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7.1 𓁷⯑𓏤𓎡𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏴𓀁𓏏𓅱𓎡𓆓𓊃𓎡𓇋𓐍𓏛𓂋𓎡𓂝𓈖𓂽𓊢𓂝𓈖𓈖𓆑𓊢𓂝𓂻𓍿𓅓𓅱𓁺𓇋𓅱𓆑𓈝𓅓𓏏⯑𓂻𓂋𓅯𓄿𓈖𓏏𓏭𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆ḥr =k wpw{.t} tw≡k ḏs =k jḫ r =k ꜥn ꜥḥꜥ.n{n} =f (ḥr) ꜥḥꜥ (ḥr) ṯm jw =f (ḥr) šmi̯.t r pꜣ n,tj Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du
7.2 𓇋𓅓𓇋𓅱𓆑𓍿𓅓𓅱𓁺𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓇋𓐍𓏛𓂋𓎡𓂝𓈖𓂽𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓁣𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓏏𓄿𓂋𓍿𓁐𓏥𓃀𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏭𓅪𓇍𓄿⯑𓂻𓍘𓇋jm jw =f ṯm wn.jn Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du ḥr ḏd n =f jḫ r =k ꜥn wn.jn Stẖ ḥr ḏd n =f tꜣ r(m)ṯ(,t){.pl} b⟨j⟩n(.t) jꜣ⟨y⟩.ṱ
7.3 𓂋𓀀𓂝𓈖𓂽𓁹𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏𓃀𓅯𓄿𓎼𓄿𓏭𓅪𓏥𓇋𓅓𓅆𓂝𓈖𓂽𓇋𓅱𓁹𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏𓆣𓂋𓀗𓏛𓏥𓋴𓏏𓅓𓌡𓂝𓏤𓈖𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅱𓀔𓁐𓄤𓆑𓂋𓏏𓏛𓂋𓁷𓂋𓏤𓀀𓇋𓅱𓋴𓏏𓁷⯑𓏤r =j ꜥn jry =st bꜣ~gꜣj,pl jm ꜥn jw jry =st ḫpr,pl =st m wꜥ-n šrjw(,t) nfr.t r-ḥr =j jw =st ḥr
7.4 𓆓𓂧𓈖𓀀𓇋𓂋𓏌𓎡𓁐𓃹𓈖𓅱𓁐𓅓𓈞𓏏𓁐𓅓𓂞𓌡𓂝𓏤⯑⯑⯑⯑𓂡𓃒𓏥𓇋𓅱𓆑𓅓𓏏𓀏𓇋𓅱𓀀𓄟𓋴𓀗𓏥𓈖𓆑𓌡𓂝𓏤𓅭𓏤𓅆𓅷𓄿𓇋𓇋𓂺𓏛𓇋𓅱𓆑𓅓𓐟𓏤ḏd n =j jr jnk wn =j m ḥm,t m-ḏi̯ wꜥ mnj-jḥ.pl jw =f (ḥr) mt jw =j (ḥr) msi̯ n =f wꜥ zꜣ-ṯꜣy jw =f m-sꜣ
7.5 𓈖𓄿𓉔𓄿𓏭𓅪𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓄛𓏤𓏥𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓇋𓏏𓆑𓅆𓇋𓅱𓌡𓂝𓏤𓇥𓂋𓇋𓇥𓂋𓇋𓀢𓏛𓏥𓈎𓄿𓇋𓄿𓂾𓂻𓂋𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓁐𓇋𓀁𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓉐𓂋𓎛𓈖𓂝𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋nꜣ~hꜣj jꜣw,t.pl n pꜣy =f jt jw wꜥ ⟨r(m)ṯ⟩ ḏrjḏrj (ḥr) qꜣjꜣ r pꜣy =j j~hꜣy{,t} r-ḥnꜥ pꜣy
7.6 𓁐𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅱𓀔𓇋𓅱𓁐𓂞𓏏𓀀𓈖𓆑𓅧𓈎𓅱𓏒𓏥𓐍𓂋𓇋𓂋𓅓𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤𓏥𓈎𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏴𓏛𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓐟𓏤𓇑𓇑𓈖𓈖𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅯𓄿𓈎𓄿𓇋𓅱𓂾𓂻𓁷⯑𓏤=j šrjw jw =j (ḥr) ḏi̯⟨.t⟩ ={j} n =f ꜥq,w.pl ḫr-jr-m-ḫt hrw.pl qn,w ḥr-sꜣ nn wn.jn pꜣ qꜣjw ḥr
7.7 𓆓𓂧𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓀀𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅱𓀔𓇋𓅱𓀀𓈎𓈖𓈎𓈖𓏴𓂡[⯑]𓅓𓏏𓅱𓀀𓈖𓈞𓅓⯑⯑𓂡𓈖𓄿𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓏛𓏥𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡𓇋𓏏𓆑𓅆𓅓𓏏𓅱𓏥𓆣𓂋𓅱𓅓𓂞𓀀𓐍𓂋𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤ḏd n pꜣy =j šrjw jw =j (r) qnqn =k[w]j mtw =j nḥm nꜣ jꜣw,t.pl n pꜣy =k jt mtw =w ḫpr m-ḏi̯ =j ḫru̯ =f ḥr
