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1.1 𓊃𓀀𓏤𓊪𓅱𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃢𓐍𓂝𓅱𓏛𓈖𓀀𓂋𓈖𓆑𓇏𓏏𓏭𓀀𓊪𓅱𓈖[⯑]z pw wn Ḫwi.n-Jnpw rn =f sḫ,tj pw n Sḫ,t-ḥmꜣ,t
1.2 𓇋𓋴𓏏𓃹𓈖𓈞𓏏𓁐𓆑𓌸𓂋𓏏𓀁𓁐𓂋𓈖𓋴𓆓𓂧𓇋𓈖𓇏𓏏𓏭𓀀𓊪𓈖𓈖𓈞𓏏𓁐𓆑𓏏𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏏[⯑]𓅓𓉔𓄿𓏏𓂻jst wn ḥm,t =f ⸢M⸣r,t rn =s ḏd.jn sḫ,tj pn n ḥm,t =f tn m =t w[j] m hꜣi̯.t
1.3 𓂋𓆎𓏏𓊖𓂋𓏎𓈖𓏏𓅧𓅱𓏒𓏥𓇋𓅓𓈖𓀔𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏥𓀀𓈝𓅓𓂻𓇓𓅱𓏏𓆼𓄿𓂝𓈖𓀀𓈖𓄿𓈖𓌾𓏥r Km,t r ⸢jni̯.t⸣ ꜥq.w jm n ẖrd.w.pl =j šm swt ḫꜣi̯ n =j nꜣ n jt
1.4 𓈖𓏏𓏭𓅓𓅯𓄿𓅓𓂝𓌨𓂋𓉐𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏥𓌾𓏥𓈖𓋴𓆑𓇳𓊢𓂝𓈖𓆼𓄿𓂝𓈖𓆑𓈖𓋴𓌾𓋾𓌽𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤n,tj m pꜣ mẖr m ḏꜣ,t jt n ⸮⸢sf⸣? ꜥḥꜥ.n ḫꜣi̯.n ={f} =⟨s⟩ n ={s} =⟨f⟩ jt ⸢ḥqꜣ,t⸣ ⸮⸢6⸣?
1.5 𓆓𓂧𓇋𓈖𓇏𓏏𓏭𓀀𓊪𓈖𓈖𓈞𓏏𓁐𓆑𓏏𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏏 […] 𓈖𓏏𓌾𓋾𓌽𓏤𓏤𓂋𓅧𓅱𓏒𓏥𓎛𓈖𓂝[⯑]𓏏ḏd.jn sḫ,tj pn n ḥm,t =f tn m =t … n =t jt ḥqꜣ,t 20 r ꜥq.w ḥnꜥ ẖrd.[w].pl =t
1.6 𓁹𓂋𓏏𓈖𓀀𓇓𓅱𓏏𓏏𓄿𓌾𓋾𓌽𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓅓𓏏𓏐𓏒𓏥𓎛𓈎𓏏𓏊𓏥𓈖𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤𓎟𓎡𓄿𓇋𓅓𓆑jri̯ r =t n =j swt tꜣ jt ḥqꜣ,t 6 m tʾ ḥ(n)q,t n hrw nb ⸢kꜣ⸣ [ꜥnḫ] =[j] jm =f
1.7 𓉔𓄿𓏏𓂻𓊪𓅱𓁹𓈖𓇏𓏏𓏭𓀀𓊪𓈖𓂋𓆎𓏏𓊖𓄿𓏏𓊪𓀋𓂝𓈖𓆑[⯑]𓆑hꜣi̯.t pw jri̯.n sḫ,tj pn r Km,t ꜣtp.n =f ꜥꜣ.[pl] =f
2.1 𓅓[⯑]m j[ꜣꜣ]
2.2 𓂋𓂧𓅓𓏏𓆰𓏥rdm,t
2.3 [⯑]ḥs[mn]
2.4 [⯑]ḥmꜣ,[t]
2.5 𓆱𓏏𓏥[⯑]ḫt.pl […]tyw
2.6 [⯑]𓈖𓏏𓇾𓈇𓏤𓃒𓏥𓈉ꜥ⸢wn⸣,t.pl n.t Tꜣ-jḥ.pl
