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4.1 𓋴𓏏𓐎𓄋𓏏𓏤𓆑𓊪𓅱𓏇𓇋𓅱𓊃𓈙𓏏𓂸𓏥𓈖𓏏𓋿𓅱𓏏𓃙𓏥𓇋𓂋𓉔𓈖𓊬𓈖𓁶𓏤𓆑𓁷𓂋𓏭𓄣𓊪𓅱𓈖𓄋𓏏𓏤𓆑𓂋𓉔𓅱𓄿𓅱𓏛𓏥𓄿𓇋𓋴𓐏𓏥𓆑st(j) wp,t =f pw mj wsš,t n.t ꜥw,t jr hn n(,j) tp =f ḥr,j-jb pw n(,j) wp,t =f r-hꜣ,w ꜣjs =f
4.2 𓋴𓏏𓅱𓏏𓀾𓏛𓆑𓊪𓅱𓈖𓉔𓈖𓊬𓇋𓂋𓂋𓏤𓆑𓌸𓂋𓋳𓇋𓆛𓈖𓎛𓁸𓁸𓆑𓏭𓋴𓂧𓇋𓇋𓃢𓁷𓂋𓏤𓆑𓏇𓇋𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓂋𓅓𓁿𓆑𓏏𓍃𓅓𓆑𓃹𓈖𓉿𓂝stwt =f pw n hn jr rʾ =f mr jnḥ.du =fj sd.y ḥr =f mj (j)ḫ,t rmi̯ =f tm =f wn
4.3 𓂋𓏤𓆑𓊪𓅱𓌃𓂧𓅱𓀁𓆑𓇋𓄿𓏏𓂿𓇋𓆛𓈖𓎛𓁸𓁸𓆑𓏭𓁹𓊃𓊪𓊗𓈖𓋴𓆑𓂋𓏏𓂡𓈖𓁷𓂋𓅱𓇯𓊃𓊪𓊗𓈖𓊶𓊪𓂝𓈖𓌨𓂋𓅱𓏇𓇋𓈖𓏏𓏭𓁷𓏤𓍿𓂋𓅓𓁹𓁷𓏤𓆑rʾ =f pw mdwi̯ =f jꜣt jnḥ.du =fj jri̯ sp n(,j) sfr.t n-ḥr,w sp n(,j) kꜣp n-ẖr,w mj n,tj ḥr ṯrm ḥr =f
4.4 𓂋𓅓𓏏⯑𓇋𓂋𓋴𓌉𓆓𓇳𓈖𓆑𓅯𓄿𓈖𓆑𓅱𓂧𓏏𓏴𓄿𓉔𓏏𓀁𓋴𓌉𓆓𓏏𓇳𓈖𓏏𓏏𓇓𓅱𓊪𓅱𓅓𓂝𓈎𓂻𓅓𓃀𓎁𓏏𓅱𓆙𓐍𓆑𓏏𓁷𓏤𓄿𓉔𓄿𓏏𓀁⸮⟨ḥr⟩? rmi̯.t jr sḥḏ.n =f pꜣu̯.n =f wdi̯.t ꜣht sḥḏ.t n,tt sw pw m ꜥ⸮q? m bt,w ⟨sw⟩ ḫft-ḥr ((ꜣ))h{{ꜣ}}t
4.5 𓄃𓅱𓏛𓏥𓋴𓂧𓈄𓏴𓅓𓆓𓈖𓈖𓏏𓁶𓆑𓌨𓂋𓇋𓆛𓈖𓌰𓅓𓄛𓈖𓁶𓏤𓇋𓂋𓂡𓎡𓊃𓀀𓏤𓈖𓋴𓂧𓈄𓈖𓆓𓈖𓈖𓏏𓁶𓆑𓌨𓂋𓌰𓅓𓄛𓈖𓁶𓏤𓆑𓂜𓃹𓈖𓏏𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓎟𓏏𓁷𓏤𓆑𓆓𓂝𓂋𓐍𓂋𓎡šsꜣ,w sd m ḏnn,t =f ẖr jnm n(,j) tp =⟨f⟩ jr ḫꜣi̯ =k z n(,j) sd n(,j) ḏnn,t =f ẖr ⟨j⟩nm n(,j) tp =f n-wn,t (j)ḫ,t nb.t ḥr =f ḏꜥr.ḫr =k
4.6 𓇶𓏌𓄹𓆑𓅠𓅓𓅓𓎡𓏏𓐍𓃀𓐏𓇋𓆄𓅱𓅱𓐏𓁷𓂋𓏤𓐟𓏤𓈖𓋴𓂧𓈄𓏴𓊪𓆑𓈖𓏏𓏭𓅓𓆓𓈖𓈖𓏏𓁶𓆑𓇋𓅱𓁹𓏏𓏤𓆑𓎼𓅱𓈙𓏏𓁹𓌨𓂋𓋴𓅓𓐞𓏤𓆑𓌨𓂋𓏭wbn,w =f gmm =k tḫb j:šw.w ḥr sꜣ n(,j) sd pf n,tj m ḏnn,t =f jw jr,t =f gwš.t(j) ẖr =s m gs =f ẖr,j
