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12.1 𓊃𓏏𓁐𓈞𓏏𓁐𓇋𓅓𓋴𓈖𓏥𓇋𓅱𓁷⯑𓏤𓂞𓏏𓈖𓊃𓋴𓏏𓋴𓂝𓃀𓌂𓏤𓏛𓏥𓎟𓏏𓄤𓆑𓂋𓈖𓊃𓏏𓁐𓈞𓏏𓁐𓅓𓂧𓏏𓏤𓋴𓏏𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓏏𓄿𓊃𓏏𓁐𓈞𓏏𓁐𓁷⯑𓏤𓇍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻𓂋s,t-ḥm,t jm =sn jw =⟨tw⟩ ḥr ḏi̯.t n =sst sꜥb nb{.t} nfr n s,t-ḥm,t m ḏr,t =st wn.jn tꜣ s,t-ḥm,t ḥr jy.t r
12.2 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖𓇋𓀁𓏭𓂋𓏤𓅓𓂝𓅱𓋴𓏏𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓈖𓉔𓄿𓅓𓅱𓀁𓁐𓏥𓈖𓊃𓋴𓏏𓅓𓅯𓄿𓇾𓏤𓈇𓇥𓂋𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓍛𓏤𓅆𓆑𓋹𓍑𓋴𓁷⯑𓏤𓌸𓂋𓅱𓏏𓀁𓋴𓏏𓂋𓇋𓈎𓂋𓏛𓊗𓏤𓏤Km,t j~jrʾ~mꜥw =st jw =tw (ḥr) nhꜣm{.pl} n =sst m pꜣ tꜣ (r-)ḏr =f wn.jn ḥm =f ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) ḥr mrw.t =st r-jqr zp-2
12.3 𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓏏𓉔𓄿𓈖𓂢𓂡𓋴𓏏𓂋𓀻𓋴𓏭𓁐𓉻𓏏𓏛𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓏏𓅱𓁷⯑𓏤𓌃𓂧𓏏𓀗𓀁𓅓𓂞𓊃𓋴𓏏𓂋𓂞𓏏𓆓𓂧𓋴𓏏𓅯𓄿𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖jw =tw ḥr {t}⟨d⟩hꜣn =st r šps,j(t)-ꜥꜣ.t wn.jn =tw ḥr md.t m-ḏi̯ =sst r ḏi̯.t ḏd =st pꜣ sḫr,w n
12.4 𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓂺𓏛𓇋𓅱𓋴𓏏𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓀀𓈖𓍛𓏤𓅆𓆑𓋹𓍑𓋴𓇋𓅓𓅓𓂝𓈙𓂝𓂧𓄦𓌫𓂡𓅯𓄿𓂝𓈙𓐎𓆭𓆱𓅓𓏏𓅱𓏏𓅱𓋴𓎝𓎡𓎝𓎡𓏴𓂡𓆑𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱pꜣy =st hꜣy jw =st ḥr ḏd ={j} n ḥm =f ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) jmm šꜥd⟨.tw⟩ pꜣ ꜥš mtw =tw sksk =f jw =tw
12.5 𓁷⯑𓏤𓂞𓏏𓈝𓅓⯑𓂻𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥𓀎𓀀𓏥𓌨𓂋𓏭𓏛𓈖𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓈖𓏥𓈔𓏤𓈒𓏥𓂋𓈙𓂝𓂧𓄦𓌫𓂡𓅯𓄿𓂝𓈙𓐎𓆭𓆱𓇋𓅱𓋴𓈖𓏥𓄭𓂋𓂻ḥr ḏi̯.t šmi̯ r(m)ṯ.pl-mšꜥ ẖr,j nꜣy =sn ⸮ḥmt? r šꜥd pꜣ ꜥš jw =sn (ḥr) spr
12.6 𓂋𓅯𓄿𓂝𓈙𓐎𓆭𓆱𓇋𓅱𓋴𓈖𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓈙𓄿𓂧𓄦𓌫𓂞𓏏𓄿𓄑𓏛𓃭𓏤𓃭𓏤𓆰𓈖𓏏𓏭𓄂𓏏𓏭𓄣𓀀𓈖𓅡𓏤𓏏𓏐𓏒𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓂋𓊃𓋴𓏏r pꜣ ꜥš jw =sn ḥr šꜥd tꜣ ḥ~rw~rw n,tj ḥꜣ,tj ={j} n Bꜣ~tʾ ḥr-r =sst
12.7 𓇋𓅱𓆑𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻𓅓𓏏𓀏𓅓𓏏𓄿𓃹𓈖𓏌𓏏𓇼𓇳𓏤𓅪𓏏𓏛𓐍𓂋𓇋𓂋𓅓𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓇾𓏤𓈇𓌉𓆓𓇳𓇶𓏤𓏤𓈖𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓆣𓂋𓅱𓇋𓅱𓈙𓂝𓂧𓄦𓌫𓂞jw =f (ḥr) hꜣy.t mt m tꜣ wnw,t šr.t ḫr-jr-m-ḫt tꜣ ḥḏ 2.n hrw ḫpr.w jw šꜥd
12.8 𓅯𓄿𓂝𓈙𓐎𓆭𓆱𓇋𓅱𓈖𓊪𓅱𓅆𓅯𓄿𓌢𓀀𓉻𓏛𓈖𓅡𓏤𓏏𓏐𓏒𓏥𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓅧𓈎𓂻𓂋𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓉐𓏤𓇋𓅱𓆑pꜣ ꜥš jw ⟨J⟩np,w pꜣ sn ꜥꜣ n Bꜣ~tʾ ḥr ꜥq r pꜣy =f pr jw =f
12.9 𓁷⯑𓏤𓈞𓊃𓀔𓇋𓂝𓈗𓂧𓏏𓏤𓆑𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁷⯑𓏤𓂞𓏏𓈖𓆑𓌡𓂝𓏤𓈖𓍿𓃀𓅱𓏊𓏥𓈖𓎛𓈎𓏏𓏊𓏥𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓁹𓂋𓊃𓏏𓆑𓂐𓏥ḥr ḥmsi̯ ⟨ḥr⟩ jꜥi̯ ḏr,t =f jw =tw ḥr ḏi̯.t n =f wꜥ-n ṯbw{.pl} n ḥ(n)q,t jw =f ḥr jri̯ stf
