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The Ba Urges Him to Live
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27 𓇋𓋴𓂧𓊃𓏊𓅆𓁷𓂋𓀀𓅓𓂝𓏏𓉐[⯑]Jsds ḥr =j m ꜥ,t ḏs[r.t]
28 [⯑]𓋴𓐟𓄿𓂋𓌗𓅪𓀀𓅱𓂧𓈖𓍖𓏛𓅓[ḥr]-n,tt sꜣr =j wdn ⸮⸢m⸣? ⸮[ꜣtp,w]?
29 𓆑𓄿𓀋𓂝𓈖𓆑𓈖𓀀𓈖𓆓𓇛𓅓𓏛𓐍𓋴𓆑𓍙𓆑𓂡fꜣi̯.n =f n =j nḏm ḫsf
30 𓊹𓏤𓏥𓈙𓏏𓍔𓄿𓏛𓏥𓄡𓏏𓏤𓀀𓆓𓂧𓏏𓈖𓈖𓀀nṯr.pl štꜣ.pl ẖ,t =j ḏd.t.n n =j
31 𓊸𓅡𓀏𓀀𓂜𓈖𓏏𓎡𓇋𓋴𓊃𓀀𓏤𓇋𓅱𓎡𓏏𓂋𓆳𓀁bꜣ =j n ntk js z jw =k tr
32 𓋹𓈖𓐍𓏏𓊪𓏏𓂋𓆳𓆎𓅓𓏛𓎡𓎔𓂝𓇋𓇋𓀁𓎡𓁷𓏤𓋹𓈖𓐍ꜥnḫ.t(j) ptr km =k mḥi̯.y =k ḥr ⸢ꜥnḫ⸣
33 𓏇𓇋𓎟𓀀𓊢𓂝𓉴𓏛𓏥𓀀𓆓𓂧𓀀𓂜𓈝𓅓𓂻𓀀mj nb-ꜥḥꜥ.pl ḏd =j n šm =j
34 𓇋𓅱𓈖𓆑𓄿𓂋𓇾𓈇𓏤𓈖𓈞𓅓𓂝𓈖𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓏏𓆑𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂾𓂻𓏥𓂜𓈖jw nfꜣ r tꜣ nḥm-n tw ḥr tf.yt nn
35 𓈖𓍇𓏌𓅱𓏏𓍢𓂝𓎡𓐍𓈖𓂋𓇋𓂉𓀁𓀀𓎟𓁷𓏤𓆓𓂧nwi̯.t(w) =k ḫnrj nb ḥr ḏd
36 𓇋𓅱𓀀𓂋𓎁𓏏𓂡𓎡𓇋𓅱𓎼𓂋𓏏𓎡𓅓𓏏𓀏𓂋𓈖𓎡jw =j r jṯi̯(.t) =k jw gr,t =k m(w)t(.tj) rn =k
37 𓋹𓈖𓐍𓊨𓏏𓉐𓈖𓆑𓄿𓈖𓏏𓐍𓈖𓏏𓅯𓂻𓂝𓆑𓂧𓏛ꜥnḫ s,t nfꜣ n.t ḫni̯.t ⸮ꜥfd⟨.t⟩?
38 𓈖𓏏𓄣𓏤 […] 𓈖𓆑𓂧𓈎𓄣𓏤𓂧𓏇𓇋𓈇𓏤𓊪𓅱𓋀𓏏𓈉𓂙𓈖𓏏𓊛[⯑] […]⸮n.t? jb […] ⸮n? ⸮fdq? jb dmj pw jmn,t ẖni̯,t qs[_] […]
39 𓁷𓏤𓇋𓂋𓄔𓅓𓈖𓀀𓊸𓅡𓀏𓀀[⯑] […] [⯑]𓀀ḥr jr sḏm n =j bꜣ =j ⸮jw[,tj]? […] ⸮n[n]? ⸮[n]? =⸮j?
