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10.1 𓁷⯑𓏤𓃀𓎛𓋴𓌫𓂡𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓄛𓏥𓈖𓈉𓏏𓏤𓁷⯑𓏤𓏎𓈖𓎝𓎛𓏛𓅓𓂺𓏛𓋴𓏏𓇋𓅱𓆑𓆓𓂧𓈖𓊃𓋴𓏏𓅓𓁹𓉐𓂋𓂻𓂋𓃀𓅱𓈖𓏥𓂋𓏤𓈐𓂻𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏏𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈗𓈘𓈇ḥr bḥs jꜣw,t.pl n ḫꜣs,t ḥr jni̯ (ḥr) wꜣḥ m-bꜣḥ =st jw =f (ḥr) ḏd n =sst m-jri̯ pri̯ r-bw~n~rʾ tm{.t} pꜣ y~mꜥ{,t}
10.2 𓇋𓅷𓄿𓂷𓂡𓁐𓐍𓂋𓂜𓈖𓇋𓅱𓀀𓂋𓐍𓏛𓀀𓈖𓈞𓅓𓅱𓏛𓂡𓁐𓅓𓂞𓆑𓅯𓄿𓃹𓈖𓏏𓅱𓀀𓊃𓏏𓁐𓈞𓏏𓁐𓏇𓇋𓐪𓂧𓏌𓅱𓏛𓁐𓐍𓂋𓄂𓏏𓏭𓄣𓀀𓎝𓎛𓏛𓁷⯑𓏤𓍑𓄿𓍑𓄿𓁶𓏤𓈖jṯꜣ =t ḫr nn jw =j (r) rḫ ={j} nḥm =t m-ḏi̯ =f pꜣ-wn tw≡j ⟨m⟩ s,t-ḥm,t mj-qd =t ḫr ḥꜣ,tj =j wꜣḥ ḥr ḏꜣḏꜣ n
10.3 𓏏𓄿𓄑𓏛𓃭𓏤𓃭𓏤𓆰𓅯𓄿𓂝𓈙𓐎𓆭𓆱𓐍𓂋𓇋𓂋𓅠𓅓𓏛𓇓𓅱𓎡𓇋𓇋𓀀𓇋𓅱𓀀𓂚𓄿𓂡𓅓𓂝𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏴𓀁𓈖𓊃𓋴𓏏𓄂𓏏𓏭𓄣𓆑𓅓𓈎𓄿𓇋𓀾𓏛𓆑tꜣ ḥ~rw~rw (n) pꜣ ꜥš ḫr jr gmi̯ sw ky jw =j (r) ꜥḥꜣ m-{ꜥ}⟨ḏi̯⟩ =f wn.jn =f ḥr wpw.t n =sst ḥꜣ,tj =f m(j)-qꜣj =f
10.4 𓎟𓏏𓐍𓂋𓇋𓂋𓅓𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤𓏥𓈎𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏴𓏛𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓐟𓏤𓇑𓇑𓈖𓈖𓇋𓅱𓅡𓏤𓏏𓏐𓏒𓏥𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓂋𓃀𓎛𓋴𓌫𓂡𓅓𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓏏𓏭𓇳𓏤𓎟nb{.t} ḫr-jr-m-ḫt hrw.pl qn,w ḥr-sꜣ nn jw Bꜣ~tʾ ḥr šmi̯.t r bḥs m pꜣy =f sḫr,w n,tj rꜥ-nb
10.5 𓉐𓂋𓂻𓊪𓅱𓁹𓈖𓏏𓄿𓂝𓆓𓂧𓅱𓀔𓁐𓂋𓐪𓂧𓏌𓅱𓂾𓂻𓏥𓌨𓂋𓏭𓏛𓅯𓄿𓂝𓈙𓐎𓆭𓆱𓈖𓏏𓏭𓂋𓐛𓏤𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏𓉐𓏤𓊢𓂝𓈖𓊪𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆴𓁺𓋴𓏏𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈗𓈘𓈇pri̯ pw jri̯.n tꜣ ꜥḏd,w(t) r qdi̯{.pl} ẖr,j pꜣ ꜥš n,tj r-gs pꜣy =st pr ꜥḥꜥ.n ptrj st pꜣ y~mꜥ{,t}
10.6 𓁷⯑𓏤𓎛𓂡𓂡𓂡𓈗𓅓𓐟𓏤𓋴𓏏𓇋𓅱𓋴𓏏𓁷⯑𓏤𓆑𓄿𓀋𓂡𓋴𓏏𓂋𓋴𓐍𓋴𓐍𓂾𓂻𓏥𓂋𓄂𓏏𓏤𓏏𓅱𓆑𓇋𓅱𓋴𓏏𓁷⯑𓏤𓅧𓈎𓂻𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏𓉐𓏤𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅯𓄿ḥr ḥwi̯ m-sꜣ =st jw =st ḥr fꜣi̯ =st r sḫsḫ r-ḥꜣ,t.ṱ =f jw =st ḥr ꜥq ⟨r⟩ pꜣy =st pr wn.jn pꜣ
10.7 𓇋𓇋𓅓𓂝𓈗𓈘𓈇𓁷⯑𓏤𓂝𓈙𓀁𓏥𓈖𓅯𓄿𓂝𓈙𓐎𓆭𓆱𓅓𓆓𓂧𓇋𓀁𓎔𓏛𓈖𓀀𓇋𓅓𓋴𓏏𓇋𓅱𓅯𓄿𓂝𓈙𓐎𓆭𓆱𓁷⯑𓏤𓏎𓈖𓌡𓂝𓏤𓈖𓃀𓂧𓂷𓁸𓅓⯑𓏏𓏭𓁸𓋴𓏏𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖y~mꜥ ḥr ꜥš{.pl} n pꜣ ꜥš m-ḏd j:mḥ n =j jm =st jw pꜣ ꜥš ḥr jni̯ wꜥ(-n) nbd(,t) m šn,tj =st wn.jn
10.8 𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈗𓈘𓈇𓁷⯑𓏤𓏎𓈖𓋴𓏏𓂋𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖𓇋𓅱𓆑𓎝𓎛𓏛𓋴𓏏𓅓𓏏𓄿𓊨𓏏𓉐𓈖𓄿𓅺𓏏𓏭𓅂𓂡𓀀𓏥𓈖𓉻𓉐𓉐𓅆𓋹𓍑𓋴𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅯𓄿𓋴𓏏𓏭𓐎𓏥pꜣ y~mꜥ{,t} ḥr jni̯ =st r Km,t jw =f (ḥr) wꜣḥ =st m tꜣ s,t (n) nꜣ rḫt,j.w.pl-n-pr-ꜥꜣ-ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) wn.jn pꜣ stj
10.9 𓈖𓏏𓄿𓈖𓃀𓂧𓂷𓁸⯑𓏏𓏭𓁸𓁷⯑𓏤𓆣𓂋𓅱𓅓𓈖𓄿𓈖𓎛𓃀𓋴𓅱𓍱𓏥𓈖𓉻𓉐𓉐𓅆𓋹𓍑𓋴𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓅆𓂚𓄿𓅱𓏏𓏭𓂡𓅓𓅪𓈖𓄿𓈖𓅺𓏏𓏭𓅂𓂡𓀀𓏥𓈖𓉻𓉐𓉐𓅆𓋹𓍑𓋴n tꜣ nbd(,t) šn,tj ḥr ḫpr m nꜣ-n ḥbs.w.pl n pr-ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) jw =tw (ḥr) ꜥḥꜣ,wtj m-ḏi̯ nꜣ-n rḫt,j.w.pl-n-pr-ꜥꜣ-ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb)
