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105 𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏇𓈖𓇳𓂝𓃹𓈖𓂡𓄣𓏤𓏥𓊃𓀀𓏤𓎟𓁷𓏤𓎁𓏏𓏏𓂡n m mjn ꜥwn jb.pl z nb ḥr jṯi̯.t
106 𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓌢𓈖𓏌𓅱𓀁𓏤𓏤𓆑𓏭 […]ḫ,t.pl sn.nw.du =fj […] ⟨ḏd⟩ =⟨j⟩ ⟨n⟩ ⟨m⟩ ⟨mjn⟩
107 𓇋𓅱𓊃𓆑𓂉𓀁𓄿𓈎𓅪𓈖𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂡𓁷𓏤𓉔𓄿𓅱𓂻𓈖𓃀𓅱𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥jw sf ꜣq nḫt-ḥr hꜣi̯.w n bw-nb
108 𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏇𓈖𓇳𓊵𓏏𓊪𓁷𓏤𓃀𓇋𓈖𓅪ḏd =j n m mjn ḥtp ḥr bjn
109 𓂋𓂝𓂋𓆑𓃀𓅱𓄤𓆑𓂋𓂋𓇾𓈇𓏤𓅓𓊨𓏏𓉐𓎟𓏏𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓅓𓂝rḏi̯ r =f bw-nfr r tꜣ m s,t nb.t ḏd =j n m
110 𓏇𓈖𓇳𓋴𓈍𓂝𓂋𓀁𓊃𓀀𓏤𓅓𓊃𓊪𓊗𓆑𓃀𓇋𓈖𓅪𓋴𓋴𓃀𓏏𓄑𓀁𓆑mjn sḫꜥr z m sp =f bjn ssbt =f
111 𓃀𓅱𓎟𓀀𓁐𓏥𓃛𓅱𓅪𓆑𓈋𓅱𓅪𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓅓𓂝bw-nb ⟨m⟩ jw =f ḏw ḏd =j n m
112 𓏇𓈖𓇳𓇋𓅱𓎛𓂝𓍑𓄿𓂡𓏏𓅱𓊃𓀀𓏤𓎟𓁷𓏤𓎁𓏏𓏏𓂡𓌢𓈖𓏌𓅱𓀀𓏤𓏤𓆑mjn jw ḥꜥḏꜣ =tw z nb ḥr jṯi̯.t ⟨ḫ,t⟩ sn.nw.du =f(j)
113 𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏇𓈖𓇳𓅓ḏd =j n m mjn ⟨btꜣ,w⟩ m
114 𓅧𓈎𓂻𓄣𓏤𓀀𓌢𓈖𓀀𓁹𓂋𓎛𓈖𓂝𓆑𓆣𓂋ꜥq-jb sn jrr ḥnꜥ =f ḫpr
115 𓅓𓐍𓏏𓆑𓀏𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏇𓈖𓇳𓂜𓋴𓆼𓄿𓀁𓏏𓋴𓆑𓇳m ḫft(,j) ḏd =j n m mjn n sḫꜣ =t(w) sf
116 𓂜𓁹𓏏𓈖𓁹𓀀𓅓𓏏𓄿𓄿𓏏𓀗𓇳𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏇𓈖𓇳n jri̯ =t(w) n jri̯ m tꜣ ꜣ,t ḏd =j n m mjn
117 𓌢𓈖𓏌𓅱𓀀𓏥𓃀𓇋𓈖𓅪𓏎𓈖𓈖𓏏𓅱𓅓𓇥𓂋𓇥𓂋𓅱𓀢𓀀𓏥sn.w.pl bjn jnn =tw m ḏrḏr.w.pl
118 𓂋𓂸𓏏𓏏𓂭𓂭𓏛𓈖𓏏𓄣𓏤𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏇𓈖𓇳𓁷𓏤𓏥r mt(j),t-n,t-jb ḏd =j n m mjn ḥr.pl
119 𓎛𓍃𓅓𓅬𓅪𓊃𓀀𓏤𓎟𓅓𓁷𓏤𓅓𓌨𓂋𓅱𓈇𓏤𓂋ḥtm z nb m ḥr m-ẖr,w r
120 𓌢𓈖𓏌𓅱𓀀𓏥𓆑𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏇𓈖𓇳𓄣𓏤𓏥𓂝𓃹𓈖𓂡sn.w.pl =f ḏd =j n m mjn jb.pl ꜥwn
121 𓂜𓈖𓃹𓈖𓄣𓏤𓈖𓊃𓀀𓏤𓂋𓉔𓈖𓂢𓏏𓅱𓁷𓂋𓏤𓆑𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓅓𓂝nn-wn jb n(,j) z rhn =tw ḥr =f ḏd =j n m
122 𓏇𓈖𓇳𓂜𓈖𓌳𓐙𓂝𓏏𓅂𓏛𓀀𓏥𓇾𓈇𓏤𓊃𓊪𓊗𓈖mjn nn mꜣꜥ,tj.pl tꜣ spi̯ n
123 𓁹𓅱𓏥𓇋𓋴𓆑𓏏𓅪𓏥𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏇𓈖𓇳𓇋𓅱𓆄𓅱𓅪jri̯.w.pl jsf,t ḏd =j n m mjn jw šwi̯
124 𓅓𓅧𓈎𓂻𓄣𓏤𓀀𓏎𓈖𓈖𓏏𓅱𓅓𓐍𓅓𓅓𓂜m ꜥq-jb jnn =tw m ḫmm
125 𓂋𓋴𓂋𓐍𓏏𓀁𓈖𓆑𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏇𓈖𓇳𓂜𓈖r srḫ.t n =f ḏd =j n m mjn nn
126 𓉔𓂋𓏛𓄣𓏤𓀀𓊪𓆑𓄿𓈝𓅓𓂻𓎛𓈖𓂝𓆑𓂜𓈖𓇓𓅱hru̯-jb pfꜣ šm ḥnꜥ =f nn sw
127 𓃹𓈖𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏇𓈖𓇳𓇋𓅱𓀀𓄿𓏏𓊪𓀋𓂝𓎡𓅱𓀀wn ḏd =j n m mjn jw =j ꜣtp.kwj
128 𓌨𓂋𓌳𓄿𓇋𓂋𓌗𓅪𓈖𓎼𓄿𓅱𓎣𓅪𓅧𓈎𓂻𓄣𓏤𓀀ẖr mꜣjr n-gꜣ,w ꜥq-jb
129 𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏇𓈖𓇳𓈖𓆑𓅪𓎛𓀝𓅱𓂝𓇾𓈇𓏤ḏd =j n m mjn nf ḥwi̯ tꜣ
130 𓂜𓈖𓃹𓈖𓄖𓅱𓏭𓆑𓏭𓇋𓅱𓅓𓏏𓀏𓅓𓁷𓏤𓀀𓏇𓈖𓇳𓋴𓈖𓃀nn-wn pḥ,wj =fj ((jw)) m(w)t m ḥr =j mjn ⟨mj⟩ snb
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).
105 to whom today? Hearts are greedy; every man seizes
106 the goods of his neighbor. […] To whom shall I speak today?
107 Gentleness has perished; brazenness has descended upon everyone.
108 To whom shall I speak today? People are content with evil;
109 goodness is cast upon the ground everywhere. To whom shall I speak
110 today? The man whose evil deed once made another rage now makes
