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9.1 𓊢𓂝𓈖𓅯𓄿𓈔𓏤𓈒𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓂧𓊪𓄓𓀁𓅓𓍛𓏤𓅆𓈖𓅭𓏤𓅆𓋴𓏏𓅃𓅆𓊢𓂝𓈖𓅃𓅆𓂝𓈙𓀁𓋴𓎼𓄿𓃀𓅱𓄑𓀁𓉻𓏛𓂋𓆓𓂧𓅓𓂝𓇋𓏭𓂻𓁐𓈖𓀀𓅐𓏏𓁐𓅆𓊨𓏏𓆇𓅆𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓀀𓅐𓏏𓆇𓅆ꜥḥꜥ.n pꜣ ⸮ḥmt? ḥr dp m ḥm n zꜣ =st Ḥr,w ꜥḥꜥ.n Ḥr,w (ḥr) ꜥš sgꜣ~bw ꜥꜣ r-ḏd mꜥ~j n =j mw,t =⟨j⟩ ꜣs,t tꜣy =j mw,t
9.2 𓇋𓀁𓂝𓈙𓀁𓏥𓈖𓈔𓏤𓈒𓏥𓁐𓋴𓆑𓐍𓍼𓂡𓇋𓅓𓀀𓇋𓏌𓎡𓅃𓅆𓅭𓏤𓅆𓊨𓏏𓆇𓅆𓊢𓂝𓈖𓊨𓏏𓆇𓅆𓂝𓈙𓀁𓋴𓎼𓄿𓃀𓅱𓄑𓀁𓉻𓏛𓇋𓅱𓋴𓏏𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓈔𓏤𓈒𓏥𓋴𓐍𓆑𓏏𓍼𓂡𓆑j:ꜥš{.pl} n ⸮ḥmt? =t sfḫ jm =j jnk Ḥr,w-zꜣ-ꜣs,t ꜥḥꜥ.n ꜣs,t (ḥr) ꜥš sgꜣ~bw ꜥꜣ jw =st ḥr ḏd n ⸮ḥmt? =⟨⸮s?⟩ s⟨f⟩ḫ{ft} ={f}
9.3 𓇋𓅓𓆑𓅓𓂝𓎡𓏭𓏛𓅭𓏤𓅆𓅃𓅆𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓁐𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅱𓀔𓅪𓅯𓄿𓏭𓊢𓂝𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏𓈔𓏤𓈒𓏥𓋴𓐍𓆑𓏏𓍼𓂡𓇋𓅓𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓊃𓄙⯑⯑𓀁𓂋𓎛𓂡𓂡𓂡𓏏𓅱𓆑jm =f m =kj zꜣ =⟨j⟩ Ḥr,w pꜣy =j šrjw pꜣj ꜥḥꜥ.n pꜣy =st ⸮ḥmt? (ḥr) s⟨f⟩ḫ{ft} jm =f wn.jn =s (ḥr) wḥm r ḥwi̯.ṱ =f
9.4 𓂝𓈖𓂽𓂋𓅯𓄿𓈗𓇋𓅱𓆑𓂧𓊪𓄓𓀁𓅓𓂞𓍛𓏤𓅆𓈖𓃫𓅆𓊢𓂝𓈖𓁣𓅆𓂝𓈙𓀁𓋴𓎼𓄿𓃀𓅱𓄑𓀁𓉻𓏛𓅓𓆓𓂧𓁹𓇋𓇋𓀀𓇋𓐍𓏛𓂋𓁐𓊨𓏏𓆇𓅆ꜥn r pꜣ mw jw =f (ḥr) dp m{-ḏi̯} ḥm n Stẖ ꜥḥꜥ.n Stẖ (ḥr) ꜥš sgꜣ~bw ꜥꜣ m-ḏd jry =j jḫ r =t ⟨sn,t⟩ =⟨j⟩ ꜣs,t
9.5 𓇋𓀁𓂝𓈙𓀁𓈖𓈔𓏤𓈒𓏥𓁐𓋴𓐍𓆑𓏏𓍼𓂡𓇋𓅓𓀀𓇋𓏌𓎡𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓁐𓌢𓀀𓈖𓅐𓏏𓁐𓊨𓏏𓆇𓅆𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓊃𓁷⯑𓏤⯑𓈖𓈖𓅪𓄂𓏏𓏭𓄣𓏤𓄹𓋴𓏏𓈖𓆑𓂋𓇋𓈎𓂋𓏛𓊗𓏤𓏤𓊗𓏤𓏤𓊢𓂝𓈖𓁣𓅆j:ꜥš n ⸮ḥmt? =t s⟨f⟩ḫ{ft} jm =j jnk pꜣy =t sn n mw,t ꜣs,t wn.jn =s ḥr šnn ḥꜣ,tj =st n =f r-jqr zp-2 zp-2 ꜥḥꜥ.n Stẖ
9.6 𓁷⯑𓏤𓂝𓈙𓀁𓈖𓊃𓂋𓆓𓂧𓇋𓈖𓇋𓅱𓌸𓂋𓅱𓏏𓀁𓁐𓂋𓌢𓏤𓅆𓈖𓅐𓏏𓁐𓁣𓅆𓊢𓂝𓈖𓊨𓏏𓆇𓅆𓂝𓈙𓀁𓏥𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏𓈔𓏤𓈒𓏥𓅓𓆓𓂧ḥr ꜥš n =s r-ḏd jn-jw mr{w.t} =t ⟨ḏrḏr⟩ r sn n mw,t Stẖ ꜥḥꜥ.n ꜣs,t (ḥr) ꜥš{.pl} n pꜣy =st ⸮ḥmt? m-ḏd
9.7 𓋴𓐍𓆑𓏏𓍼𓂡𓇋𓅓𓆑𓅓𓂝𓎡𓏭𓏛𓈖𓅐𓏏𓁐𓈖𓊨𓏏𓆇𓅆𓅯𓄿𓂧𓊪𓄓𓀁𓎡𓇋𓅓𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅯𓄿𓈔𓏤𓈒𓏥𓋴𓐍𓆑𓏏𓍼𓂡𓇋𓅓𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓈐𓅆𓅭𓏤𓅆𓊨𓏏𓆇𓆗𓈎𓈖𓂧𓏏𓀗𓂡𓂋s⟨f⟩ḫ{ft} jm =f m =kj ⟨sn⟩ n mw,t n ꜣs,t pꜣ dp =k jm =f wn.jn pꜣ ⸮ḥmt? (ḥr) s⟨f⟩ḫ{ft} jm =f wn.jn Ḥr,w-zꜣ-((ꜣs,t)) (ḥr) qnd.t r
