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Soldiers Hidden in Baskets
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2.1 𓅓𓁹𓂋𓏏 […] 𓅓𓂺⯑𓆑[⯑]𓆑𓁷𓏤𓂞𓏏𓅱𓆑𓅓[⯑] […] 𓆑𓅓[⯑]𓏏𓄿𓂧𓁷𓂋𓇋𓅱𓄛𓏥m jri̯.t […] m-bꜣḥ =f j[w] =f ḥr ḏi̯.ṱ =f m qꜣ~[ḥꜣ,pl] […] =f m _ tꜣ dḥr,jw
2.2 𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷𓏤[⯑] […] 𓂝𓏤𓈖𓈔𓏤𓈒𓏥[⯑] […] 𓐍𓃀𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓌸𓂡𓈖𓅯𓄿𓏭jw =f ḥr _ […] ꜥ n ⸮ḥmt? j:[…] […] ḫ~bꜣ~.y n pꜣj
2.3 𓐍𓂋𓇋𓇋𓀏𓈖𓇋𓇋𓊪𓅱𓌙𓈉[⯑]𓁷𓏤𓂞𓏏𓅯𓄿𓂝𓏤𓈖𓈔𓏤𓈒𓏥𓈖𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓈖𓌰𓅓𓋴𓏏𓊌𓅓𓂋𓂧𓂾𓂾𓄹𓆑𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷𓏤𓂞𓏏𓏎𓈖𓏏𓅱ḫr,y n Y~pw j[w] =[tw] ḥr ḏi̯.t pꜣ ꜥ n ⸮ḥmt? n 4 nms,t m ⸢rd⸣.du =f jw =f ḥr ḏi̯.t jni̯.tw
2.4 𓅯𓄿𓍢𓍢𓈖𓏏𓄿𓐍𓃀𓅱𓐟𓏤𓍘𓇋𓎅𓏥𓇋𓀁𓂞𓆑𓁹𓇋𓅱𓏏𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷𓏤𓂞𓏏𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻𓍢𓍢𓈖𓅱𓂝𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥pꜣ ⸢200⸣ n [tꜣ]~ḫ~bw~sꜣ~tj.pl j:ḏi̯ =f jr⟨y⟩.tw jw =f ḥr ḏi̯.t hꜣy{.t} 200 n wꜥ,w.pl
2.5 𓂋𓂋𓏤𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓎔𓏛𓈎𓈖𓇋𓅱𓂘𓂡𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓅓𓂝𓆼𓄿𓍱𓏥𓁷𓏤𓈎𓄿𓇉𓄿𓆱𓏥𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓐍𓏏𓅓𓅱𓋨𓂡𓅱𓏥r rʾ.pl =sn jw =tw ḥr mḥ qnjw.pl =sn ⟨m⟩ mꜥ~ḫꜣ.pl ḥr qꜣ~ḥꜣ.pl jw =tw ḥr ḫtmw =w
2.6 𓁷𓏤𓐍𓏏𓅓𓅱𓋨𓉐[⯑]𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓂞𓏏𓈖𓋴𓈖𓏥𓈖𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥𓍘𓃀𓅱𓋸𓏥𓎛𓈖𓂝𓈖𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏥𓋴𓈖𓏥ḥr ḫtm,w j[w] =tw ḥr ḏi̯.t n =sn nꜣy =sn tj~bw.pl ḥnꜥ nꜣy =sn
2.7 𓌳𓄿𓎗𓅱𓆱𓏥[⯑]𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓂝𓏏𓅱𓂝𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓎟𓏏𓄤𓆑𓂋𓌨𓂋𓏭𓏛𓋴𓈖𓏥𓏛𓊃𓀀𓍢𓍢𓍢𓍢𓍢mꜣwḏ.w.pl j~[t]w~rw~rw.pl jw =tw ḥr {ꜥ}⟨ḏi̯⟩.t wꜥ,w.pl nb(.w){t} nfr.w ẖr,j =sn dmḏ s 500
2.8 𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓋴𓈖𓏥𓃹𓈖𓏏𓈖𓏥𓁷𓏤𓅧𓈎𓂻𓂋𓅯𓄿𓂧𓏇𓇋𓏏𓈇𓏤𓊖𓇋𓅱𓏏𓈖𓏥𓁷𓏤𓃹𓈖𓉿𓂡𓈖𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏥𓏏𓈖𓏥jw =tw ḥr ḏd n =sn wn(n) =tn ḥr ꜥq r pꜣ dmj{,t} jw =tn ḥr wn nꜣy =tn
2.9 𓇋𓂋𓏭𓀹𓀀𓏥𓅓𓏏𓅱𓈖𓏥𓎔𓏛𓅓𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓎟𓈖𓏏𓏭𓅓𓅯𓄿𓂧𓏇𓇋𓏏𓈇𓏤𓊖𓅓𓏏𓅱𓈖𓏥𓂞𓏏𓅱𓏥𓅓𓂝𓆼𓄿𓅱𓍱𓏥jr,j.pl mtw =⟨t⟩n mḥ m r(m)ṯ.pl nb(.w) n,tj m pꜣ dmj{,t} mtw =⟨t⟩n ḏi̯.t =w ⟨m⟩ mꜥ~ḫꜣ.pl
2.10 𓁷𓏤𓂋𓂝𓏤𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓉐𓂋𓂻𓂋𓆓𓂧𓈖𓅯𓄿𓂓𓏤𓅷𓏤𓈖𓄿𓂾𓂻𓈖𓅯𓄿𓐍𓂋𓇋𓇋𓀏𓈖𓇋𓇋𓊪𓅱𓌙𓈉𓐍𓂋𓆑𓈖𓄿𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡ḥr-r-ꜥ jw =tw ḥr pri̯ r ḏd n pꜣ kꜣ~ṯꜣ~nꜣ n pꜣ ḫr,y n Y~pw ḫru̯ =f (j)n{ꜣ} pꜣy =k
2.11 𓎟𓅆𓇋𓀁𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓆓𓂧𓈖𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡𓎛𓏌𓏏𓀗𓁐[⯑]𓄣𓏤𓇋𓀁𓂞𓏏𓈖𓏥[⯑]𓅝𓇋𓀀[⯑]𓈞𓏏𓁐𓆑𓀔𓀀𓁐𓏥𓆑nb j:šmi̯{.t} ḏd n tꜣy =k ḥn,wt nḏ[m] jb =⟨ṯ⟩ j:ḏi̯{.t} ⟨n⟩ =n Swt[ḫ] Ḏḥw,ty ḥ[n]ꜥ ḥm,t =f ẖrd.pl =f
2.12 𓊪𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆴𓁺𓄂𓏏𓏤⯑𓅡𓎡𓅱𓏛𓂡𓋴𓈖𓏥𓎡𓄿𓀁𓈖𓊃𓂋𓅯𓄿𓏭𓍢𓍢𓈖𓏏𓐍𓃀𓅱𓐟𓏤𓍘𓇋𓎅𓈖𓏏𓏭𓎔𓏛𓅓𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥ptrj ⸮ḥꜣ,t? bꜣk,w =sn kꜣ =⟨k⟩ n =s r pꜣj 200 n tḫbw~sꜣ~tj n,tj mḥ m r(m)ṯ.pl
2.13 𓁷𓏤𓈎𓄿𓇉𓄿𓆱𓏥𓁷𓏤𓅓𓂝𓆼𓄿𓍱𓏥𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓁷𓏤𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓂋𓄂𓏏𓏤𓋴𓈖𓏥𓂋𓋴𓇛𓅓𓏛𓄣𓏤𓄹𓈖𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓎛𓏌𓏏𓀗𓁐ḥr qꜣ~ḥꜣ.pl ḥr mꜥ~ḫꜣ.pl wn.jn =f ḥr šmi̯.t r-ḥꜣ,t =sn r snḏm jb n tꜣy =f ḥn,wt