12.10 𓇋𓅱𓏏𓅱𓁷⯑𓏤𓂞𓏏𓈖𓆑𓎡𓇋𓇋⯑𓈖𓇋𓂋𓊪𓅱𓏊𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓁹𓂋𓎛𓍯𓄿𓅱𓏏𓐎𓏥𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓇋𓅷𓄿𓂷𓂡𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑jw =tw ḥr ḏi̯.t n =f ky n jrp jw =f ḥr jri̯ ḥwꜣ,w{t} wn.jn =f ḥr jṯꜣ pꜣy =f
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).
12.1 a woman was among them; and every fine ornament of a woman was put into her hand. And the woman came
12.2 to Egypt along with her; and the whole land rejoiced over her; and his majesty, life, prosperity, health! loved her exceedingly.
12.3 And she was made Great Favorite; and he spoke with her, to have her tell him the nature of
12.4 her husband. And she said to his majesty, life, prosperity, health!: "Have the pine cut down and hacked to pieces!" And
12.5 soldiers were sent out with their copper tools, to cut down the pine; and they came
12.6 to the pine, and cut away the crown on which the heart of Bata was, at her word; and
12.7 he fell dead that very instant. And when the land grew bright, a second day having come, the pine having been cut down,
12.8 Anubis, the elder brother of Bata, entered his house; and he
12.9 sat down to wash his hands; and a jar of beer was given him, and it foamed over.
12.10 And another, of wine, was given him, and it gave off a foul smell. Then he took his
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.
12.1 a woman was among them, and every beautiful ornament of a woman was put into her hand. Then the woman came
12.2 to Egypt with them, and all Egypt cheered for her. And His Majesty, life, prosperity, health!, loved her very greatly.
12.3 And she was made a Great Favorite. Then they spoke with her, so that she would tell the character
12.4 of her husband. And she said to His Majesty, life, prosperity, health!: "Have the pine cut down and chopped up!" And
12.5 soldiers were sent out with their copper tools to cut down the pine, and they came to
12.6 the pine, and they cut down the crown on which my heart, the heart of Bata, was, because of her.
12.7 He fell dead in that small moment. Then, when the land grew light on the next day, after the pine had been cut down,
12.8 Anubis, the elder brother of Bata, went into his house, and he
12.9 sat down to wash his hands, and they gave him a jug of beer, and it foamed over.
12.10 They gave him another one, with wine, and it gave off a bad smell. Then he took his