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15.1 𓅱𓆼𓄿𓍼𓈖𓊨𓇳𓅆𓄭𓂋𓅱𓂻𓂋𓅯𓄿𓈖𓏏𓏭𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆𓇋𓅓𓇋𓅱𓆑𓈞𓊃𓀔𓎛𓈖𓂝𓏏𓄿𓇳𓂧𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓅓𓏏𓄿𓇋𓄿𓂧𓏏𓀗𓈇𓏤𓌉𓏏𓇳𓅓𓅯𓄿𓆼𓄿𓐟𓏤𓅱𓏭𓅱𓏭𓈗𓈘𓈇𓊖𓊢𓂝𓈖𓇋⯑⯑⯑𓂝𓈙𓀁𓆑𓅓𓂺𓏛𓆑wḫꜣ n Ws-jr (ḥr) spr r pꜣ n,tj Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du jm jw =f ḥmsi̯ ḥnꜥ tꜣ psd(,t) m tꜣ jꜣd,t ḥḏ.t m pꜣ Ḫꜣ~sꜣ~wj~wj ꜥḥꜥ.n j(w) =(tw) (ḥr) ꜥš =f m-bꜣḥ =f
15.2 𓎛𓈖𓂝𓏏𓄿𓇳𓂧𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓇋𓅱𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓇋𓐍𓏛𓋴𓐍𓆑𓏏𓍼𓂡𓎡𓈖𓀀𓅯𓄿𓅱𓆼𓄿𓍼⯑𓄿𓋴𓍬𓂻⯑𓈖𓊨𓇳𓅆𓅓𓏏𓅱𓎡𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓈖𓅯𓄿𓆼𓄿𓍼⯑𓉔𓄿𓈖𓄿𓀁𓃀𓅱𓆣𓂋𓎡𓅱𓀀𓉔𓄿𓈖𓄿𓀁𓃀𓅱𓄟𓋴𓀗𓏥𓎡ḥnꜥ tꜣ psd(,t) jw Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du ḥr ḏd jḫ {s}ḫ⟨s⟩f{t} =k n =j pꜣ wḫꜣ ꜣs zp⟨-2⟩ n Ws-jr mtw =k ḏd n =f ḥr{-n} pꜣ ⟨w⟩ḫꜣ hꜣnꜣ bw ḫpr =kwj hꜣnꜣ bw msi̯ =k
15.3 𓇋𓅱𓌾𓏥𓇣𓏏𓏭𓌾𓏥𓆣𓂋𓅱𓅓𓂋𓂝𓏤𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅯𓄿𓆼𓄿𓍼⯑𓈖𓎟𓂋𓇥𓂋𓅆𓄭𓂋𓅱𓂻𓂋𓊨𓇳𓅆𓇋𓅱𓆑𓂝𓈙𓀁𓆑𓅓𓂺𓏛𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓉔𓄿𓃀𓅱𓏭𓂻𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆𓂝𓈖𓂽𓅓𓆓𓂧𓄤𓆑𓂋𓂋𓇋𓈎𓂋𓏛jw jt bd,tj ḫpr.w m-rʾ-ꜥ wn.jn pꜣ ⟨w⟩ḫꜣ n Nb-r-ḏr (ḥr) spr r Ws-jr jw ={f}⟨tw⟩ (ḥr) ꜥš =f m-bꜣḥ =f wn.jn =f (ḥr) hꜣbwj n Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du ꜥn m-ḏd nfr r-jqr