4.7 𓋴𓈎𓂋𓂡𓊪𓆑𓈖𓏏𓏭𓅓𓆓𓈖𓈖𓏏𓁶𓆑𓈝𓅓𓂻𓆑𓋴𓇋⯑𓅓𓏏𓃀𓅱𓏏𓋸𓆑𓅓𓐞𓏤𓆑𓌨𓂋𓏭𓋴𓈎𓂋𓂡𓊪𓆑𓈖𓏏𓏭𓅓𓆓𓈖𓈖𓏏𓁶𓆑𓄋𓊪𓊪𓏴𓎡𓇓𓅱𓂋𓋴𓈎𓂋𓂡𓈖sqr pf n,tj m ḏnn,t =f šmi̯ =f sj(.w) m tbw,t =f m gs =f ẖr,j sqr pf n,tj m ḏnn,t =f wpp =k sw r sqr.n
4.8 𓂝𓈎𓏏𓂻𓅓𓂋𓅱𓏏𓏭𓇯𓅓𓂜𓏏𓅱𓅪𓋴𓆑𓐍𓍼𓁶𓏤𓈖𓂝𓅓𓂝𓏏𓂝𓅓𓈎𓂝𓎛𓂢𓏤𓆑𓎛𓈖𓂝𓈖𓏏𓏭𓐍𓂋𓀒𓂝𓈖𓏏𓂷𓆑𓅓𓁷𓂋𓄣𓈖𓂧𓏏𓏤𓆑𓂞𓆑𓊃𓈖𓆑𓂐𓏥ꜥq.t m-rw,tj m jw,tw sfḫ tp n(,j) ꜥmꜥ,t m qꜥḥ =f ḥnꜥ n,tj ḫr ꜥn,t =f m-ḥr(,j)-jb-n(,j) ḏr,t =f ḏi̯ =f snf
4.9 𓅓𓂉𓂉𓆑𓏭𓅓𓄔𓄔𓆑𓏭𓏠𓈖𓅪𓆑𓍞𓅱𓅓𓅘𓎛𓃀𓏏𓄹𓆑𓍋𓅓𓂋𓅪𓂜𓁹𓅱𓈖𓏭𓋴𓂋𓅱𓐍𓏛𓆑𓈞𓊃𓏏𓀉𓂋𓈖𓂝𓂝𓏞𓏛𓆑𓂋𓂋𓐍𓏛𓎡𓄭𓂻𓆑𓂋𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥m msꜣḏ,t.du =f m msḏr.du =fj mn =f ṯz,w m nḥb,t =f mr n jri̯.w nj srwḫ =f ⟨pw⟩ ḥmsi̯.t r nꜥꜥ =f r rḫ =k spr =f r (j)ḫ,t
4.10 𓇋𓂋𓇥𓂋𓅠𓅓𓅓𓎡𓋴𓂧𓈄𓏴𓊪𓆑𓈖𓏏𓏭𓅓𓆓𓈖𓈖𓏏𓁶𓆑𓏇𓇋𓅨𓂋𓅓𓅱𓈒𓏥𓇋𓊪𓈖𓆣𓂋𓅱𓂋𓈔𓏤𓏥𓈖𓂝𓆓𓈖𓏏𓐖𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓇋𓅓𓈖𓉔𓂧𓉔𓂧𓀁𓈖𓊪𓅯𓄿𓊪𓅯𓄿jr ḏr gmm =k sd pf n,tj m ḏnn,t =f mj wrm.w.pl jpn ḫpr.w r ḥmt n(,j) ꜥḏn,t (j)ḫ,t jm nhdhd npꜣpꜣ
4.11 𓌨𓂋𓂭𓂭𓂭𓎡𓏇𓇋𓉔𓂧𓀁𓅱𓉔𓈖𓈖𓊬𓈖𓀔𓀀𓈖𓋭𓊃𓏏𓍢𓂝𓆑𓆣𓂋𓈖𓆑𓈖𓈖𓉔𓂧𓉔𓂧𓀁𓈖𓊪𓅯𓄿𓊪𓅯𓄿𓌨𓂋𓂭𓂭𓂭𓎡𓇥𓂋𓈖𓍱𓍱𓏴ẖr ḏbꜥ.pl =k mj hd whnn n(,j) ẖrd n ṯ(ꜣ)s.t =f ḫpr nf n(,j) nhdhd npꜣpꜣ ẖr ḏbꜥ.pl =k ḏr ngg
4.12 𓄿𓇋𓋴𓐏𓏥𓈖𓆓𓈖𓈖𓏏𓁶𓆑𓂞𓆑𓊃𓈖𓆑𓂐𓏥𓅓𓂉𓂉𓆑𓏭𓅓𓄔𓄔𓆑𓏭𓏠𓈖𓅪𓆑𓍞𓅱𓅓𓅘𓎛𓃀𓏏𓄹𓆑𓍋𓅓𓂋𓅪𓂜𓁹𓅱𓈖𓏭𓇋𓂋𓋴𓂧𓈄𓏴𓅓𓆓𓈖𓈖𓏏𓁶𓆑𓌨𓂋𓇋𓆛𓈖𓌰𓅓𓄛ꜣjs n(,j) ḏnn,t =f ḏi̯ =f snf m msꜣḏ,t.du =fj m msḏr.du =fj mn =f ṯz,w m nḥb,t =f mr n jri̯.w nj jr sd m ḏnn,t =f ẖr jnm