7.8 𓆓𓂧𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓁐𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅱𓀔𓅪𓇋𓀀𓈖𓊃𓈖𓀀𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓇋𓅱𓎡𓆓𓂧𓈖𓊃𓇋𓐍𓏛𓊢𓂝𓈖𓁣𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑ḏd n pꜣy =j šrjw j.n =s n =j wn.jn Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du ḥr ḏd n =f jw =k (ḥr) ḏd n =s jḫ ꜥḥꜥ.n Stẖ ḥr ḏd n =f
7.9 𓇋𓅱𓀀𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓊃𓇋𓋴𓏏𓅱𓇋𓀁𓁹𓂋𓏏𓅱𓂞𓏏𓈖𓄿𓃒𓏥𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇥𓂋𓇋𓇥𓂋𓇋𓀢𓏛𓏥𓇋𓅱𓅯𓄿𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅱𓀔𓅪𓈖𓅯𓄿𓂚𓄿𓅱𓏏𓏭𓂡𓊢𓂝𓂻jw =j ḥr ḏd n =s jstw j:jri̯ =tw ((ḏi̯.t)) nꜣ jḥ.pl n pꜣ ⟨r(m)ṯ⟩ ḏrjḏrj jw pꜣ šrjw n pꜣ ꜥḥꜣ,wtj ꜥḥꜥ
7.10 𓇋𓀁𓈖𓀀𓈖𓊃𓇋⯑⯑⯑𓎛𓂡𓂡𓂡𓁷⯑𓏤𓈖𓅯𓄿𓈎𓄿𓃭𓏤𓇋𓄿𓂾𓂻𓅓𓌡𓂝𓏤𓆱𓏏𓏤𓅓𓏏𓅱𓏏𓅱𓆼𓄿𓂝𓂻𓆑𓂋𓃀𓅱𓈖𓏥𓂋𓏤𓈐𓂻𓅓𓏏𓅱𓏏𓅱𓂞𓏏𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓁐𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅱𓀔𓅪j.n =j n =s j(w) =(tw) (r) ḥwi̯ ḥr n pꜣ qꜣ~rw~jꜣ m wꜥ ḫt mtw =tw ḫꜣꜥ =f r-bw~n~rʾ mtw =tw ḏi̯.t pꜣy =t šrjw
7.11 𓂋𓏏𓄿𓊨𓏏𓉐𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓇋𓏏𓆑𓅆𓇋𓀁𓈖𓀀𓈖𓊃𓊢𓂝𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓐍𓂋𓅓𓂝𓎡𓏭𓏛𓊪𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆴𓁺𓅓𓈖𓏏𓎡𓇋𓀁𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏴𓀁𓏏𓅱r tꜣ s,t ⟨n⟩ pꜣy =f jt j.n =j n =s ꜥḥꜥ.n Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du ḥr ḏd n =f ḫr m =kj ptrj mntk j:wpw{.t} tw
7.12 𓆓𓊃𓎡𓇋𓐍𓏛𓐍𓂋𓎡𓂝𓈖𓂽𓊢𓂝𓈖𓁣𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓇋𓅓𓅓𓂝𓏎𓈖𓏏𓅱𓅇𓏏𓏭𓅆𓅯𓄿𓅓𓂝𓄚𓈖𓏭𓊛𓂡𓅓𓏏𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁹𓂋𓏏𓈖𓆑𓋴𓃀𓇼𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏛𓂡𓉻𓏏𓏛𓂋𓆓𓂧𓇋𓀁𓁹𓂋𓅱𓎡ḏs =k jḫ {ḫ}r =k ꜥn ꜥḥꜥ.n Stẖ ḥr ḏd n =f jmm jni̯ =tw Nmt,j pꜣ mꜥ~ẖn,⟨t⟩j mtw =tw jri̯.t n =f sbꜣ,yt ꜥꜣ.t r-ḏd j:jri̯ =k
7.13 𓂞𓏏𓍑𓄿𓇋𓇋𓊛𓋴𓏏𓁷⯑𓏤𓇋𓐍𓏛𓎡𓄿𓀁𓏏𓅱𓈖𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓏏𓅱𓏎𓈖𓅇𓏏𓏭𓅆𓅯𓄿𓅓𓂝𓄚𓈖𓏭𓊛𓂡𓅓𓂺𓏛𓏏𓄿𓇳𓂧𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓇋⯑⯑⯑𓂋𓅱𓇋𓏭𓂻𓄂𓏏𓏤𓂋𓂧𓂾𓂾𓄹𓆑𓊢𓂝𓈖ḏi̯.t ḏꜣy =st ḥr-jḫ kꜣ =tw n =f wn.jn =tw (ḥr) jni̯ Nmt,j pꜣ mꜥ~ẖn,⟨t⟩j m-bꜣḥ tꜣ psd(,t) j(w) =(tw) (ḥr) rwj ḥꜣ,t rd.du =f ꜥḥꜥ.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).
7.1 face has judged you yourself! What more do you want?” Seth began to feel ashamed. He went to where Re-Harakhty was,
7.2 still ashamed. Re-Harakhty said to him, “What do you want now?” Seth said to him, “That wicked woman came
