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The Prince’s Answer
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178 𓋴𓐟𓄿𓎛𓃃𓏛𓎡𓅱𓀀𓅓sꜣḥ.kw m
179 𓁶𓀀𓁐𓏥𓍢𓍢𓌳𓁹𓄿𓅱𓀀[⯑]tp.pl 200 mꜣ wj r-sꜣ
180 𓋴𓐟𓄿𓎛𓃃𓏛𓀀𓇾𓈇𓏤𓂋𓐟𓏤sꜣḥ =j tꜣ r-sꜣ
181 𓌳𓁹𓄿𓀀𓂧𓊪𓏏𓄓𓀁𓈖𓀀𓄔𓅓𓂋𓎡mꜣ =j dp.t.n =j sḏm r =k
182 𓀀𓅓𓂝𓎡𓄤𓆑𓂋𓄔𓅓𓈖𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥[n] [rʾ] =j m =k nfr sḏm n r(m)ṯ.pl
183 𓊢𓂝𓈖𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓈖𓀀𓅓𓁹𓇋𓈎𓂋𓏛𓀀ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =f n =j m jri̯ jqr
184 𓐍𓈖𓌰𓅓𓋴𓀙𓀀𓇋𓈖𓅓𓂋𓂝𓏏𓈗ḫnms jn-m rḏi̯{.t} mw
185 𓄿𓊪𓂧𓅯𓌉𓆓𓇳𓇾𓈇𓏤𓈖𓊃𓆑𓏏𓌪𓂝𓆑[n] ꜣpd ḥḏ tꜣ n sft =f
186 𓇼𓄿𓇳𓂻𓅱𓆑𓊪𓅱𓄂𓏏𓏤𓆑dwꜣ(.w) jwi̯ =f pw ḥꜣ,t =f
187 𓂋𓄖𓆑𓏭𓏇𓇋𓅠𓅓𓇋𓇋𓏏𓅓𓏞𓏛r pḥ(,wj) =f mj gmi̯.yt m zẖꜣw
188 𓏞𓏛𓏞𓀀𓇋𓈎𓂋𓏛𓈖𓂭𓂭𓂭𓆑[m] zẖꜣw zẖꜣ,w jqr n ḏbꜥ.pl =f
189 [⯑]𓆇𓇋𓏠𓈖𓉻𓂝𓄿𓏛𓀀𓋹𓍑𓋴J[m]n,y zꜣ Jmn-ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-snb
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Egyptian, line for line, covering all 189 lines of Papyrus Hermitage 1115, the only surviving copy, 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).
178 and endowed
179 with 200 people. Look at me, after
180 I had reached the land, after
181 I had seen all that I tasted. Listen to me!
182 Take my word for it: it is good for people when they listen."
183 Then he said to me: "Do not play the worthy one,
184 friend. Who will give water
185 to a bird when the land grows light, on the day of its slaughter,
186 when its morning comes—that is the beginning of it." It is complete, from its beginning
187 to its end, just as it was found in writing,
188 as the writing of a scribe excellent of his fingers,
189 Ameny son of Amen-aa, given life, prosperity, health.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Egyptian text, line for line, covering all 189 lines of Papyrus Hermitage 1115, the only surviving copy.
178 endowed with
179 two hundred men. "Look at me, now that I have reached the land
180 and stand on the ground once more, after
181 all that I have lived through. Now listen to me!
182 This is my word to you: it is good for a man to listen."
183 Then he said to me: "Do not act the fine one,
184 friend. Who gives water to a bird
185 when the land grows light for its slaughter,
186 when its morning comes? It is complete, from its beginning
187 to its end, just as it was found in writing,
188 in the writing of a scribe skilled with his fingers,
189 Ameny's son, Amen-aa: given life, prosperity, and health.