4.13 𓈖𓁶𓏤𓆑𓂜𓃹𓈖𓏏𓇶𓏌𓅱𓂐𓎟𓁷𓂋𓏤𓆑𓋴𓂧𓈄𓏴𓊪𓅯𓄿𓅱𓏏𓈒𓏥𓊪𓅱𓈖𓏏𓆓𓈖𓈖𓏏𓁶𓆑𓎛𓂝𓄹𓏥𓈖𓏏𓏭𓍑𓍑𓁶𓆑𓅱𓍑𓄿𓏛𓇋𓂋𓈝𓅓𓂻𓆑𓋴𓇋⯑𓆑𓅓n(,j) tp =f n-wn,t wbn,w nb ḥr =f sd pꜣ{w}⟨q⟩,t.pl pw n.t ḏnn,t =f ḥꜥ,pl n,tj ⟨ḥr⟩ ḏꜣḏꜣ =f wḏꜣ jr šmi̯ =f sj =f m
4.14 𓏏𓃀𓅱𓏏𓋸𓆑𓆓𓂧𓆑𓂋𓈝𓅓𓂻𓆑𓏏𓃀𓏏𓋸𓆑𓇑𓇑𓈖𓈖𓏏𓀉𓂜𓈖𓆓𓇛𓅓𓏛𓈖𓋴𓈖𓆑𓂋𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓎼𓈖𓈖𓀉𓍘𓇋𓊪𓅯𓄿𓐍𓂧𓀡𓍘𓇋𓁶𓏤𓏥𓃃𓅱𓏥𓆑tbw,t =f ḏd =f r šm(w) =f tb(w),t =f nni̯((.t(j)⁝⁝)) n nḏm.n =s n =f r šmi̯.t gnn.tj pꜣḫd.tj tp.pl sꜣḥ.w.pl =f
4.15 𓅱𓂝𓆑𓍢𓂝𓈖𓄡𓏏𓏤𓈖𓏏𓋸𓏏𓏤𓆑𓈝𓅓𓋴𓈖𓏥𓁷𓏤𓇉𓄿𓇉𓄿𓂻𓅭𓏏𓅱𓈇𓏥𓆓𓂧𓆑𓋴𓇋⯑𓆑𓂋𓊃𓇋𓂋𓋴𓈎𓈖𓂡𓈖𓂝𓈎𓏏𓂻𓏥𓅓𓂋𓅱𓏏𓏭𓇯𓅓𓐞𓏤𓆑𓌨𓂋𓏭𓇋𓉔𓅪wꜥf n ẖ,t n.t ṯb,t =f šmi̯ =sn ḥr ḥꜣḥꜣ zꜣt,w ḏd =f sj =f r =s jr sq{n}⟨r⟩.n ꜥq.t m-rw,tj m gs =f ẖr,j jh
4.16 𓊪𓈖𓅓𓆓𓂧𓐥𓂝𓈎𓏏𓂻𓅓𓂋𓅱𓏏𓏭𓇯𓊪𓅱𓅓𓐞𓏤𓆑𓌨𓂋𓏭𓇋𓉔𓅪𓊪𓈖𓇋𓂋𓂝𓈎𓏏𓂻𓅓𓂋𓅱𓏏𓏭𓇯𓊡𓅱𓊪𓅱𓈖𓊹𓏤𓈖𓂋𓅱𓏏𓏭𓇯𓅓𓏏𓀏𓂋𓏤𓊪𓅱pn mḏd ꜥq.t m-rw,tj pw m gs =f ẖr,j jh pn jr ꜥq.t m-rw,tj ṯꜣw pw n(,j) nṯr n(,j) rw,tj m(w)t rʾ-pw
4.17 𓇋𓈖𓋴𓂝𓈎𓏏𓂻𓈖𓈎𓌳𓄿𓅓𓏏𓌙𓅯𓏛𓎛𓂝𓄹𓏥𓆑𓇋𓂋𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓋴𓆑𓐍𓍼𓁶𓈖𓄿𓅓𓂝𓏏𓂡𓈖𓏏𓈎𓂝𓎛𓂢𓏤𓆑𓎛𓈖𓂝𓅓𓂜𓏏𓏭𓅪𓐍𓂋𓀒jn sꜥq.t n qmꜣm.t ḥꜥ,pl =f jr jw,tj sfḫ tp n(,j) ꜣmꜥ,t n.t qꜥḥ =f ḥnꜥ m jw,tj ḫr
4.18 𓂝𓈖𓏏𓂷𓆑𓅓𓁷𓂋𓄣𓈖𓂧𓏏𓏤𓆑𓆓𓂧𓆑𓏏𓍃𓅓𓈖𓆑𓂋𓂝𓁶𓏤𓊪𓇋𓈖𓄿𓅓𓂝𓏏𓂝𓈖𓏏𓈎𓂝𓎛𓂢𓏤𓆑𓎛𓈖𓂝𓏏𓍃𓅓𓐍𓂋𓀒𓂝𓈖𓏏𓂷𓆑𓅓𓁷𓂋𓄣𓈖𓂧𓏏𓏤𓆑ꜥn,t =f m-ḥr-jb-n(,j) ḏr,t =f ḏd =f tm nft tp pj n(,j) ꜣmꜥ,t n.t qꜥḥ =f ḥnꜥ tm ḫr ꜥn,t =f m-ḥr-jb-((n(,j)_)) ḏr,t =f