10.10 𓅓𓆓𓂧𓋴𓏏𓏭𓐎𓏥𓋴𓎼𓈖𓈖𓏊𓏥𓅓𓈖𓄿𓈖𓎛𓃀𓋴𓅱𓍱𓏥𓈖𓉻𓉐𓉐𓅆𓋹𓍑𓋴𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁷⯑𓏤𓆣𓂋𓅱𓂚𓄿𓅱𓏏𓏭𓂡𓅓𓂞𓊃𓋴𓈖𓏥𓅓𓏠𓈖𓏏𓇳𓇋𓅱m-ḏd stj sgnn.pl m nꜣ-n ḥbs.w.pl n pr-ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) jw =tw ḥr ḫpr (ḥr) ꜥḥꜣ,wtj m-ḏi̯ =ssn m-mn,t jw
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).
10.1 hunting the small game of the desert and bringing it, laying it before her. And he said to her: "Do not go out, or the Sea will take you!
10.2 It would carry you off, and I could not rescue you from it; for I am a woman like you; and my heart is set on the
10.3 crown-top of the pine. If another finds it, I shall fight with him." And he opened his heart to her completely.
10.4 Now, many days after this, Bata went out to hunt, after his daily manner.
10.5 And the maiden went out to walk under the pine that stood beside her house; and the Sea saw her
10.6 and surged after her; and she fled before it and ran into her house; and the
10.7 Sea called to the pine, saying: "Seize her for me!" And the pine brought a lock of her hair. Then
10.8 the Sea carried her to Egypt and laid her at the place of the washermen of Pharaoh, life, prosperity, health! And the scent
10.9 of the lock came into the garments of Pharaoh, life, prosperity, health! And there was quarreling with the washermen of Pharaoh, life, prosperity, health!
10.10 "The scent of ointment is in the garments of Pharaoh, life, prosperity, health!" — so it was said. And the quarreling with them went on day after day, and
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.
10.1 hunting the game of the hills, and he brought it and laid it before her. And he said to her: "Do not go outside, or the Sea will take you!
10.2 It would carry you off, for I cannot save you from it, for I am a woman like you. But my heart is placed on the top of the crown of
10.3 the pine, and if any other finds it, I will fight with him." Then he opened his whole heart to her.
10.4 Many days after this, Bata went out to hunt, in his way of every day.
10.5 The young woman went out to walk under the pine that was beside her house. Then the Sea saw her
10.6 and surged after her. She set off to run away from it, and she went into her house. Then the
10.7 Sea called to the pine, saying: "Grab her for me!" And the pine brought a lock of her hair. Then
10.8 the Sea carried it to Egypt and laid it at the place where Pharaoh's washermen, life, prosperity, health!, worked. Then the scent
10.9 of the lock of hair came into the clothes of Pharaoh, life, prosperity, health! And one quarreled with Pharaoh's washermen, life, prosperity, health!,
10.10 saying: "The scent of ointment is in the clothes of Pharaoh, life, prosperity, health!" And they began quarreling with them every day. And