15.4 𓊗𓏤𓏤𓅯𓄿𓅱𓇋𓀁𓁹𓂋𓅱𓎡𓎟𓅯𓄿𓅠𓅓𓏛𓏏𓄿𓇳𓂧𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓅓𓁹𓂋𓏏𓇋𓅱𓂡𓂡𓏏𓅱𓉔𓄿𓂋𓊪𓅱𓈗𓂡𓌳𓐙𓂝𓏏𓆄𓏏𓆇𓆗𓅓𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓉐𓇼𓄿𓏏𓉐𓇋𓐍𓏛𓊪𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆴𓁺𓎡𓅯𓄿𓋴𓐍𓂋𓏛𓏥𓎼𓂋𓏛𓅓𓈖𓏏𓎡𓇋𓂋zp-2 pꜣw j:jri̯ =k nb pꜣ gmi̯ tꜣ psd(,t) m jri̯.t jw dd =[[tw]] hꜣrp mꜣꜥ,t m-ẖnw dwꜣ,t jḫ ptrj =k pꜣ sḫr,pl gr mntk jr
15.5 𓅯𓄿𓇾𓏤𓈇𓈖𓏏𓏭𓏏𓅱𓅆𓇋𓅓𓆑𓇓𓅱𓎔𓏛𓅓𓄋𓊪𓅱𓂾𓂻𓎛𓋴𓐟𓁺𓁷⯑𓏤𓏥𓇋𓅱𓃀𓈖𓋴𓏏𓏥𓋴𓈖𓂧𓅱𓀁𓏥𓈖𓊹𓅆𓎟𓊹𓏏𓂋𓏏𓆇𓆗𓇋𓅱𓀀𓂞𓏏𓉐𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏭𓂻𓋴𓈖𓏥𓅓𓏏𓅱𓋴𓈖𓏥𓏎𓈖𓄂𓏏𓏭𓄣𓏤𓈖𓅯𓄿𓈖𓏏𓏭𓎟𓁹𓂋𓏏𓊃𓊪𓊗𓅱𓏥𓅪𓏥pꜣ tꜣ n,tj tw≡j jm =f sw mḥ m wpw⟨,tj.pl⟩ ḥsꜣ ḥr.pl jw bn st snd n nṯr nb ntr,t ⟨nb(.t)⟩ jw =j (r) ḏi̯.t pry =sn mtw =sn jni̯ ḥꜣ,tj n pꜣ n,tj nb (ḥr) jri̯.t sp.w.pl bjn.pl
15.6 𓅓𓏏𓅱𓋴𓈖𓏥𓆣𓂋𓅱𓂧𓏭𓈐𓂋𓎛𓈖𓂝𓀀𓇋𓇋𓄿𓇋𓐍𓏛𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓅆𓆣𓂋𓅱𓂧𓏭𓈐𓊵𓏏𓊪𓅱𓏛𓎡𓁷⯑𓏤𓋀𓏏𓏏𓈇𓏤𓈉𓇋𓅱𓏏𓈖𓏥𓈖𓃀𓅱𓈖𓏥𓂋𓏤𓈐𓂻𓂋𓇥𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓊗𓏤𓏤𓊗𓏤𓏤𓈖𓏭𓅓𓂝𓀁𓇋𓅓𓋴𓈖𓏥𓇋𓅱𓆑𓈖𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂡𓂋𓀀𓐍𓂋𓅓𓂝𓎡𓏭𓏛mtw =sn ḫpr dj r-ḥnꜥ =j yꜣ jḫ pꜣy =j ḫpr,w dj ḥtp.k(wj) ḥr jmn,tt jw =tn n-bw~n~rʾ r-ḏrw,pl zp-2 zp-2 njm jm =sn jw =f nḫt r =j ḫr m =kj
15.7 𓅠𓅓𓏛𓋴𓈖𓏥𓎼𓂋𓍅𓏭𓅪𓅓𓁹𓂋𓏏𓇋𓋴𓅱𓏏𓇋𓂋𓅓𓇥𓂋𓁹𓇋𓇋𓅱𓊪𓏏𓎛𓅆𓉻𓏛𓇔𓊅𓈇𓏤𓅆𓆑𓎟𓋹𓈖𓐍𓇾𓇾𓈇𓈇𓏥𓏏𓄿𓊪𓇯𓏏𓇋𓋴𓅱𓏏𓆓𓂧𓆑𓈖𓈖𓄿𓇼𓏤𓅆𓏥𓈖𓏏𓏭𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓉐𓋴𓏏𓇋𓀁𓁹𓂋⯑𓏏𓈖𓏥𓊵𓏏𓊪𓅱𓏛𓏥𓋀𓏏𓏏𓈇𓏤𓈉gmi̯ =sn grgj m jri̯.t jstw ((jr)) m-ḏr jry.w Ptḥ ꜥꜣ rs(,j)-jnb≡f nb-ꜥnḫ-tꜣ,du{.pl} tꜣ p(,t) jstw ⟨bw⟩ ḏd =f n nꜣ sbꜣ.pl n,tj ⟨m-⟩ẖnw =st j:jri̯ =tn ḥtp ⟨ḥr⟩ jmn,tt
