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1.1 𓇋𓂋𓅓𓈖𓏏𓅱𓆑𓐍𓂋𓏏𓅱𓌢𓀀𓏤𓏤𓈖𓌡𓂝𓏤𓅐𓏏𓏏𓁐𓈖𓌡𓂝𓏤𓇋𓏏𓆑𓀀𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓅆𓂋𓈖𓀁𓅯𓄿𓉻𓏛𓇋𓅱𓅡𓏤𓏏𓏐𓏒𓏥𓅆𓂋𓈖𓀁𓅯𓄿𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅱𓅪𓐍𓂋𓇋𓂋[⯑]𓇓𓅱[⯑]𓉐𓏤[⯑]𓈞𓏏𓁐[j]r mntwf ḫru̯ =tw sn 2 n wꜥ mw,t{t} n wꜥ jt Jnp,w rn (n) pꜣ ꜥꜣ jw Bꜣ~tʾ rn (n) pꜣ šrjw ḫr-jr [J]np,w sw [ẖr],j pr ẖr[,j] ḥm,t
1.2 [⯑]𓆑𓌢𓀀𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅱𓅪𓅓𓂞𓆑𓏇𓇋𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅱𓅪𓇋𓅱𓅓𓈖𓏏𓅱𓆑𓇋𓀁𓁹𓂋𓏏𓅱𓈖𓆑𓎛𓃀𓋴𓅱𓍱𓏥𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓅓𓐟𓏤𓈖𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏥𓆑𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓄛𓏤𓏥𓂋𓇏𓏏𓈇𓏤𓏥[jw] [pꜣy] =f sn šrjw m-ḏi̯ =f mj-sḫr,w-n šrjw jw mntwf j:jri̯{.tw} n =f ḥbs.w.pl jw =f ḥr šmi̯.t m-sꜣ nꜣy =f jꜣw,t ⸮r? sḫ,t.pl
1.3 [⯑][⯑]𓇋𓀁𓁹𓂋𓏏𓅱𓋴𓂓𓄿𓍁𓌸𓂡𓅓𓈖𓏏𓅱𓆑𓂝𓅱𓍯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏛𓂡𓈖𓆑𓇋𓅱[⯑][⯑]𓈖𓆑𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏴𓀁𓏥𓎟𓈖𓏏𓏭𓅓𓇏𓏏𓈇𓏤𓏥𓇋𓋴𓏏𓅱[⯑][⯑]𓆑[⯑]𓈙𓂋𓇋𓅱𓅪[j]w mnt[w]f j:jri̯{.tw} ⟨n⟩ =⟨f⟩ skꜣ mntwf ꜥwꜣy{.t} ⸢n⸣ =⸢f⸣ ⸢jw⸣ mnt[wf] [j]:jri̯{.t} n =f wpw,t.pl nb(.wt) n,tj m sḫ,t.pl jstw j[w] pꜣy =f [sn] šrjw
1.4 [⯑]𓄤𓆑𓂋𓂜𓈖𓃹𓈖𓐪𓂧𓏌𓅱𓏛𓆑𓅓𓇾𓏤𓈇𓇥𓂋𓆑𓇋𓋴𓃹𓈖[⯑]𓈖𓊹𓅆𓇋𓅓𓆑[⯑]𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤𓏥𓈎𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏴𓏛𓏥𓐟𓏤𓇑𓇑𓈖𓈖[⯑]𓆑𓌢𓀀𓅪[m] [ꜥḥꜣ,w]tj nfr nn-wn ⟨mj-⟩qd =f m ⟨pꜣ⟩ tꜣ ⟨r-⟩ḏr =f js wn pḥ[,tj] n nṯr jm =f [ḫr-jr]-m-ḫt hrw.pl qn,w ⟨ḥr-⟩sꜣ nn [jw] ⸢pꜣy⸣ =f sn šrj
1.5 [⯑]𓆑𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓄛𓏤𓏥𓅓[⯑]𓆑𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓏏𓏭[⯑]𓅓𓏏𓅱𓆑[⯑]𓂋𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓉐𓏤𓂋𓏏𓈖𓏌𓅱𓌙𓅯𓏛𓏥[⯑]𓇋𓅱𓆑𓄿𓏏𓊪𓀋𓂡[m-sꜣ] [nꜣ]y =f jꜣw,t m pꜣy =f sḫr,w n,tj [rꜥ]-nb mtw =f [wḥꜥ] r pꜣy =f pr r tnw rwhꜣ jw =f ꜣtp
1.6 [⯑]𓎟𓈖𓇏𓏏𓈇𓏤𓏥[⯑]𓅓𓆱𓏏𓏤[⯑]𓎟[⯑]𓅓𓏏𓅱𓆑𓎝𓎛𓏛𓏥𓅓𓂺𓏛[⯑]𓆑𓇋𓅱𓆑𓈞𓊃𓀔𓎛𓈖𓂝[m] [stj]mw.pl nb(.w) n sḫ,t.pl [m] [j]:jri̯,pl m ḫt [m] [(j)ḫ,t.pl] nb(.wt) [nfr(.wt)] [n] sḫ[,t] mtw =f wꜣḥ =w m-bꜣḥ ⸢pꜣy⸣ =f [sn] [ꜥꜣ] jw =f ḥmsi̯ ḥnꜥ
1.7 𓆑𓈞𓏏𓁐𓅓𓏏𓅱𓆑𓋴𓅪𓂋𓇋𓈗𓀁𓅓𓏏𓅱𓆑[⯑][⯑]𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓇋𓀁𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓉐𓏥[⯑]𓈖𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏥𓆑𓇋𓄿𓅱𓊑𓄛𓏥[tꜣy] =f ḥm,t mtw =f swrj mtw =f wnm{.pl} m[tw] =[f] [pri̯] [r] [sḏr] [m] pꜣy =f j~hꜣy,t.pl m-⸢ẖnw⸣ nꜣy =f jꜣw⟨,t⟩
1.8 𓐍𓂋𓇋𓂋𓅓𓆱𓐍𓏏𓇾𓏤𓈇𓌉𓆓𓇳𓏤𓏤𓈖𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤𓏥𓆣𓂋𓅱 […] 𓇋𓅱𓏥𓊪𓊃𓋴𓏏𓊮𓅓𓏏𓅱𓆑𓎝𓎛𓏛𓏥𓅓𓂺𓏛𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓌢𓀀𓉻𓏛[⸮wꜥi̯?] ḫr-jr-m-ḫt tꜣ ḥḏ 2.n hrw{.pl} ḫpr.w […] jw =w psst mtw =f wꜣḥ =w m-bꜣḥ pꜣy =f sn ꜥꜣ
1.9 𓂞𓏏𓈖𓆑𓅧𓈎𓅱𓈀𓏥𓂋𓇏𓏏𓈇𓏤𓏥𓅓𓏏𓅱𓆑𓏏𓉔𓅓𓏛𓂡[⯑]𓆑𓃒𓏥𓂋𓂞𓏏𓏶𓅓𓅱𓀁𓏥𓅓[⯑]𓇋𓅱𓆑𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓅓𓐟𓏤𓈖𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏥𓆑𓃒𓏥[mtw] =[f] ḏi̯.t n =f ꜥq,w r sḫ,t.pl mtw =f thm ⸢nꜣy⸣ =f jḥ.pl r ḏi̯.t wnm =w m sḫ[,t].pl jw =f (ḥr) šmi̯.t m-sꜣ nꜣy =f jḥ.pl
1.10 [⯑]𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓄤𓆑𓂋𓅯𓄿𓋴𓏏𓏭𓄦𓅓𓅱𓆰𓏥𓊨𓏏𓉐𓎛𓏠𓈖𓏏𓏛𓅓𓏏𓅱𓆑𓄔𓅓𓏛𓅯𓄿𓆓𓂧𓋴𓈖𓏥𓎟𓅓𓏏𓅱𓆑[⯑]𓏥𓂋𓏏𓄿𓊨𓏏𓉐[⸮jw?] =[s]n (ḥr) ḏd n =f nfr pꜣ stjmw{.pl} [n] s,t ⸮ḥmn.t? mtw =f sḏm pꜣ ḏd =sn nb mtw =f jṯꜣ[y] =w r tꜣ s,t
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Egyptian, line for line, covering all nineteen pages of Papyrus D’Orbiney (British Museum EA 10183) with its colophon, 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).
