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Writing Outranks Manual Trades
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3.9 […] 𓄂𓂝𓅓𓋴𓃀𓇼𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏛𓁹𓏏𓈖𓊃𓀀𓏤𓇼𓄿𓅱𓅱𓀢𓏛𓆑𓅭𓏤𓄡𓂋𓍘𓇋𓇋𓏭𓀻𓂋𓈖𓀁𓆑𓈖𓅭𓏤𓅆𓆑𓊪𓊪𓇋𓇋𓏭𓀻𓂋𓈖𓇋𓋴𓏏𓅱𓂋𓆑𓅓𓏃𓈖𓏏𓏭𓍘𓇋𓇋𓏏𓊛[…] ḥꜣ,t-ꜥ-m sbꜣ,yt jri̯.t.n z ⟨n(,j)⟩ ⟨Ṯꜣr,w⟩ Dwꜣ,ww≡f zꜣ H̱{r}ty rn =f n zꜣ =f Ppy rn =⟨f⟩ jstw r =f ⟨sw⟩ m ḫnti̯.yt
4.1 𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓊖𓂋𓂋𓂝𓏏𓅱𓆑𓅓𓂝𓏏𓉐𓋴𓃀𓇼𓄿𓂡𓉐𓈖𓏏𓏞𓅱𓏛𓏥𓆑𓄟𓋴𓅱𓀔𓀀𓁐𓏥𓀙𓅱𓀀𓏥𓏶𓅓𓏭𓈖𓏏𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓊖𓊢𓂝𓈖𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓈖𓆑⟨r⟩ ẖnw r rḏi̯.ṱ =f m ꜥ,t-sbꜣ n.t zẖꜣ,w ={f} ⟨m-qꜣb⟩ ms.w.pl sr.w.pl jm,j⟨.pl⟩ ⟨ḥꜣ,t⟩ n.t ẖnw ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =f n =f
4.2 𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓈖𓀀𓈎𓈖𓈎𓈖𓏴𓂡𓊗𓏭𓂞𓂞𓎡𓄣𓏤𓎡𓅓𓐟𓏤𓏞𓅱𓏛𓏥𓂧𓎼𓄿𓁺𓈖𓀀𓈖𓈞𓅓𓅱𓏛𓂡𓁷𓏤𓅡𓎡𓅱𓏛𓏥𓆑𓅓𓂝𓎡𓏥𓏛𓂜𓈖𓃹𓈖𓅓𓇉𓄿𓅱𓏛𓏥𓏞𓅱𓏛𓏥𓏇𓏏𓏏𓏛𓁷𓏤𓈗𓊪𓅱𓄞𓂧𓏛𓂡⟨jw⟩ mꜣꜣ.n =j qnqn zp-2 ḏḏ =k jb =k m-sꜣ zẖꜣ,w dgꜣ.n =j nḥm =⟨tw⟩ ḥr bꜣk.w ={f} m =kı͗ nn-wn m-ḥꜣ,w zẖꜣ,w mj,tt ḥr⟨,j⟩ mw pw šdi̯
4.3 𓇋𓂋𓎡𓅓[⯑]𓆎𓅓𓇋𓇋𓏏𓍼𓅠𓅓𓇋𓇋𓏛𓎡𓋭𓊃𓏛𓀁𓊪𓈖𓇋𓅓𓋴𓏏𓅓𓆓𓂧𓏏𓏥𓇋𓂋𓏞𓀀𓊨𓏏𓉐𓏏𓅱𓆑𓎟𓏏𓄚𓈖𓏌𓅱𓊖𓂜𓈖𓎛𓅱𓅨𓂋𓅱𓀉𓅪𓆑jr =k m pḥ[,wj] km,yt gmi̯.y =k ṯ(ꜣ)s pn jm =st m-ḏd{.t} jr zẖꜣ ⟨m⟩ s,t.ṱ =f nb.t ⟨n.t⟩ ẖnw nn ḥwrw =f
4.4 𓇋𓅓𓆑𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁹𓂋𓆑𓋴𓐟𓄿𓂋𓏏𓀁𓈖𓎡𓇋𓇋𓀀𓂜𓈖𓉐𓂋𓂻𓆑𓊵𓏏𓊪𓅱𓏛𓀀 […] 𓂜𓈖𓉐𓂋𓂻𓆑𓊵𓏏𓊪𓅱𓏛𓀁𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓈖𓀀𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓏛𓏥[⯑]𓆓𓂧𓏏𓏥𓋭𓊃𓏛𓂡𓊪𓈖jm =f jw =f jri̯ =f sꜣr,t n ky nn pri̯ =f ḥtp.w […] nn pr(.w) =f ⟨ḥr⟩ ḥtp ⟨n⟩ mꜣꜣ.n =j jꜣw,t m-mj,tt =s[t] ḏd.t ṯ(ꜣ)s pn
4.5 𓇋𓅓𓋴𓏏𓂞𓀀𓌸𓂋𓇋𓇋𓀁𓎡𓏞𓅱𓏛𓏥𓅐𓏏𓁐𓎡𓂞𓀀𓅧𓈎𓂻𓄤𓏤𓏛𓏥𓅓𓁷𓂋𓏤𓅆𓎡𓅨𓂋𓏏𓇓𓅱𓎼𓂋𓏏𓂋𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓏛𓏥𓎟𓏏𓂜𓈖𓃹𓈖𓅓𓇾𓏤𓈇𓊪𓈖𓆷𓄿𓂝𓏛𓈖𓆑jm =st ḏi̯ =j mri̯.y =k zẖꜣ,w ⟨r⟩ mw,t =k ḏi̯ =j ꜥq nfr.pl =⟨st⟩ m-ḥr =k wr{t} sw{t} gr,t r jꜣw,t nb.t nn-wn ⟨mj,tt⟩ =⟨st⟩ m tꜣ pn ⟨mdwi̯.t⟩ šꜣꜥ.n =f
4.6 𓇋𓅱𓆑𓅓𓄡𓂋𓂧𓅱𓀔𓀀𓁐𓏥𓏏𓅱𓐩𓏌𓀁𓐍𓂋𓏏𓏛𓏥𓏏𓅱𓆑𓏏𓅱𓉔𓄿𓃀𓂻𓆑𓂋𓁹𓂋𓏏𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏴𓀁𓏥𓂜𓈖𓇍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻𓆑𓂞𓆑𓇓𓅱𓅓𓂧𓄿𓇋𓅱𓈀𓏤𓍱𓂜𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓈖𓀀⟨wḏ⟩ jw =f m ẖrd,w{.pl} tw ⟨r⟩ nḏ ḫr,t.ṱ =f tw ⟨r⟩ hꜣb =f r jri̯.t wpw,t.pl n{n} jy⟨.t⟩ =f ḏi̯ =f sw m dꜣj,w n mꜣꜣ.n =j