4.19 𓄃𓅱𓏛𓏥𓄣𓏤𓇶𓏌𓅱𓂐𓏥𓅓𓄂𓏏𓏤𓁷𓂋𓏤𓆑𓋴𓂧𓈄𓏴𓊪𓅯𓄿𓈎𓏏𓈒𓈖𓏏𓆓𓈖𓈖𓏏𓁶𓆑𓇋𓂋𓂡𓎡𓊃𓀀𓏤𓈖𓇶𓏌𓅱𓄹𓅓𓄂𓏏𓏤𓁷𓏤𓆑𓋴𓂧𓈄𓏴𓊪𓅯𓈎𓏏𓈒šsꜣ,w {{jb}} wbn,w m ḥꜣ,t ḥr =f sd pꜣq,t n.t ḏnn,t =f jr ḫꜣi̯ =k z n(,j) wbn,w m ḥꜣ,t ḥr =f sd pꜣq,t
4.20 𓈖𓏏𓍑𓍑𓁶𓆑𓁹𓐍𓂋𓎡𓈖𓆑𓋴𓅱𓎛𓏏𓆇𓈖𓏏𓈖𓇋𓅱𓂢𓅭𓐩𓏌𓂡𓍘𓇋𓁷𓏤𓎯𓏏𓏥𓂋𓂝𓅓𓂋𓏤𓈖𓇶𓏌𓅱𓂐𓆑𓇋𓂋𓅓𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓁹𓐍𓂋𓎡𓈖𓆑n.t ḏꜣḏꜣ =f jri̯.ḫr =k n =f swḥ,t n.t njw nḏ.tj ḥr mrḥ,t rḏi̯ m rʾ n(,j) wbn,w =f jr-m-ḫt jri̯.ḫr =k n =f
4.21 𓋴𓅱𓎛𓏏𓆇𓈖𓏏𓈖𓇋𓅱𓂢𓅭𓐩𓏌𓂡𓍘𓇋𓁹𓍘𓇋𓅓𓏏𓅓𓅱𓏏𓈒𓏥𓊃𓈙𓏏𓅱𓇶𓄹𓊪𓅱𓂋𓂝𓐍𓂋𓎡𓈖𓆑𓇉𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓋳𓁷𓂋𓏤𓆑𓈖𓏏𓄚𓈖𓏛𓌕𓏌𓅱𓀀swḥ,t n.t njw nḏ.tj jri̯.tj m tmwt sš{t}⟨r⟩,w wbn,w pw rḏi̯.ḫr =k n =f ḥꜣy,t ḥr =f n.t ẖn(w) zwn,w
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Egyptian, line for line, covering the whole recto (Cases 1–48, columns 1–17) with its wound cases from the head to the spine, 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).
4.1 of the crown of his head is like the excrement of small cattle. As for “the inner vault of his head”: it is the middle of his crown, near the entrails of his skull.
4.2 He is like a chest: that is what it means. As for “his mouth is bound shut, his eyebrows drawn awry, his face as though weeping”: he does not open
4.3 his mouth to speak. His brows are distorted, one lifted upward and the other drawn downward, as in a man who blinks while his face weeps.
4.4 As for “he grew pale after showing weakness”: that is pallor, for his weakness has brought him into a grave illness […].
4.5 Knowledge of a fracture of his skull beneath the skin of his head. If you examine a man with a fracture of his skull beneath the scalp and nothing is visible upon it, explore
4.6 his injury. You find a swelling raised over the back of the fracture in his skull. His eye turns aside on the side
4.7 struck by that blow to his skull; his foot drags on the side struck by that blow. Distinguish him from one struck by a force
4.8 entering from outside, whose shoulder joint is not dislocated and whose thumb has not dropped into the middle of his hand. He bleeds
4.9 from his nostrils and ears and suffers stiffness in his neck: an ailment that cannot be treated. His treatment is to sit until he relaxes and you know he has reached the decisive point.