1.1 As for the two brothers — so the story is told — who had one mother and one father: Anubis was the name of the elder, and Bata the name of the younger. Now Anubis had a house, and he had a wife.
1.2 His younger brother lived with him like a son, and it was he who made the garments for him; and he went out after his herds to the pastures.
1.3 It was he who did the plowing for him; it was he who reaped for him; it was he who carried out for him every task there was in the fields. His younger brother, moreover, was a fine man—
1.4 there was none like him in the whole land. It was the strength of a god that was in him. Now, many days after this,
1.5 his younger brother followed the herds after his daily manner; and when he came home at evening he was laden
1.6 with every plant of the fields, with milk, with wood, with every good thing of the field; and he would lay it before his elder brother, who was sitting with
1.7 his wife; and he would drink and eat, and go out to sleep alone in his stable in the midst of his herds.
1.8 And after this, when the land grew bright and a second day had come, […] they were cooked, and he set them before his elder brother.
1.9 and he gave him bread for the fields, and he drove his cattle out to let them feed in the pastures; and he went behind his cattle.
1.10 They would say to him: "The fodder is good in such a place!" and he would heed all they said, and lead them to the good place where the fodder was.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Egyptian text, line for line, covering all nineteen pages of Papyrus D’Orbiney (British Museum EA 10183) with its colophon.
1.1 They tell of two brothers who were of one mother and of one father: Anubis was the name of the older one, and Bata was the name of the younger one. And so Anubis had a house, and he had a wife.
1.2 His younger brother lived with him like a son, and he was the one who made clothes for him. And he used to walk behind his herd to the pastures.
1.3 He was the one who did the plowing for him, and he was the one who harvested for him, and he was the one who did for him every task that there was in the fields. And his younger brother was, besides, a good
1.4 man. There was none like him in the whole land. For the strength of a god was in him. Now, many days after this, his
1.5 younger brother used to be behind his herd, in his way of every day, and he came back to his house every evening, loaded
1.6 with all the plants of the fields, with milk, with wood, and with every good thing of the field. And he set them before his elder brother, while he sat with
1.7 his wife. And he drank, and he ate, and he went out to sleep in his byre in the middle of his cattle.
1.8 Then, when the land grew light and another day had come, […] they were cooked, and he set them before his elder brother.
1.9 And he gave him bread to take to the fields, and he drove his cattle out to let them graze in the pastures. And he used to walk behind his cattle.
1.10 And they would say to him: "The feed in that very place is good!" And he listened to everything they said, and he led them to the place with the feed they wanted.