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3.1 𓃀𓈖𓏏𓅱𓏏𓅱𓂋𓐍𓏛𓅱𓆓𓂝𓐣𓏛𓀁𓅱𓏥𓅓𓅯𓄿𓊃𓀀𓏤𓏤𓏤𓇋𓐍𓏛𓉔𓄿𓃀𓅱𓏭𓂻𓈖𓈖𓏥𓅯𓄿𓈖𓏏𓏭𓇋𓅱𓈖𓈖𓏥𓁹𓂋𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓈖𓏏𓆇𓆗𓅨𓂋𓊹𓅐𓏏𓆇𓅆bn tw≡tw (ḥr) rḫ wḏꜥ =w m pꜣ s 2 jḫ hꜣb n =n pꜣ n,tj jw =nn (r) jri̯ =f wn.jn N,t wr(,t) mw,t-nṯr
3.2 𓉔𓄿𓃀𓅱𓏭𓂻𓅱𓆼𓄿𓍼𓏤𓈖𓏏𓄿𓇳𓂧𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓂋𓆓𓂧𓇋𓅓𓅓𓂝𓏏𓄿𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓏛𓏥𓈖𓊨𓇳𓅆𓈖𓅭𓏤𓅆𓆑𓅃𓅆𓅓𓁹𓁹𓂋𓏏𓈖𓄿𓊃𓊪𓊗𓅱𓏥𓉻𓂝𓄿𓇋𓇋⯑𓀗𓏛𓏥𓈖(ḥr) hꜣb wḫꜣ,j n tꜣ psd(,t) r-ḏd jmm tꜣ jꜣw,t n Ws-jr n zꜣ =f Ḥr,w m-jri̯ jri̯.t nꜣ sp.w.pl ꜥꜣ.y.pl n
3.3 𓎼𓂋𓍅𓏛𓏭𓅪𓈖𓏏𓏭𓃀𓈖𓋴𓏏𓏥𓂋𓊨𓏏𓉐𓏏𓅱𓏥𓅓𓂋𓏤𓊪𓅱𓇋𓅱𓀀𓈎𓈖𓂧𓏏𓀗𓂡𓅓𓏏𓅱𓏏𓄿𓊪𓇯𓏏𓍿𓎛𓏭𓂻𓅯𓄿𓃛⯑⯑𓈇𓏤𓅓𓏏𓅱𓏏𓅱𓆓𓂧𓈖𓎟𓂋𓇥𓂋𓅆grg,j n,tj bn st r s,t.ṱ =w m-rʾ-pw jw =j (r) qnd.t mtw tꜣ p,t ṯḥ⟨n⟩ pꜣ jw(tn) mtw =tw ḏd n Nb-r-ḏr
3.4 𓂓𓂸𓃒𓁷𓂋𓏭𓄣𓏤𓉺𓏌𓊖𓅆𓇋𓀁𓈎𓃀𓄲𓏛𓏥𓁣𓅆𓅓𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓏏𓅱𓆑𓇋𓅓𓅓𓂝𓈖𓆑𓂝𓈖𓍘𓇋𓏏𓆇𓆗𓂝𓊃𓍘𓇋𓏭𓂋𓏤𓍘𓇋𓏏𓆇𓆗𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅱𓀔𓁐𓏤𓏤𓅓𓏏𓅱𓎡kꜣ ḥr,j-jb Jwn,w j:q(ꜣ)b Stẖ m (j)ḫ,t.pl.ṱ =f jmm n =f ꜥntj,t ꜥs~tj~jrʾ~tj,t tꜣy =k šrjw(,t) 2 mtw =k
3.5 𓂞𓏏𓅃𓅆𓂋𓏏𓄿𓊨𓏏𓉐𓏥𓈖𓇋𓏏𓆑𓅆𓊨𓇳𓅆𓊢𓂝𓈖𓅯𓄿𓅱𓆼𓄿𓍼𓏤𓏥𓈖𓈖𓏏𓆇𓆗𓅨𓂋𓊹𓅐𓏏𓆇𓅆𓄭𓂋𓅱𓂻𓂋𓏏𓄿𓏭𓇳𓂧𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓇋𓅱𓏥𓈞𓊃𓀔ḏi̯.t Ḥr,w r tꜣ s,t{.pl} n jt Ws-jr ꜥḥꜥ.n pꜣ wḫꜣ,j{.pl} n N,t wr(,t) mw,t-nṯr (ḥr) spr r tꜣj psd(,t) jw =w ḥmsi̯
3.6 𓅓𓏏𓄿𓅱𓋴𓐍𓏏𓀗𓉐𓅃𓅆𓏃𓈖𓏏𓏭𓂉𓂝𓃀𓄏𓄏𓄏𓏥𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓂞𓏏𓅯𓄿𓅱𓆼𓄿𓍼𓏤𓅓𓂧𓏏𓏤𓅝𓅆𓊢𓂝𓈖𓅝𓅆𓂝𓈙𓀁𓆑𓅓𓂺𓏛𓎟𓂋𓇥𓂋𓅆m tꜣ wsḫ,t Ḥr,w-ḫnt,j-ꜥb,pl jw =tw (ḥr) ḏi̯.t pꜣ wḫꜣ,j m ḏr,t (n) Ḏḥw,tj ꜥḥꜥ.n Ḏḥw,tj (ḥr) ꜥš =f m-bꜣḥ Nb-r-ḏr
3.7 𓎛𓈖𓂝𓏏𓄿𓇳𓂧𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓂋𓇥𓂋𓋴𓏏𓇋𓅱𓋴𓈖𓏥𓆓𓂧𓅓𓂋𓏤𓌡𓂝𓏤𓌳𓐙𓂝𓏭𓆄𓏛𓏏𓅱𓏏𓄿𓏭𓊹𓏏𓂋𓏏𓆇𓅆𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓎟𓂋𓇥𓂋𓅆𓈎𓏏𓀗𓂡𓂋𓅃𓅆𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓏏𓅱𓎡ḥnꜥ tꜣ psd(,t) r-ḏr =st jw =sn (ḥr) ḏd m rʾ wꜥ mꜣꜥj.ṱ tꜣj ntr,t wn.jn Nb-r-ḏr (ḥr) q⟨nd⟩.t r Ḥr,w jw =f ḥr ḏd n =f tw≡k
3.8 𓎛𓅱𓅨𓂋𓀔𓅪𓏏𓅱𓅓𓎛𓂝𓏏𓄹𓏥𓎡𓐍𓂋𓏏𓄿𓏭𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓏛𓏥𓉻𓂝𓄿𓏛𓍘𓇋𓂋𓎡𓅯𓄿𓂝𓆓𓂧𓀔𓅪𓃀𓇋𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏭𓅪𓂧𓊪𓏏𓄓𓀁𓂋𓏤𓆑𓊢𓂝𓈖𓏎𓈐𓇯𓅆𓈎𓈖𓂧𓏏𓀗𓂡ḥwr.ṱ m ḥꜥ,t =k ḫr tꜣj jꜣw,t ꜥꜣi̯.ṱ r =k pꜣ ꜥḏd bjn dp,t rʾ =f ꜥḥꜥ.n Jni̯-ḥr(,t) (ḥr) qnd.t