40 [⯑]𓏏𓏏𓀾𓏛𓄣𓏤𓆑𓎛𓈖𓂝𓀀𓇋𓅱𓆑[b]tꜣ t(w)t jb =f ḥnꜥ =j jw =f
41 𓂋𓅓𓂝𓂋𓐬𓏛𓂋𓂝𓀀𓊪𓎛𓄖𓂻𓆑𓋀𓏏𓈉𓏇𓇋r mꜥr rḏi̯ =j pḥ =f jmn,t mj
42 𓈖𓏏𓏭𓅓𓍋𓅓𓂋𓉴𓆑𓊢𓂝𓂻𓈖𓁷𓂋𓇯𓇾𓈇𓏤𓀀𓁷𓏤n,tj m mḥr =f ꜥḥꜥ.n ḥr(,j)-tꜣ ḥr
43 𓈎𓂋𓋴𓆱𓆑𓇋𓅱𓀀𓂋𓁹𓏏𓈖𓇋𓄿𓇋𓋺qrs =f jw =j r jri̯.t njꜣj [ḥr]
44 𓆞𓄿𓏏𓐎𓏥𓎡𓊃𓆓𓂧𓅓𓀁𓎡𓎡𓇋𓇋𓊸𓅡𓀏ẖꜣ,t.pl =k sḏdm =k ky bꜣ
45 𓅓𓇑𓇑𓈖𓈖𓏌𓅱𓀉𓇋𓅱𓀀𓂋𓁹𓏏𓈖𓇋𓄿𓇋𓋺𓇋𓐍𓏛m nnw jw =j r jri̯.t njꜣj jḫ
46 𓍃𓅓𓆑𓎛𓎿𓊃𓅱𓊡𓊃𓆓𓂧𓅓𓀁𓎡𓎡𓇋𓇋𓊸𓅡𓀏tm =f ḥs.w sḏdm =k ky bꜣ
47 𓈖𓏏𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓊮𓋴𓅨𓂋𓇋𓀁𓀀𓈗𓁷𓏤𓃀𓅡𓄿𓃀𓅡𓄿𓏏𓈗n,t⟨j⟩ tꜣ.w swrj =j mw ḥr bꜣbꜣ,t
48 𓍿𓊃𓇋𓇋𓍞𓂡𓀀[⯑] […] 𓆄𓇋𓇋𓏏𓇳ṯsi̯.y =j šwy[,t] […] šw,t
49 𓊃𓆓𓅓𓀁𓎡𓎡𓇋𓇋𓊸𓅡𓀏𓈖𓏏𓏭𓎛𓈎𓂋𓅪𓇋𓂋𓉔𓇋𓅓𓂝𓎡sḏ⟨d⟩m =k ky bꜣ n,tj ḥqr jr ⟨j⟩h{j}m =k
50 𓅱𓀀𓂋𓅓𓏏𓀏𓅓𓊪𓅯𓄿𓈎𓇋𓀾𓏛𓂜𓈖wj r m(w)t m pꜣ qj nn
51 𓅠𓅓𓎡𓐍𓈖𓏏𓅯𓂻𓎡𓁷𓂋𓋴𓅓𓋀𓏏𓈉[⯑]gmi̯ =k ḫni̯.t =k ḥr =s m jmn,t wꜣ[ḥ]
52 𓄣𓏤𓎡𓊸𓅡𓀏𓀀𓌢𓈖𓀀𓂋𓆣𓂋𓏏𓃛𓂝𓅱𓄯𓀀jb =k bꜣ =j sn =((j)) r ḫpr.t jwꜥ,w =⸮j?
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Egyptian, line for line, covering all 155 lines of Papyrus Berlin P 3024; the opening of the papyrus is lost, and the small Amherst fragments that overlap it are not included, 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).
27 me in the sacred chamber,
28 for my distress is heavy with the [burden]
29 he has weighed for me. How welcome if the gods ward off
30 the secrets of my body!” What my ba said to me:
31 “You are no man! Are you even
32 alive? What have you gained? Care for life
33 as a wealthy man does.” I said, “I have not gone
34 there. That counts for nothing. Yet you are leaping away;
35 no one will care for you. Every criminal says,
36 ‘I will seize you.’ Then you are dead, though your name
37 lives on. That place is a resting place, a destination
38 for the heart […]. The West is a landing place; its hard voyage […] face.
39 If my ba listens to me, though I am without
40 crime, and its heart agrees with mine, then it
41 will prosper. I will bring it to the West, like
42 one within his pyramid, while a survivor stands beside
43 his coffin. I will make a cooling fan [for]
44 your corpse, so you make another ba envious,
45 one weary with exhaustion. I will make a cooling fan
46 so it does not grow cold; you will make another ba envious,
47 one scorched by heat. I will drink water at the watering place,
48 and raise dry rushes […] a shelter of shade,
49 so you make another ba, hungry, envious. If you drive
50 me toward death in this way, you will not
51 find a place to rest in the West. Be considerate,
52 my ba, my brother, until my heir comes of age,
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Egyptian text, line for line, covering all 155 lines of Papyrus Berlin P 3024; the opening of the papyrus is lost, and the small Amherst fragments that overlap it are not included.
27 in the sacred chamber,
28 because my suffering is heavy with […]
29 that he has laid upon me. It would be good if the gods kept away
30 the secrets of my body.” What my ba said to me:
31 “You are not even a man! Are you really
32 alive? What have you accomplished? You should care about life
33 like someone who owns wealth.” I said, “I have not gone;
34 that is of no importance. You are leaping away. You will not
35 be cared for. Every prisoner says,
36 “I will seize you.” But you are dead, while your name
37 lives. That place is a resting place, a destination for the heart.
38 […] The west is a landing place, a hard journey […].
39 If my ba listens to me—and I have committed no
40 crime—and its heart agrees with me, it will
41 be happy. I will let it reach the west, like
42 one who is in his pyramid, after someone still alive has stood by
43 his coffin. I will make a fan [over]
44 your body, so that you make another ba
45 that is weary jealous. I will make a fan that does not
46 get too cold, so that you make another ba
47 that is hot jealous. I will drink water at the watering place
48 and pile up vegetables […],
49 so that you make another hungry ba jealous. If you push
50 me toward death this way, you will not
51 find a resting place in the west. Take care, my ba,
52 my brother, until my heir has grown up,