2.7 𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏏𓄛𓏥𓈖𓏏𓃀𓅡𓄿𓅱𓄛𓏥ẖn,wt.pl n.t bꜣw
3.1 𓆼𓄿𓅱𓏏𓄛𓏥𓈖𓏏𓃹𓈖𓈙𓅱𓄛𓏥ḫꜣw,t.pl n.t ⸢w⸣nšw
3.2 𓈖𓆷𓄿𓅱𓆰𓏥𓆰𓏥nšꜣw
3.3 𓂝𓈖𓏌𓅱𓊌𓏥ꜥnw
3.4 𓏏𓈖𓌰𓅓𓂽𓆰𓏥tnm
3.5 𓆣𓂋𓅨𓂋𓆰𓏥ḫpr-wr
3.6 [⯑]sꜣh,wt
3.7 𓋴𓐟𓄿𓎡𓊃𓅱𓏏𓈒𓏥sꜣks,wt
4.1 𓏇𓇋𓋴𓅱𓏏𓆰𓏥mjs,wt
4.2 𓊃𓈖𓏏𓏒𓊌𓏥sn,t
4.3 [⯑]ꜥb[ꜣ]
4.4 𓇋𓃀𓃙𓐟𓆰𓏥jbsꜣ
4.5 𓇋𓆛𓈖𓃀𓇋𓆰𓏥jnbj
4.6 𓏠𓈖𓏌𓅱𓅬𓏥mn,w
4.7 𓈖𓂝𓂋𓅱𓅬𓏥nꜥr,w
5.1 𓅱𓎼𓋴𓅬𓏥wgs
5.2 𓅱𓃀𓈖𓆰𓏥wbn
5.3 𓏏𓃀𓋴𓅱𓆰𓏥tbs,w
5.4 𓎼𓈖𓎼𓈖𓏏𓈒𓏥gngn,t
5.5 𓍲𓈖𓏭𓁸𓏥𓇾𓈇𓏤𓆰𓏥šnj-tꜣ
5.6 𓇋𓆛𓈖𓋴𓏏𓈒𓏥jns,t
6.1 𓎔𓏛𓅓𓏎𓏌𓏥𓎟𓄤𓆑𓂋𓈖𓇏𓏏𓈇𓎛𓌳𓄿𓏏𓍖𓈒𓏥𓊖mḥ m jn,w nb nfr n Sḫ,t-ḥmꜣ,t
6.2 𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓊪𓅱𓁹𓈖[⯑]𓊪𓈖𓅓𓏃𓈖𓏏𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊛šmi̯.t pw jri̯.n sḫ,tj pn m-ḫnt.yt
6.3 𓂋𓇓𓏏𓈖𓀔𓈖𓈖𓊖𓄭𓂋𓂻𓊪𓅱𓁹𓈖𓆑𓂋𓅱𓏤𓈇𓈖𓉐𓏤𓆑𓆑𓇋𓀻𓊖r Nn-nswt spr pw jri̯.n =f r w n Pr-Ffj
6.4 𓂋[⯑]𓅓𓂧𓈖𓇋𓏏𓍸𓊖𓅠𓅓𓈖𓆑𓊃𓀀𓏤r mḥ,t[j] Mdnj,t gmi̯.n =f z
6.5 𓊢𓂝𓂻𓁷𓏤𓌸𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏏𓈇𓅇𓏏𓏭𓂡𓀀𓂋𓈖𓆑𓅭𓀀𓊃𓀀𓏤𓊪𓅱ꜥḥꜥ ḥr mr,yt Nm,tj-nḫt rn =f zꜣ z pw
6.6 𓇋𓋴𓂋𓇋𓇋𓆭𓆱𓀀𓂋𓈖𓆑𓆓𓏏𓇾𓀀𓁐𓏥𓊪𓅱𓈖𓏏𓅓𓂋𓉐𓀗Jsr,y rn =f ḏ,t pw n.t (j)m,(j)-rʾ-pr-wr
6.7 𓌸𓂋𓅱𓀁𓆇𓂋𓈖𓋴𓇋𓀀𓆓𓂧𓇋𓈖𓅇𓏏𓏭𓂡𓀀𓊪𓈖𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓆑𓉻𓂸𓃩𓏥𓈖[⯑]𓊪𓈖𓉻𓂝𓄿𓃀𓇋𓇋𓅱𓇭𓏛𓏥𓄣𓏤𓆑Mr,w zꜣ Rnsj ḏd.jn Nm,tj-nḫt pn mꜣꜣ =f ꜥꜣ.pl n [sḫ,tj] pn ꜥꜣb.yw ⟨ḥr⟩ jb =f
7.2 𓇉𓄿𓀁𓈖𓀀𓊏𓊪𓅆𓎟𓂝𓍯𓄿𓂝𓀀𓎛𓆰𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏊𓏥𓈖ḥꜣ n =j šzp nb ꜥwꜣi̯ =j ḥn,w.pl n
7.3 𓇏𓏏𓏭𓀀𓊪𓈖𓇋𓅓𓆑𓇋𓋴𓏏𓂋𓆑𓉐𓏤𓅇𓏏𓏭𓂡𓀀𓊪𓈖𓁷𓏤𓄥𓄿𓏛𓇾𓈇𓏤sḫ,tj pn jm =f jst r =f pr Nm,tj-nḫt pn ḥr zmꜣ-tꜣ
7.4 𓈖𓂋𓏤𓍯𓄿𓏏𓈐𓎛𓆰𓈖𓋴𓅪𓊪𓅱𓂜𓅱𓋴𓐍𓎺𓏛𓇋𓋴𓊪𓅱n rʾ-wꜣ,t ḥns pw n wsḫ js pw