4.10 But if you find the fracture in his skull like the bubbles formed in copper in a crucible, with something there beating and fluttering
4.11 beneath your fingers, like the soft crown of an infant before it has knit together, that beating and fluttering arise beneath your fingers because
4.12 the entrails of his skull are exposed; he bleeds from his nostrils and ears and suffers stiffness in his neck: an ailment that cannot be treated. As for “a fracture in his skull beneath
4.13 the skin of his head, with no wound upon it”: the plates of his skull are broken, yet the skin over his head remains intact. As for “he walks, dragging
4.14 his foot”: this describes his gait: his foot is weak, and walking is painful, for it hangs limp. The tips of his toes curve toward the sole of his foot;
4.15 they move as though seeking the ground. This is why he is said to drag his foot. As for “one struck by a force entering from outside, on the side afflicted”:
4.16 something that entered from outside presses upon the afflicted side. As for “a force entering from outside”: it is the breath of a god from outside, or of a dead man,
4.17 something that has forced its way in, not something his own body has made. As for “his shoulder joint is not dislocated, nor has
4.18 his thumb fallen into the middle of his hand”: his shoulder joint has not come loose, and his thumb has not fallen into the middle of his hand.
4.19 Knowledge of a wound at the front of his face, the plate of his skull fractured. If you examine a man with a wound at the front of his face, the plate
4.20 of his skull fractured, prepare for him an ostrich egg ground with oil. Place it in the opening of his wound. Afterward prepare for him
4.21 an ostrich egg, ground and made into powder: this dries the wound. Then lay a bandage from the physician's bag upon it.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Egyptian text, line for line, covering the whole recto (Cases 1–48, columns 1–17) with its wound cases from the head to the spine.
4.1 The top of his head smells like the droppings of small livestock. As for “inside his head”: this is the middle of the crown near his brain.
4.2 It is the recess inside his head, like a box. As for “his mouth is shut tight, his eyebrows drawn up, his face like someone crying”: he does not open
4.3 his mouth to speak. His eyebrows are distorted: one is pulled up and the other drawn down, like someone blinking while his face weeps.
4.4 As for “he grows pale after becoming weak”: it means he turns pale, since he is subject to the illness in the face of weakness.
4.5 Examination of a fracture in his skull beneath the skin of his head. If you examine a man with a fracture of his skull under his scalp, though there is nothing visible on it, feel
4.6 his injury. You find a raised swelling on the outer side of that fracture. His eye is crooked on the side of the skull injury.
4.7 He walks dragging his foot on that side of the injury. Distinguish him from someone struck by something that entered from outside, or someone whose shoulder joint has not come loose,
4.8 and whose thumb has not fallen into the center of his hand. He bleeds
4.9 from his nostrils and ears and has a stiff neck: a condition that cannot be treated. His treatment is to sit until he relaxes and you know whether he will pull through.
4.10 But if you find that fracture in his skull resembling the lumps formed in copper from a smelting pot, with something inside that throbs and flutters
4.11 under your fingers, like the soft spot on a child's head before it closes—that movement beneath your fingers occurs because
4.12 his brain tissue has torn open. He bleeds from his nostrils and ears and has a stiff neck: a condition that cannot be treated. As for “a skull fracture beneath the skin
4.13 of his head, with no visible wound”: it is a fracture of the plates of his skull, but the skin on his head remains intact. As for “he walks dragging
4.14 his foot”: it means his foot is weak. Walking is uncomfortable for him because it hangs limp. His toes
4.15 curl toward the sole of his foot and feel for the ground as he walks. That is why it is said he drags his foot. As for “someone struck by something entering from outside on the afflicted side”:
4.16 something that came from outside has taken hold on the side where he has this illness. As for “something that entered from outside”: it is the breath of a god from outside or of a dead person,
4.17 something that found its way in, not something his body produced. As for “someone whose shoulder joint has not come loose and whose thumb has not fallen
4.18 into the middle of his hand”: it means the joint of his shoulder has not come loose and his thumb has not fallen into the middle of his hand.
4.19 Examination of a wound on the front of his face, with a plate of his skull broken. If you examine a man with a wound on his forehead and a broken skull plate,
4.20 prepare for him an ostrich egg ground up with oil. Place it in the opening of his wound. Afterward, prepare another ostrich egg for him,
4.21 ground into a dry powder. This dries the wound. Then place on it a dressing from the doctor's bag.