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(19.1) 𓂋𓆓𓂧𓈖𓄔𓅓𓏏𓏭𓏤𓏤𓏤𓋴𓈖𓏤𓏤𓏤𓋴𓏏𓎛𓎿𓊃𓏛𓎼𓂋𓏏𓄟𓋴𓇋𓇋𓁓𓈖𓆑𓇓𓏲𓎝𓎛𓏛𓄣𓏤𓎡𓑀
(19.2) 𓏏𓂋𓆵𓇳𓈖𓌃𓂧𓅱𓇋𓇋𓀁𓎡𓑀𓆓𓂧𓎡𓑀𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏏𓈖𓏌𓏲𓌙𓅮𓀁𓇋𓐍𓏛𓆓𓂧𓋴𓂋𓅱𓀙𓀀𓏤𓏤𓏤
(19.3) 𓄔𓅓𓏏𓏭𓏤𓏤𓏤𓋴𓈖𓏤𓏤𓏤𓄤𓆑𓂋𓅱𓏭𓉐𓂋𓅱𓂻𓈖𓂋𓏤𓆑𓁹𓂋𓆓𓂧𓏏𓎟𓀀𓎡𓑀𓂋𓎡𓑀𓄤𓆑𓂋𓅱𓏭𓇼𓄿𓀜𓈖
(19.4) 𓇋𓏏𓆑𓀀𓆑𓉐𓂋𓂻𓈖𓆑𓇋𓅓𓆑𓏃𓈖𓏏𓎛𓂝𓄹𓏤𓏤𓏤𓆑𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓈖𓆑𓇋𓅱𓆑𓅓𓄡𓏏𓏤𓂋𓄫𓏲𓏛𓅨𓂋𓁹𓏏𓈖𓆑
(19.5) 𓂋𓆓𓂧𓂧𓏏𓏤𓏤𓏤𓈖𓆑𓅓𓂝𓎡𓑀𓅭𓀀𓄤𓆑𓂋𓈖𓂝𓂝𓊹𓏤𓂋𓂝𓇉𓅱𓏛𓏤𓏤𓏤𓁷𓏤𓆓𓂧𓂧𓏏𓏤𓏤𓏤𓈖𓆑𓐍𓂋𓎟𓀀𓆑𓁹𓆑𓌴𓐙𓂝𓏏𓏰𓏛
(19.6) 𓁹𓈖𓄣𓏤𓆑𓂋𓈖𓌰𓅓𓏏𓏏𓂻𓏤𓏤𓏤𓆑𓏇𓇋𓄖𓂻𓎡𓑀𓅱𓀀𓎛𓂝𓄹𓏤𓏤𓏤𓎡𓑀𓅱𓍑𓄿𓏛𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓊵𓏏𓊪𓏛𓅓𓆣𓂋𓏏𓏛𓏤𓏤𓏤𓎟𓏏
(19.7) 𓎁𓏏𓀜𓎡𓑀𓆳𓏏𓏤𓏤𓏤𓅓𓋹𓈖𓐍𓂜𓈖𓈙𓂋𓅪𓁹𓏏𓈖𓀀𓁶𓏤𓇾𓈇𓏤𓎁𓏏𓀜𓈖𓀀𓆳𓏏𓍢𓎆𓅓𓋹𓈖𓐍𓈖𓂝𓂝𓈖𓀀𓑇
(19.8) 𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓎛𓎿𓊃𓏏𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏃𓈖𓏏𓁶𓏤𓊪𓅱𓏤𓏤𓏤𓂝𓏤𓅱𓏭𓀻𓏤𓏤𓏤𓅓𓂝𓁹𓏏𓌴𓐙𓂝𓏏𓏰𓏛𓈖𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅆𓂋𓊨𓏏𓉐𓇋𓌴𓐍𓄪𓏤
(19.9) 𓂻𓅱𓆑𓊪𓏲𓄂𓏏𓏤𓆑𓂋𓄖𓆑𓏭𓏇𓇋𓅠𓅓𓇋𓇋𓏏𓅓𓏞𓏛
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from all 194 numbered records across papyrus sections 4–19 of the complete extant Papyrus Prisse P witness for fidelity, clarity, structure, imagery, and cadence.
(19.1) concerning what those who know him have said, “Indeed, the one born to him is excellent,” your lord will trust your heart.
(19.2) At the time appointed for you to speak, you shall say this thing without excess; then the officials will say:
(19.3) “What comes from his mouth is good.” And when your lord says of you, “How excellent is the teaching of his father—
(19.4) his father, from whose very body he came! He spoke to him while he was still in the womb; what he has done for him is greater
(19.5) than what was said to him by you.” A good son is a god’s gift: he surpasses what his master tells him; he does what is right,
(19.6) his heart acting in accordance with his nature. Come, then, and reach me with your body sound, while the king is content with all that has come to pass.
(19.7) May you spend years in life without diminution. What I have done upon earth is no small thing: I attained one hundred and ten years of life, granted me by the king,
(19.8) with honors from the king surpassing those of the forebears, through doing what is right for the king, until reaching the place of reverence.
(19.9) It has come from its beginning to its end, as found in writing.
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 194 numbered records across papyrus sections 4–19 of the complete extant Papyrus Prisse P witness.
(19.1) —because he listens to what they say. Moreover, the one born to him is praised by the king. Fill your heart—
(19.2) —with what I have told you. Speak these distinguished words, and then the officials will say—
(19.3) —when they have heard them, “What goodness has come from him!” Do what your lord tells you. How good is a father’s instruction:
(19.4) his son advances through it while his body remains sound. He has told him what benefits him while he holds office; doing it for him is greater than merely repeating to him—
(19.5) —what you have said. A good son is a god’s gift: he does more than what his lord tells him, and he acts rightly.
(19.6) His heart makes his steps fitting. May you reach old age with your body sound, while the king is satisfied with everything that has happened. May you complete—
(19.7) —your years of life without any being diminished. What I have done on earth is not small: I have attained 110 years of life, granted to me—
(19.8) —by the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, with honors surpassing those of the ancestors, through doing justice for the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, until reaching the state of one revered.
(19.9) It has come from its beginning to its end, just as it was found in writing.