15.8 𓂋𓏏𓈖𓏌𓅱𓌙𓅯𓏛𓏥𓎼𓂋𓎛𓏏𓇰𓇳𓏤𓅓𓅯𓄿𓈖𓏏𓏭𓇓𓏤𓅆𓊨𓇳𓅆𓇋𓅓𓐍𓂋𓇋𓂋𓁷⯑𓏤𓐟𓏤𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓇋𓅱𓊪𓂝𓏏𓆇𓀀𓁐𓏥𓂋𓐍𓇋𓇋𓅚𓀀𓁐𓏥𓊵𓏏𓊪𓅱𓏛𓏥𓅓𓅯𓄿𓈖𓏏𓏭𓏏𓅱𓎡𓇋𓅓𓅓𓂋𓂝𓏤𓇋𓀁𓈖𓆑𓈖𓀀𓐍𓂋𓇋𓂋𓅓𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓁷⯑𓏤𓐟𓏤r tnw,pl grḥ{,t} m pꜣ n,tj nsw Ws-jr jm ḫr-jr ḥr-sꜣ nṯr.pl jw pꜥ,t.pl rḫ,y.pl (ḥr) ḥtp m pꜣ n,tj tw≡k jm m-rʾ-ꜥ j.n =f n =j ḫr-jr-m-ḫt ⟨⸮hrw.pl?⟩ ⟨⸮qn,w?⟩ ḥr-sꜣ
15.9 𓇑𓇑𓈖𓈖𓇋𓅱𓅯𓄿𓆼𓄿𓍼⯑𓈖𓊨𓇳𓅆𓄭𓂋𓅱𓂻𓂋𓅯𓄿𓈖𓏏𓏭𓎟𓂋𓇥𓂋𓅆𓇋𓅓𓎛𓈖𓂝𓏏𓄿𓇳𓂧𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅝𓅆𓊏𓊪𓂡𓅯𓄿𓆼𓄿𓍼𓏥𓇋𓅱𓆑𓂝𓈙𓀁𓆑𓅓𓂺𓏛𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓅆𓅆nn jw pꜣ ⟨w⟩ḫꜣ n Ws-jr (ḥr) spr r pꜣ n,tj Nb-r-ḏr jm ḥnꜥ tꜣ psd(,t) wn.jn Ḏḥw,tj (ḥr) šzp pꜣ ⟨w⟩ḫꜣ jw =f (ḥr) ꜥš =f m-bꜣḥ Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du
15.10 𓎛𓈖𓂝𓏏𓄿𓇳𓂧𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓃹𓈖𓇋𓋴𓈖𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓌳𓐙𓂝𓏭𓆄𓏛𓏏𓅱𓊗𓏤𓏤𓅓𓇋𓀁𓆓𓂧𓏏𓅱𓆑𓎟𓅯𓄿𓉻𓏛𓍿𓏏𓆑𓏴𓂡𓎟𓆓𓆑𓄿𓅯𓂻𓏥𓅆𓋹𓍑𓋴𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓁣𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓇋𓅓𓅓𓂝𓇋𓅷𓄿𓇋𓇋𓂷𓂡𓏏𓈖𓏥𓂋𓅯𓄿⯑⯑𓈇𓏤𓁷𓂋𓏭𓄣𓏤ḥnꜥ tꜣ psd(,t) wn.j⟨n⟩ =sn ḥr ḏd mꜣꜥj.ṱ zp-2 m j:ḏd.ṱ =f nb pꜣ ꜥꜣ ṯtf nb ḏfꜣ,pl ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) wn.jn Stẖ ḥr ḏd jmm jṯꜣy⟨.tw⟩ ={t}⟨n⟩n r pꜣ (jw) ḥr,j-jb
15.11 𓋴𓐍𓈖𓏌𓅱𓅯𓂻𓀁𓇋𓀁𓏭𓂋𓏤𓅓𓂝𓅱𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓈝𓅓𓏏⯑𓂻𓂋𓅯𓄿⯑⯑𓈇𓏤𓁷𓂋𓏭𓄣𓏤𓇋⯑⯑⯑𓂞𓏏𓌳𓐙𓂝𓏭𓆄𓏛𓏥𓅃𓅆𓂋𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓏏𓍃𓅓𓅱𓅆𓎟𓇾𓇾𓈇𓈇𓏥𓉺𓏌𓊖𓅆𓉔𓄿𓃀𓅱𓏭𓂻𓈖𓊨𓏏𓆇𓅆𓂋𓆓𓂧𓏎𓈖𓁣𓅆𓇋𓅱𓆑𓎛𓆰𓈖𓏌𓅱𓎨𓏛𓏥sḫn =⟨j⟩ j~jrʾ~mꜥw =f wn.jn =f (ḥr) šmi̯.t r pꜣ (jw) ḥr,j-jb j(w) =(tw) (ḥr) ḏi̯.t mꜣꜥj Ḥr,w r =f wn.jn Tm,w nb-tꜣ,du{.pl}-Jwn,w (ḥr) hꜣbwj n ꜣs,t r-ḏd jni̯ Stẖ jw =f ḥnw