2.14 𓂋𓆓𓂧𓎔𓏛𓈖𓏥𓅓𓅝𓇋𓀀𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓃹𓈖𓉿𓂡𓈖𓄿𓈖𓐍𓏏𓅓𓅱𓋨𓉐𓈖𓅯𓄿𓂧𓏇𓇋𓏏𓈇𓏤𓊖𓂋𓄂𓏏𓏤[⯑][⯑]r-ḏd mḥ =n m Ḏḥw,ty jw =tw ḥr wn nꜣ-n ḫtm,w n pꜣ dmj{,t} r-ḥꜣ,t [nꜣ]-n [w]ꜥ,w.pl
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).
2.1 while doing […] before him. Then he put him in a wooden neck-yoke […] him with a leather […].
2.2 Then he […] a piece of copper […] broke […] of this
2.3 enemy of Joppa. Then the piece of copper, four nmeset in weight, was placed on his two feet. He had brought
2.4 the 200 baskets he had ordered made. He had 200 soldiers climb
2.5 into their openings. Then their arms were filled with fetters and wooden neck-yokes, and the baskets were sealed
2.6 with a seal. Then they were supplied with their straps and their
2.7 carrying poles and iteruru fittings. All the able soldiers were set beneath them to carry them: 500 men in all.
2.8 Then they were told, “When you enter the city, release your
2.9 comrades. Seize everyone in the city and put them in fetters
2.10 at once.” Then someone went out to tell the charioteer of the enemy of Joppa: “Thus speaks your
2.11 master: ‘Go and tell your mistress, “Rejoice! Seth has given us Djehuti, together with his wife and children.
2.12 Behold the first of their tribute!”’ This is what you shall tell her about these 200 baskets,” which were full of men,
2.13 wooden neck-yokes and fetters. Then he went before them to gladden his mistress’s heart,
2.14 saying, “We have captured Djehuti.” Then the gates of the city were opened before the soldiers.
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.
2.1 while doing […] before him. Then he put him in a wooden neck yoke […] him with a strip of leather.
2.2 Then he […] a piece of copper […] damaged [?] belonging to this
2.3 enemy of Joppa. Then they placed the piece of copper, weighing four rings [?], on his two feet. He had
2.4 the 200 baskets he had ordered made brought in. He had 200 soldiers climb
2.5 into their openings. They filled their arms with shackles and wooden neck yokes. Then they sealed the baskets
2.6 with a seal. Then they gave them their straps [?] and their
2.7 carrying poles and other equipment [?]. They put capable soldiers of every kind under the baskets to carry them. There were 500 men in all.
2.8 Then they told them, “When you enter the city, let your
2.9 companions out. Capture everyone in the city, and put them in shackles
2.10 right away.” Then someone went out to tell the driver of the enemy of Joppa’s chariot, “Your
2.11 master says: ‘Go and tell your mistress, “Be glad! Seth has given us Djehuti, along with his wife and children.
2.12 Look, this is the first payment from them!”’ That is what you must tell her about these 200 baskets, which are full of men,
2.13 wooden neck yokes, and shackles.” Then the driver went ahead of them to bring his mistress the good news,
2.14 saying, “We have captured Djehuti.” Then they opened the city gates for the soldiers.