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Cutters, Barbers, and Potters Suffer
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5.1 𓏌𓏤𓂝𓂝𓏤𓅱𓏭𓆑𓏭𓁷𓏤𓁹𓂋𓏏𓅓𓎼𓂋𓎛𓏏𓇰𓇳𓏤𓋴𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓊮𓉐𓆑𓄟𓋴𓅱𓏴𓏥𓉻𓏏𓏴𓊌𓏥𓁷𓏤𓅓𓏠𓈖𓐍𓏏𓍊𓏛𓅓𓉻𓏏𓏴𓊌𓎟𓏏𓂋𓂧𓌗𓏛𓐖𓈖𓏛𓈖𓆑n{.w} ꜥ.wj.du =fj ḥr jri̯.t m grḥ stꜣ =f ms.w-ꜥꜣ,t ḥr ⟨whb⟩ m mnḫ,t m ꜥꜣ,t nb.t r(w)d(.t) ꜥḏn.n =f
5.2 𓎔𓏛𓏌𓏤𓄿𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓂝𓂝𓏤𓅱𓏭𓆑𓏭𓂝𓈎𓅱𓏴𓅪𓅨𓂋𓂧𓅱𓀉𓅪𓇓𓅱𓇋𓅱𓈞𓊃𓀔𓏏𓅱𓁷𓏤𓅧𓈎𓅱𓈀𓏥𓏌𓏤⯑𓂝𓇳𓅆[⯑]𓆑𓄿𓏏𓄦𓄹𓆑mḥ n{.w} ꜣḫ,t ꜥ.wj.du =fj ꜣq.w wrd.w sw jw ḥmsi̯ =tw ḥr ꜥq,w n.w Rꜥ mꜣs,tj.du =f ꜣ,t =f
5.3 𓅱𓂝𓅱𓆑𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓄡𓂝𓈎𓅱𓍜𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓁷𓏤𓄡𓂝𓈎𓅱𓍜𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓅓𓄖𓅱𓏭𓂻𓅓𓂝𓈙𓂋𓃭𓃭𓇰𓇳𓏤𓂞𓂞𓆑𓇓𓅱𓈖[⯑]𓂞𓂞𓆑𓇓𓅱wꜥf{.pl} ẖꜥq,w{.pl} ḥr ẖꜥq{.w.pl} m pḥ,wj mšr,w{rw} ḏḏ =f sw n ꜥmy,t ḏḏ =f sw
5.4 𓁷𓏥𓈎𓂝𓎛𓂢𓏏𓏤𓄹𓆑𓂞𓂞𓆑𓇓𓅱𓂋𓌸𓂋𓉕𓏏𓉐𓏥𓂋𓌸𓂋𓉕𓏏𓉐𓏥𓂋𓅱𓆼𓄿𓐍𓂻𓂋𓄡𓂝𓈎𓅱𓍜𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓆑𓈎𓈖𓋔𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓆑𓂝𓂝𓏤𓅱𓏭𓆑𓏭𓂋𓎔𓏛𓄡𓏏𓏤𓄹𓆑ḥr qꜥḥ,t =f ḏḏ =f sw r mr,t{.pl} r mr,t{.pl} r wḫꜣḫ r:ẖꜥq.w{.pl} =f qnn{.pl} =f ꜥ.wj.du =fj r mḥ ẖ,t =f
5.5 𓏇𓇋𓆤𓏏𓀗𓏊𓏥𓏶𓅓𓅱𓀁𓂋𓂓𓏏𓀗𓀋𓏛𓏥𓋴𓏏𓃀𓎁𓏏𓏏𓇋𓇋𓅱𓐎𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓐍𓂧𓊛𓆑𓂋𓇋𓂧𓎛𓅱𓇇𓆰𓏥𓊖𓂋𓎁𓏏𓏏𓂡𓈖𓆑𓋴𓃹𓈖𓏌𓅱𓌕𓏛𓏥𓁹𓈖𓆑mj bj,t{.pl} wnm(.t) r kꜣ,t =st bṯy,w{.pl} ḫdi̯ =f r jdḥ,w r jṯi̯(.t) n =f swn.pl jri̯.n =f
5.6 𓅓𓇉𓄿𓅱𓏛𓏥𓏌𓏤𓂝𓂝𓏤𓅱𓏭𓆑𓏭𓁷𓏤𓁹𓂋𓏏𓋴𓌳𓄿𓅓𓅱𓌪𓂡𓈖𓇓𓅱𓐍𓈖𓅓𓅓𓋴𓀛𓅯𓏛𓏥𓐍𓅓𓇋𓇋𓅯𓏛𓏥𓆑𓇓𓅱𓆑𓐍𓂋𓃹𓈖𓅱𓆓𓂝𓐣𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥{m-}ḥꜣ,w n{.w} ꜥ.wj.du =fj ḥr jri̯.t smꜣm.n sw ḫnms{.pl} ḫmy{.pl} ⟨sft⟩ =f sw ⟨fn⟩ =f ḫr wnn =⟨f⟩ wḏꜥ{.pl}
5.7 𓇋𓐪𓂧𓏌𓅱𓀨𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓈖𓆓𓊃𓏏𓀗𓅪𓏥𓄡𓂋𓄿𓎛𓏏𓈇𓏥𓋴𓊢𓂝𓅱𓇳𓏤𓆑𓅓𓋹𓈖𓐍𓅱𓀀𓏥𓐍𓅓𓂝𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥 […] 𓇓𓅱𓂋𓆷𓄿𓅱𓏏𓆰𓂋𓆷𓄿𓇋𓅱𓄛𓏥𓂋[⯑]jqd{.pl}-nḏs,t ẖr ꜣḥ,t {s}ꜥḥꜥ,w =f m ꜥnḫ{.pl} ḫmꜥ{w.pl} […] ḫm{ꜥw.pl} sw r šꜣ,wt r šꜣj.w.pl r psst
5.8 𓆑𓎛𓃀𓋴𓏏𓍱𓏥𓏏𓅱𓆑𓈖𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂡𓏏𓅱𓅓𓂝𓉻𓂝𓄿𓎼𓄿𓋴𓅱𓍱𓏥𓆑𓅓𓅧𓈎𓂻𓊡𓅱𓏥𓋴𓆑𓈖𓂧𓂉𓄹𓆑𓉐𓂋𓂻𓋴𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓊮𓉐𓆑={f} ⟨qrḥ,t⟩ =⟨f⟩ ḥbs,t.ṱ =f nḫt.tw m-ꜥ ⟨dbn⟩ ꜥꜣgꜣs,w =f m ⟨stp⟩ ꜥq ṯꜣw ⟨r⟩ {s}fnd =f pri̯ ={s} ⟨m⟩ tꜣw =f
5.9 𓅱𓍑𓄿𓏛𓀀𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷𓏤𓅓𓂋𓂧𓂾𓂾𓄹𓆑𓋴𓈞𓅓𓅱𓂡𓇋𓅓𓆑𓆓𓊃𓆑𓐍𓅓𓂝𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓉔𓏤𓉐𓈖𓉐𓏤𓎟𓏏𓃛𓅱𓏏𓉐𓏥wḏꜣ ={j} jw =f ḥr ⟨tjtj⟩ m rd.du =f sḥm,w jm =f ḏs =f ḫmꜥ{w.pl} h n(,j) pr nb{.t} ḥwi̯ jw(y),t{.pl}
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).