15.12 𓅓𓈎𓄿𓇉𓄿𓆱𓏥𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓊨𓏏𓆇𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓏎𓈖𓁣𓅆𓇋𓅱𓆑𓎛𓆰𓈖𓏌𓅱𓎨𓏛𓏥𓅓𓈎𓄿𓇉𓄿𓆱𓏥𓇋𓅱𓆑𓅓𓀸𓄿⯑⯑𓂡𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓏏𓍃𓅓𓅱𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓇋𓀁𓁹𓂋𓅱𓎡𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏏⯑𓂞𓏏𓅱𓆓𓂝𓐣𓏛𓂡𓏏𓅱𓏏𓈖𓏥m qꜣ~ḥꜣ wn.jn ꜣs,t ḥr jni̯ Stẖ jw =f ḥnw m qꜣ~ḥꜣ jw =f m ⟨r(m)ṯ⟩ zꜣu̯ wn.jn Tm,w ḥr ḏd n =f j:jri̯ =k ((tm.t)) ḏi̯.t wḏꜥ.tw =tn
15.13 𓁷⯑𓏤𓇋𓐍𓏛𓇋𓅱𓎡𓈖𓈞⯑⯑𓂡𓈖𓎡𓏏𓄿𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓏛𓏥𓈖𓅆𓅃𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓁣𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓅓𓃀𓇋𓄿⯑𓄑𓀁𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓀀𓎟𓄤𓆑𓂋𓅆𓇋𓅓𓅓𓂝𓂝𓈙𓀁𓏏𓅱𓈖𓅃𓅆𓅭𓏤𓅆𓊨𓏏𓆇𓆗𓅓𓏏⯑⯑𓂞𓏏𓈖𓆑𓏏𓄿𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓏛𓏥𓈖ḥr-jḫ jw =k (ḥr) nḥm n =k tꜣ jꜣw,t n Ḥr,w wn.jn Stẖ ḥr ḏd n =f m-bjꜣ pꜣy =j nb nfr jmm ꜥš =tw n Ḥr,w-zꜣ-ꜣs,t mt(w) =(tw) ḏi̯.t n =f tꜣ jꜣw,t n
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Egyptian, line for line, covering all sixteen pages (198 lines) of the recto of Papyrus Chester Beatty I, the only complete 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).