4.7 𓌟𓏏𓏭𓂡𓀀𓏥𓅓𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏴𓀁𓋞𓃀𓇋𓇋𓅱𓈖𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓉔𓄿𓃀𓂻𓆑𓇋𓅱𓌳𓁹𓄿𓄿𓈖𓀀𓈔𓏏𓏭𓅂𓂡𓀀𓏥𓁷𓏤𓅡𓎡𓅱𓏛𓏥𓆑𓂋𓂋𓏤𓈖𓁷𓂋𓇋𓇋𓐡𓏏𓉐𓊮𓉐𓆑gn,wtj{.pl} m wpw,t nb,yw{n}{.pl} hꜣb =f jw mꜣꜣ.n =j ḥmt,j{.pl} ḥr bꜣk.w =f r rʾ n(,j) ḥr,yt =f
4.8 𓂭𓂭𓂭𓆑𓏭𓏇𓇋𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓆊𓏥𓐍𓈖𓈙𓆝𓅪𓇓𓂋𓋴𓎛𓅱𓏏𓆇𓂋𓂋𓅓𓅱𓆝𓏥𓍍𓅱𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓎟𓏏𓅷𓄿𓇋𓇋𓂷𓂡[⯑]𓅨𓂋𓂧𓅱𓀉𓅪ḏbꜥ.pl =fj mj ḫ,t mzḥ.pl ḫnš sw r s⟨w⟩ḥ{w},t rrm.pl ḥmw.w{.pl} nb{.t} ṯꜣi̯.y ꜥn[,t] wrd.w
4.9 𓇓𓅱𓂋𓏠𓈖𓇋𓇋𓏏𓌸𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓄿𓎛𓏏𓈇𓏥𓏏𓅱𓆑𓅓𓆱𓏏𓏤𓆑𓅓𓈔𓈒𓏥𓅓𓎼𓂋𓎛𓏏𓇰𓇳𓏤𓈖𓈞𓅓𓅱𓂡𓆑𓁹𓈖𓆑𓅓𓇉𓄿𓅱𓏛𓏥sw r mny,t(j){.pl} ꜣḥ,t{.pl}.ṱ =f m ḫt ={f} ⟨ḥnn⟩ =⟨f⟩ m ḥmt m grḥ nḥm =f jri̯.n =f {m-}ḥꜣ,w
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Egyptian, line for line, covering all 69 lines of Papyrus Sallier II, pages 3–11, from the title to the closing sentence, 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).
3.9 […] The beginning of the teaching composed by a man of Tjaru named Khety, son of Duaef, for his son named Pepi. Now he was sailing upstream
4.1 toward the Residence to place him in the school of writing among the children of the officials who stood at the head of the Residence. Then he said to him:
4.2 “I have seen beatings. Set your heart on writing: I have seen that it saves a man from labor. Look, nothing surpasses writing. It is like one who is on the water. Read
4.3 at the end of the Kemit, and you will find this saying there: ‘As for a scribe in any post in the Residence, he will not be miserable
4.4 there. He fulfills another’s wishes. Will he not come away satisfied? […] There is no excess to his satisfaction.’ I have seen no profession like it of which this saying may be spoken.
4.5 I will make you love writing more than your mother. I will bring its beauty before your eyes. It is greater than any other profession. Nothing like it exists in this land of which one may speak. He began
4.6 to command when he was still a child. He is greeted and sent out to carry messages; before he returns he appears in a linen kilt. I have never seen