3.9 𓅓𓁨𓏤𓏥𓈖𓊃𓊪𓊗𓅓𓏇𓏏𓏏𓏛𓏏𓄿𓇳𓂧𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓂋𓇥𓂋𓋴𓏏𓅓𓎆𓎆𓎆𓏤𓇋𓇋𓏏⯑𓅆⯑⯑𓇋𓅱𓃀𓅯𓄿𓃀𓅯𓄿𓄛𓏤𓅆𓅯𓄿𓊹𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓂧𓃹𓈖𓏭𓂻𓆑𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤m ḥḥ.pl n sp m-mj,tt tꜣ psd(,t) r-ḏr =st m 30,yt jw Bꜣ~bꜣ pꜣ nṯr ḥr dwnj =f jw =f ḥr
3.10 𓆓𓂧𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆𓂓𓂋𓇋𓀗𓉐𓅆𓎡𓆄𓅱𓏭𓅪𓊢𓂝𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆⯑𓈖𓈖𓅪𓏏𓄿𓅱𓈙𓃀𓅱𓇋𓇋𓀁𓇋𓀁𓆓𓂧𓇋𓇋𓀁𓈖𓆑ḏd n Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du kꜣrj =k šwj ꜥḥꜥ.n Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du (ḥr) šnn tꜣ wšb,y(t) j:ḏd.y(t) n =f
3.11 𓇋𓅱𓆑𓈖𓌰𓅓𓂝𓅱𓁀𓍱𓂡𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓊪𓊃𓂧𓄦𓄹𓆑𓅆𓇋𓅱𓄣𓏤𓆑𓈋𓅱𓅱𓅪𓉻𓏛𓅨𓂋𓊢𓂝𓈖𓏏𓄿𓇳𓂧𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓉐𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏭𓂻𓂋𓃀𓅱𓈖𓏥𓂋𓈐𓂻𓇋𓅱𓋴𓈖𓏥jw =f (ḥr) nmꜥ =f ḥr psd =f jw jb =f ḏww ꜥꜣ wr ꜥḥꜥ.n tꜣ psd(,t) (ḥr) pry r-bw~n~rʾ jw =sn
3.12 𓂝𓈙𓀁𓋴𓎼𓄿𓃀𓅱𓄑𓀁𓉻𓏛𓂋𓁷⯑𓏤𓈖𓃀𓅯𓄿𓃀𓅯𓄿𓄛𓏤𓅆𓅯𓄿𓊹𓅆𓇋𓅱𓋴𓈖𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓉐𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏭𓂻𓈖𓎡𓂋𓃀𓅱𓈖𓏥𓂋𓏤𓈐𓂻𓅯𓄿𓏭𓃀𓏏⯑𓄿𓏭𓅪(ḥr) ꜥš sgꜣ~bw ꜥꜣ r-ḥr-n Bꜣ~bꜣ pꜣ nṯr jw =sn ḥr ḏd n =f pry n =k r-bw~n~rʾ pꜣj btꜣ,j
3.13 𓇋𓀁𓁹𓂋𓅱𓎡𓉻𓂝𓄿𓅱𓏛𓂋𓇋𓈎𓂋𓏛𓇋𓅱𓋴𓈖𓏥𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓂋𓈖𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓈖𓏥𓇋𓐛𓅓𓅱𓆭𓉐𓊢𓂝𓈖𓅯𓄿𓊹𓅆𓉻𓏛𓁷⯑𓏤𓁹𓂋𓏏𓌡𓂝𓏤𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤𓇋𓅱𓆑j:jri̯ =k ꜥꜣi̯.w r-jqr jw =sn (ḥr) šmi̯.t r nꜣy =sn jmw ꜥḥꜥ.n pꜣ nṯr-ꜥꜣ ḥr jri̯.t wꜥ hrw jw =f
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).
3.1 we cannot judge the two men separately. Send us word of what we should do.” Neith the Great, mother of the god, sent
3.2 a letter to the Ennead, saying: “Give the office of Osiris to his son Horus. Do not make such great cases of
3.3 injustice, which have no place here, or I shall grow angry and the sky will strike the earth. And let it be said to the Lord of All,
3.4 the Bull in Heliopolis: Increase Seth’s possessions. Give him Anat and Astarte, your two daughters; and
3.5 place Horus in the station of his father Osiris.” Neith the Great’s letter reached the Ennead as they sat
3.6 in the Hall of Horus-Before-the-Horns. The letter was placed in Thoth’s hand, and he read it before the Lord of All