5.1 He sets his arms to work. It is night that he lights up. The maker of stone ornaments bores with a chisel into every hard gemstone. When he has finished
5.2 one cubit of fine work, his arms are ruined and he is exhausted. A man sits over the food of Re, his knees and back bent.
5.3 The barber shaves until late evening. He sets himself against the throat, he sets himself
5.4 against the shoulder. He goes from street to street in search of someone to shave. He strains his arms to fill his belly,
5.5 like a bee that eats in proportion to its work. The reed cutter sails downstream to the Delta marshes to gather arrow shafts for himself. When he has done
5.6 far more than his arms should do, mosquitoes slaughter him. Sand flies tear him apart and leave him weak; then he is cut to pieces.
5.7 The potter is beneath the earth though he is still alive. […] He wallows among the garden plants more than pigs, to fire
5.8 his pottery. His clothing is stiff with clay, his work belt a mere rag. Air enters his nostrils straight out of his kiln,
5.9 unscathed. He tramples with his feet; he himself becomes the pestle. Every house’s courtyard is torn up; its precinct is beaten down.
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.
5.1 working through the night by lamplight. The maker of stone ornaments drills into every hard gemstone with a chisel. When he has finished one cubit of his work, his arms are numb and he is exhausted.
5.2 He sits over the food of Ra with his knees and back bent.
5.3 The barber shaves late in the evening. He puts himself at one person's throat, then at another's shoulder.
5.4 He goes from street to street looking for someone to shave. To fill his stomach he works his arms hard, like a bee that eats what its work brings in.
5.5 The reed cutter goes downstream into the delta marshes to gather shafts for arrows. When he has done more than his share of work, the gnats attack him.
5.6 The biting insects wear him down and leave him covered in cuts.
5.7 The potter is down in the earth while he is still alive. He rolls about among the plants more than pigs do, preparing to fire his pots. […]
5.8 His clothes are stiff with clay. His work apron is a rag. Hot air from his kiln enters his nostrils.
5.9 He stamps with his feet. He himself serves as the pounding tool. No sooner is the yard of a house broken open than its public area is taken over.