asked. He fetched the staff of King Menkheperre,
1.11 [may he live, prosper, and be healthy]. [Then he grabbed] his loincloth. He stood before him and stretched himself up, saying, “Look at me, enemy of
1.12 [Joppa]! [See] King Menkheperre, may he live, prosper, and be healthy, the fierce lion, son of Sekhmet. Amun, his
1.13 [father], has given him […]!” [Then he raised] his hand. He struck the enemy of Joppa on the temple, and the man fell