4.7 a sculptor entrusted with a message or a goldsmith sent out. But I have seen the coppersmith at work at the mouth of his furnace.
4.8 His fingers are like the limbs of crocodiles; he stinks more than fish eggs. Every craftsman who takes up an adze is wearier
4.9 than the fieldworker. His field is wood, his hoe is copper. He even takes possession of the night; he has done more than his arms can bear.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Egyptian text, line for line, covering all 69 lines of Papyrus Sallier II, pages 3–11, from the title to the closing sentence.
3.9 […] This is the beginning of the teaching written by a man of Tjaru named Khety, son of Duaef, for his son named Pepy. He was traveling upstream
4.1 to the capital to put him in the school for scribes, among the children of high officials who led the capital. Then he said to him:
4.2 “I have seen beatings. Set your mind firmly on writing, since I have seen that it saves a person from hard work. Look, nothing is better than writing. It is like being safe on the water. Read the end of the Kemit:
4.3 You will find this saying there: ‘A scribe in any post in the capital will not be poor there.’
4.4 He does what another person wants. Won't he leave satisfied? […] I have not seen any other occupation like it, one to which that saying applies.
4.5 I will make you love writing more than your mother. I will show you its advantages. It is more important than every other occupation. Nothing like it can be named in this land. Even as a child he began to give orders.
4.6 People greet him. They send him out again to carry messages before he has even come back, so that he can wear a fine linen kilt. I have never seen a sculptor given a message,
4.7 or a goldsmith sent out. But I have seen the metalworker at work at the mouth of his furnace.
4.8 His fingers look like crocodile claws. He smells worse than fish eggs. Every carpenter who handles an adze is more tired than a field worker.
4.9 His field is wood; his hoe is metal. He works even at night. His arms have done more work than they can bear,