3.7 and the entire Ennead. They said with one voice: “This goddess is right.” The Lord of All grew angry with Horus and said to him: “You
3.8 are weak in body; this office is greater than you, boy whose mouth tastes foul!” Onuris grew angry
3.9 a million times over, as did the entire Ennead, the Council of Thirty. Then the god Baba rose and
3.10 said to Re-Harakhty: “Your shrine is empty.” Re-Harakhty was stung by the answer given him.
3.11 He lay down on his back, his heart deeply grieved. The Ennead went outside and
3.12 cried aloud before the god Baba, saying to him: “Go outside! This offense
3.13 of yours is exceedingly great.” They went to their lodgings. The great god spent a day
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.
3.1 we cannot decide between them. Please send us word of what we should do.” Neith, the Great One, mother of the gods,
3.2 sent a letter to the group of gods saying: “Give the office of Osiris to his son Horus. Don't commit these serious
3.3 wrongs that have no place here, or I will get angry and the sky will touch the earth. Tell the Lord of All,
3.4 the bull in Heliopolis: ‘Give Seth more property. Give him Anat and Astarte, your two daughters, and
3.5 put Horus in the place of his father Osiris!’” Neith's letter reached the group of gods while they sat
3.6 in the hall called “Horus Before the Horns.” They put the letter in Thoth's hand, and Thoth read it aloud before the Lord of All
3.7 and the entire group of gods. They said together: “This goddess is right.” The Lord of All grew angry with Horus and said to him: “You
3.8 are weak in body. This office is too big for you, boy with bad breath!” Onuris became angry
3.9 a million times over, as did the whole group of gods, the Court of Thirty. The god Baba stood up and
3.10 said to Re-Harakhty: “Your shrine is empty.” Re-Harakhty was hurt by what Baba said to him.
3.11 He lay on his back, deeply upset. The group of gods went outside and
3.12 shouted loudly at the god Baba. They said to him: “Get out! The wrong
3.13 you have done is very serious.” They went to their lodgings. The great god spent a whole day