15.1 letter of Osiris reached Re-Harakhty, seated with the Ennead in the White Field at Xois. It was read aloud before him
15.2 and the Ennead. Re-Harakhty said, “Send Osiris my answer to his letter at once, and tell him this: ‘If you had never come into being, if you had never been born,
15.3 barley and emmer would have come into being all the same!’” The letter of the Lord of All reached Osiris and was read before him. Then he sent back word to Re-Harakhty: “Most beautiful indeed
15.4 is everything you have done, everything the Ennead has found made, when you have let justice sink into the underworld! Look now at your own condition.
15.5 The land where I dwell is full of fierce-faced messengers who fear neither god nor goddess. I shall let them go forth, and they shall fetch the heart of everyone who commits evil deeds,
15.6 and bring them here beside me. Why should I dwell here, resting in the West, while you, every one of you, remain outside? Which of them is stronger than I? But see:
15.7 they have devised a falsehood as their deed! When Ptah the Great, South of His Wall, Lord of Ankh-tawy, fashioned heaven, did he not say to the stars within it, ‘Rest in the West
15.8 every night, where King Osiris is’? ‘After the gods, nobles and subjects too shall rest where you are,’ he said to me.” Now, many days after
15.9 this, the letter of Osiris reached the Lord of All and the Ennead. Thoth received the letter and read it aloud before Re-Harakhty
15.10 and the Ennead. They said, “‘He of Great Abundance, Lord of Food,’ life, prosperity, and health, is entirely right in all he has said.” Then Seth said, “Have us taken to the Island in the Middle,
15.11 so that I may plead my case against him.” He went to the Island in the Middle, and Horus was judged in the right against him. Then Atum, lord of the Two Lands and Heliopolis, sent word to Isis: “Bring Seth, bound
15.12 in a prisoner's wooden collar.” Isis brought Seth, bound in a wooden collar and held under guard. Atum said to him, “Why do you prevent judgment between you?
15.13 Why do you seize Horus’s office for yourself?” Seth answered, “Not at all, my gracious lord! Call Horus, son of Isis, and give him the office of
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Egyptian text, line for line, covering all sixteen pages (198 lines) of the recto of Papyrus Chester Beatty I, the only complete copy.
15.1 letter of Osiris reached Re-Harakhty, who was sitting with the council of gods in the White Field at Xois. Then it was read aloud in his presence
15.2 and in the presence of the council of gods. Re-Harakhty said, “Quickly send Osiris a reply to the letter for me. Tell him in reply, ‘Even if you had never come into being, even if you had never been born,
15.3 barley and emmer would still have come into being.’” Then the Lord of All's letter reached Osiris. It was read aloud to him, and he sent another message to Re-Harakhty: “It is very good indeed—
15.4 all that you have done and all that the council of gods found already made, even though justice was allowed to sink into the underworld. Now look at your own situation! As for
15.5 the land where I am, it is full of messengers with fierce faces. They fear no god or goddess. I will let them come out and take the heart of anyone who does evil deeds,
15.6 and they will be here with me. What good is my being here, resting in the west, while absolutely all of you are outside? Which one of them is stronger than I am? Look,
15.7 they have made up a lie! When Ptah the Great, Who Is South of His Wall, Lord of Ankh-Tawy, made the sky, did he not say to the stars in it, ‘You shall rest in the west
15.8 every night where King Osiris is’? He also told me, ‘After the gods, the nobles and the common people will rest where you are.’” Many days
15.9 after this, Osiris's letter reached the Lord of All and the council of gods. Thoth received the letter and read it aloud before Re-Harakhty
15.10 and the council of gods. They said, “Great in Abundance, Lord of Food, may he live, prosper, and be healthy, is completely right in everything he said.” Then Seth said, “Take us to the island in the middle
15.11 so I can argue my case with him.” He went to the island in the middle, and Horus was declared right against him. Then Atum, Lord of the Two Lands and Heliopolis, sent for Isis and said, “Bring Seth, with
15.12 a wooden collar around his neck.” Isis brought Seth wearing a wooden collar, under guard as a prisoner. Atum said to him, “Why are you preventing us from deciding between you
15.13 by taking Horus's position for yourself?” Seth answered, “No, my good lord! Have Horus, son of Isis, summoned and give him the position of