7.3 to me again. She raised a clamor there, after taking the form of a beautiful girl before me. Then she
7.4 said to me, ‘I was the wife of a cattle herdsman. He died, and I bore him a son, who tended
7.5 some of his father's herds. A stranger came to my cattle pen together with my
7.6 son. I gave him food. Many days later, that vagabond said
7.7 to my son, “I will beat you and take away your father's herds; they will belong to me.” So he said
7.8 to my son,’ she told me.” Re-Harakhty said to him, “And what did you say to her?” Seth said to him,
7.9 “I said to her, ‘Should the cattle be given to a stranger while the man's son stands here?’
7.10 I told her, ‘Strike the vagabond in the face with a stick, cast him out, and set your son
7.11 in his father's place.’” Re-Harakhty said to him, “Then look: you have judged yourself.
7.12 What more do you want?” Seth said to him, “Have Nemty the ferryman brought here and severely punished. Ask him:
7.13 ‘Why did you let her cross?’” Then Nemty the ferryman was brought before the Ennead, and they cut off the tips of his feet. Then
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.
7.1 has judged you. What more do you want?” Seth began to feel ashamed. He went to Re-Harakhty, still ashamed.
7.2 Re-Harakhty said to him, “What do you want now?” Seth replied, “That wicked woman came to me again.
7.3 She made a racket there again after changing into a beautiful girl right in front of me. She said to me,
7.4 ‘I was married to a cattle herder. He died, and I gave birth to his son. The son looked after
7.5 some of his father's herds. A stranger came to my cattle pen with my son.
7.6 I gave him food. Many days later, that outsider said to my son,
7.7 “I will beat you, take your father's herds, and keep them for myself.” That is what he said to my son,’ she told me.
7.8 Re-Harakhty asked him, “And what did you say to her?” Seth answered,
7.9 “I said to her, ‘Should the cattle be given to that stranger when the man's son is standing right there?’
7.10 I told her, ‘The outsider should be hit in the face with a stick and thrown out, and your son should be put
7.11 in his father's place.’” Re-Harakhty said to him, “Look, you have judged yourself.
7.12 What more do you want?” Seth said, “Have Nemty the ferryman brought here and punished severely. Ask him,
7.13 ‘Why did you let her cross?’” They brought Nemty the ferryman before the council of nine gods. Then they cut off the tips of his feet. And