111 everyone laugh at his wickedness. To whom shall I speak
112 today? People plunder; every man seizes his neighbor's goods.
113 To whom shall I speak today? The criminal has become
114 a trusted friend; the brother with whom one joined hands has become
115 an enemy. To whom shall I speak today? Yesterday is not remembered;
116 no one acts for one who acted for them in this hour. To whom shall I speak today?
117 Brothers have grown hostile; one turns to strangers
118 for sincerity of heart. To whom shall I speak today? Faces
119 are blank; each man lowers his face before
120 his brothers. To whom shall I speak today? Hearts are greedy;
121 there is no human heart one can rely upon. To whom shall I speak
122 today? There are no just people; the land has been left
123 to those who do wrong. To whom shall I speak today? There is no
124 trusted friend; one turns to a stranger
125 to tell him one's grief. To whom shall I speak today? There is no
126 one content; the one with whom I used to walk is no longer alive.
127 To whom shall I speak today? I am laden
128 with misery for lack of a trusted friend.
129 To whom shall I speak today? Injustice strikes the land;
130 it has no end. Death is before my eyes today, like the recovery
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.
105 today? Hearts are greedy. Everyone grabs
106 his neighbor's things. […] To whom can I speak today?
107 Kindness is gone, and shamelessness has reached everyone.
108 To whom can I speak today? People are content with evil,
109 and good has been thrown to the ground everywhere. To whom
110 can I speak today? Someone who once angered a man with a bad deed now makes
111 everyone laugh at his own wickedness. To whom can I speak
112 today? People steal. Everyone grabs his neighbor's things.
113 To whom can I speak today? The criminal is now
114 a trusted person, and the brother one used to work with has become
115 an enemy. To whom can I speak today? No one remembers yesterday.
116 No one acts for someone who acted for them in this moment. To whom can I speak today?
117 Brothers are hostile. People turn to strangers
118 for honesty. To whom can I speak today? Faces
119 have no expression. Everyone looks down and away from
120 his brothers. To whom can I speak today? Hearts are greedy.
121 No man has a heart he can depend on. To whom can I speak
122 today? There are no just people. The land is left to
123 those who do wrong. To whom can I speak today? There is no
124 trusted person. People turn to someone they do not know
125 to complain to him. To whom can I speak today? There is no
126 contented person. That man who used to go with him no longer
127 exists. To whom can I speak today? I am burdened
128 with misery because I lack someone I can trust.
129 To whom can I speak today? The wrong that strikes the land
130 has no end. Death is before my eyes today like the recovery