9.8 𓅐𓏏𓆇𓏏𓅱𓆑𓊨𓏏𓆇𓅆𓇋𓅱𓆑𓉐𓂋𓇋𓇋𓏭𓂻𓂋𓃀𓅱𓈖𓏥𓂋𓏤𓈐𓂻𓇋𓅱𓁷⯑𓏤𓅆𓆑𓎛𓋴𓐟𓄿𓅱𓁺𓏇𓇋𓋁𓃀𓇋𓇋𓄛𓏥𓇗𓂝𓏏𓀗𓊖𓇋𓅱𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓎛𓋴𓈎𓅱𓌫𓂡𓅓𓂧𓏏𓏤𓆑mw,t.ṱ =f ꜣs,t jw =f (ḥr) pry r-bw~n~rʾ jw ḥr =f ḥsꜣ.w mj ꜣb,y-šmꜥ{.t} jw tꜣy =f ḥsq(,t) m ḏr,t =f
9.9 𓈖𓎆𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓈖𓄲𓈖𓊌𓇋𓅱𓆑𓂋𓅱𓇋𓏭𓂻𓍑𓄿𓍑𓄿𓁶𓅆𓈖𓅐𓏏𓆇𓏏𓅱𓆑𓊨𓏏𓆇𓅆𓇋𓅱𓆑𓂞𓏏𓅱𓆑𓅓𓈎𓈖𓇋𓅱𓂘𓂡𓆑𓇋𓅱𓆑𓍿𓊃𓍞𓏭𓂻𓂋𓅯𓄿𓈋𓏤𓊌𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓊨𓏏𓆇𓅆n 16 n dbn jw =f (ḥr) rwj ḏꜣḏꜣ n mw,t.ṱ =f ꜣs,t jw =f (ḥr) ḏi̯.ṱ =f m qnjw =f jw =f (ḥr) ṯsi̯ r pꜣ ḏw wn.jn ꜣs,t
9.10 𓁷⯑𓏤𓁹𓂋𓏏𓆣𓇋𓀗𓏛𓏥𓋴𓏏𓅓𓌡𓂝𓏤𓈖𓂋𓊪𓇋𓇋𓏏𓆇𓅆𓈖𓂧𓊃𓌫𓊌𓇋𓅱𓂜𓈖𓃹𓈖𓅱𓅓𓂞𓊃𓋴𓏏𓍑𓄿𓍑𓄿𓁶𓏤𓅆𓊢𓂝𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆ḥr jri̯.t ḫprj,pl =st m wꜥ-n rpy,t n ds jw nn-wn m-ḏi̯ =sst ḏꜣḏꜣ ꜥḥꜥ.n Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du
9.11 𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓅝𓅆𓇋𓐍𓏛𓏏𓄿𓈖𓏏𓏭𓇍𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏭𓂻𓍘𓇋𓇋𓅱𓂜𓈖𓃹𓈖𓅱𓅓𓂞𓊃𓋴𓏏𓍑𓄿𓍑𓄿𓁶𓏤𓅆𓊢𓂝𓈖𓅝𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓅆𓈌𓏏𓏭𓉐𓅆𓅆ḥr ḏd n Ḏḥw,tj jḫ tꜣ n,tj jꜣy.ṱ jw nn-wn m-ḏi̯ =sst ḏꜣḏꜣ ꜥḥꜥ.n Ḏḥw,tj ḥr ḏd n Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du
9.12 𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓀀𓎟𓅆𓄤𓏤𓅆𓊨𓏏𓆇𓅆𓅨𓂋𓊹𓅐𓏏𓆇𓅆𓏏𓄿𓏭𓇋𓅱𓂋𓅱𓇋𓏭𓂻𓅃𓅆𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅱𓀔𓅪𓍑𓄿𓍑𓄿𓁶𓏤𓋴𓏏𓊢𓂝𓈖pꜣy =j nb nfr ꜣs,t wr(,t) mw,t-nṯr tꜣj jw rwj Ḥr,w pꜣy =st šrjw ḏꜣḏꜣ =st 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).
9.1 Then the copper tasted the majesty of her son Horus. Horus cried aloud: “Come to me, my mother Isis, my mother!
9.2 Call to your copper to release me! I am Horus, son of Isis!” Isis cried aloud and said to her copper, “Release him!
9.3 Look, he is my son Horus, my boy!” Her copper released him. Then she cast it
9.4 again into the water, and it tasted the majesty of Seth. Seth cried aloud: “What have I done to you, my sister Isis?
9.5 Call to your copper to release me! I am your brother, born of the same mother, Isis!” Her heart ached for him deeply, deeply. Then Seth
9.6 called to her: “Do you wish to act as an enemy toward Seth, your brother born of the same mother?” Isis called to her copper:
9.7 “Release him! Look, it is Isis's brother, born of the same mother, whom you have tasted!” The copper released him. Then Horus, son of Isis, grew angry with
9.8 his mother Isis. He came out of the water with a face savage as a leopard's, a knife in his hand
9.9 weighing 16 deben. He cut off the head of his mother Isis and laid it in his lap. Then he climbed the mountain. Isis
9.10 transformed herself into a headless female figure of flint. Re-Harakhty
9.11 said to Thoth, “What is this that has come here without a head?” Thoth said to Re-Harakhty,
9.12 “My good lord, it is Isis the Great, the mother of the god. Her son Horus has cut off her head.” 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.
9.1 The copper weapon struck her son Horus. Horus shouted loudly, “Come to me, my mother Isis, my mother!
9.2 Call out to your copper weapon and tell it to let go of me! I am Horus, son of Isis!” Isis shouted loudly and said to her weapon, “Let go of him!
9.3 That is my son Horus, my boy!” Her weapon released him. Then she threw it into the water again.
9.4 It struck Seth. Seth shouted loudly, “What have I done to you, my sister Isis?
9.5 Call out to your copper weapon and tell it to let go of me! I am your brother by the same mother, Isis!” She felt very sorry for him. Seth called to her,
9.6 “Do you really want to act against Seth, your brother by the same mother?” Then Isis called to her weapon:
9.7 “Let go of him! You have struck Isis's brother by the same mother!” The weapon released him. Then Horus, son of Isis, grew angry with his mother Isis.
9.8 He came out of the water with a face as fierce as a leopard's. He held his knife,
9.9 weighing 16 deben, in his hand. He cut off his mother Isis's head, held it in his arms, and climbed the hill. Then Isis
9.10 changed into a headless figure of a woman made of flint. Re-Harakhty
9.11 said to Thoth, “What is that coming toward us without a head?” Thoth said to Re-Harakhty,
9.12 “My good lord, it is Isis the Great, the Mother of the God. Her son Horus cut off her head.” Then