7.5 𓈎𓈖𓈖𓂝𓆑𓂋𓋴𓐍𓅱𓎺𓏛𓈖𓂧𓄿𓇋𓅱𓋳𓇋𓅱𓍯𓄿𓏏𓈐𓆑𓌡𓂝𓏏𓏤qnn =f r sḫ,w n dꜣjw jw wꜣ,t =f wꜥ.t
7.6 𓌨𓂋𓈗𓎡𓏏𓌨𓂋𓌾𓏥𓆓𓂧𓇋𓈖𓅇𓏏𓏭𓂡𓀀𓊪𓈖𓈖𓌞𓅱𓀀𓆑𓇋𓊄𓂻ẖr mw k.t ẖr jt ḏd.jn Nm.tj-nḫt pn n šms,w =f jz
7.7 𓏎𓈖𓈖𓀀𓇋𓆑𓂧𓊌𓋳𓅓𓉐𓏤𓀀𓏎𓈖𓇋𓈖𓏏𓅱𓆑𓈖𓆑𓁷𓏤𓂝𓏤jni̯ n =j jfd m pr =j jni̯.jn.tw =f n =f ḥr-ꜥ
8.1 𓊢𓂝𓈖𓊃𓈙𓂝𓈖𓆑𓇓𓅱𓁷𓏤𓄥𓄿𓏛𓇾𓈇𓏤𓈖𓂋𓏤𓍯𓄿𓏏𓈐ꜥḥꜥ.n sš.n =f sw ḥr zmꜣ-tꜣ n rʾ-wꜣ,t
8.2 𓐍𓈖𓈖𓅯𓂻𓋴𓂧𓃀𓋳𓆑𓁷𓏤𓈗[⯑]𓆑ḫnn sdb =f ḥr mw npnp,[t] =f
8.3 𓁷𓏤𓌾𓏥ḥr jt
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Egyptian, line for line, covering the whole story in its standard composite: Papyrus Ramesseum A (R 1.1–8.3) for the opening, Papyrus Berlin 3023 (B1 1–326) for the robbery and the first eight petitions, and Papyrus Berlin 3025 (B2 91–142) for the ninth petition and the ending, 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 There was a man whose name was Khunanup, a peasant of the Field of Salt.
1.2 There was also his wife, whose name was Meret. Then this peasant said to this his wife: "See, I am on my way down
1.3 to Egypt, to bring back food from there for my children. Go now, and measure out for me this barley
1.4 that lies in the granary as the remainder of yesterday's barley." So she measured out for him the barley: six heqat of it.
1.5 Then this peasant said to this his wife: "See, [there is (?)] for you barley, twenty heqat of it,
1.6 for food, along with your children. But you, make for me this six heqat of barley into bread and beer for every day; then I shall live on it."
1.7 So this peasant went down to Egypt, having loaded his donkeys
2.1 with [jjaa] plants (a crop plant, a vine?),
2.2 rdmt sedge (Cyperus esculentus),
2.3 natron,
2.4 salt,
2.5 timber of […],
2.6 eyent poles from the Farafra Oasis,
2.7 skins of panthers,
3.1 pelts of the wolf-jackal,
3.2 neshaw water plants (?),
3.3 pebbles (?),
3.4 tenem plants,
3.5 kheper-wer (a healing plant?),
3.6 sahut (a resin?),
3.7 sakesut mineral,
4.1 mesut plants,
4.2 senet mineral,
4.3 eba stone,
4.4 ibesa oil plants,
4.5 inebi plants,
4.6 doves,
4.7 nereu birds,
5.1 wegs birds,
5.2 weben plants,
5.3 tebes thorn plants,
5.4 gengent plants (bean-like?),
5.5 sheni-ta plants,
5.6 inset plants (anise?),
6.1 laden with every good product of the Field of Salt.
6.2 So this peasant journeyed southward
6.3 to Herakleopolis, and reached the district of Per-Fefi,
6.4 north of Medenit. There he found a man
6.5 standing on the dyke: Nemtynakht was his name, son of a man
6.6 named Isry, a serf of the High Steward
6.7 Rensi son of Meru. Then this Nemtynakht, seeing the donkeys of this peasant and finding them to his liking, said:
7.2 "Oh, if only I had some effective image by which I might steal this peasant's goods!"
7.3 Now one must know that the house of this Nemtynakht lay over the landing place of the neighborhood.
7.4 It was a narrow spot; it was not a wide one.
7.5 Its width was only that of a linen garment; one of its sides lay
7.6 under water, the other under barley. Then this Nemtynakht said to his follower: "Go!
7.7 Bring me a square of linen from my house." And it was brought to him at once.
8.1 Then he spread it out over the landing place of the neighborhood,
8.2 and its fringed border hung down over the water, its smooth hem
8.3 over the barley.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Egyptian text, line for line, covering the whole story in its standard composite: Papyrus Ramesseum A (R 1.1–8.3) for the opening, Papyrus Berlin 3023 (B1 1–326) for the robbery and the first eight petitions, and Papyrus Berlin 3025 (B2 91–142) for the ninth petition and the ending.
1.1 There was once a man named Khunanup. He was a peasant of the Field of Salt.
1.2 Now he had a wife, and her name was Meret. This peasant said to his wife: "Look, I am going down
1.3 to Egypt, to get food there for my children. Go, then, and measure me this
1.4 barley that is in the granary, what is left of yesterday's barley; so she measured out six (?) measures of barley for him.
1.5 Then this peasant said to his wife: "Look, […] you have twenty measures of barley for food, you and your children.
1.6 Make these six measures into bread and beer for me, for every day, and I will live on them."
1.7 So this peasant went down to Egypt, having loaded his donkeys
2.1 with vines (?),
2.2 cyperus grass,
2.3 natron,
2.4 salt,
2.5 wood from the place of […]tyw,
2.6 poles of awenet wood from Farafra,
2.7 panther skins,
3.1 wolf-jackal pelts,
3.2 neshau water plants (?),
3.3 pebbles (?),
3.4 tnm creeping plants,
3.5 kheper-wer healing plants,
3.6 sahut resin (?),
3.7 sakesut mineral,
4.1 mesut plants,
4.2 senet mineral,
4.3 aba stone,
4.4 ibesa oil plants,
4.5 jnbj plants,
4.6 doves,
4.7 nereu birds,
5.1 wegs birds,
5.2 weben plants,
5.3 tebesu thorn plants,
5.4 bean-like gengenet plants (?),
5.5 sheni-ta plants,
5.6 inset plants (anise?).
6.1 All of it full of every good gift of the Field of Salt.
6.2 So this peasant set out, going south,
6.3 to Herakleopolis, and reached the district of Per-Fefi,
6.4 north of Medenit. There he found a man
6.5 standing on the embankment. His name was Nemtynakht, and he was the son of a man
6.6 named Isry, a servant of the high steward
6.7 Rensi son of Meru. When this Nemtynakht saw the peasant's donkeys, and they pleased him, he said:
7.2 "Oh, if only I had some image with which I could steal this peasant's goods!
7.3 This peasant would have to pass by him, for the house of this Nemtynakht stood at the landing place
7.4 of the neighborhood. It was narrow; it was not wide.
7.5 It was only as wide as a garment; one side of it
7.6 lay under water, the other under barley. Then this Nemtynakht said to his servant: "Go and fetch
7.7 me a cloth from my house." It was brought to him at once.
8.1 Then he spread it out over the neighborhood's landing place.
8.2 Its fringed edge hung down onto the water, its smooth hem
8.3 onto the barley.