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3.1 [⯑]𓀀𓂋𓇏𓏏𓈇𓏤𓅯𓄿𓃹𓈖𓇋𓀁𓁹𓂋𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓀀𓌢𓀀𓋴𓇋𓆛𓈖𓏌𓅱𓂾𓂻𓏥𓈖𓀀𓅓𓂞𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏛𓅱𓆓𓆑𓄿𓅯𓏛𓏥𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖[⯑]𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓇋𓀀𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻ḥnw{.pl.n} =j r sḫ,t pꜣ-wn j:jri̯ pꜣy =j sn ⟨ꜥꜣ⟩ sjni̯ n =j m-ḏy.t wḏfꜣ =⟨⸮n?⟩ wn.jn =ss[t] ḥr ḏd n =f j:šmi̯{.t}
3.2 𓇋𓀀𓃹𓈖𓉿𓂡𓅯𓄿𓅓𓂝𓌨𓂋𓇋𓏏𓉐𓅓𓏏𓅱𓎡𓏎𓈖𓈖𓎡𓅯𓄿𓈖𓏏𓏭𓅓𓄣𓏤𓎡𓅓𓂞𓇋𓇋𓏏𓏛𓆼𓄿𓂝𓂻𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓁐𓈖𓈙𓇋𓅱𓁸𓁷⯑𓏤𓈐𓏏𓏤𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅯𓄿𓂝𓆓𓂧𓅱𓀔𓅪⯑𓀀𓁷⯑𓏤j:wn pꜣ mꜥ~ẖr{,jt} mtw =k jni̯ n =k pꜣ n,tj m jb =k ⸢m⸣-ḏy.t ḫꜣꜥ =⟨j⟩ tꜣy =j nšjw ḥr wꜣ,t wn.jn pꜣ ꜥḏd,w ḥr
3.3 𓅧𓈎𓂻𓂋𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓇋𓀀𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓉐𓏥𓇋𓅱𓆑𓏎𓈖𓌡𓂝𓏤𓈖𓎛𓆰𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏊𓉻𓏛𓇋𓅱𓄣𓏤𓆑𓂋𓇋𓅷𓄿𓂷𓂡𓉐𓂋𓏏𓀗𓌾𓏥𓈎𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏴𓏛𓏥𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓄿𓏏𓊪𓀋𓂡𓆑ꜥq r pꜣy =f j~hꜣy,t.pl jw =f (ḥr) jni̯ wꜥ-n ḥn,w ꜥꜣ jw jb =f r jṯꜣ pr,t qn,w jw =f ḥr ꜣtp =f
3.4 𓅓𓌾𓏥𓇣𓏏𓏭𓌾𓏥𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓉐𓂋𓂻𓌨𓂋𓏭𓏛𓋴𓈖𓏥𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖[⯑]𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑[⯑]𓆷𓄿𓅱𓏛𓈖𓏏𓏭𓁷⯑𓏤[⯑]𓎡𓆓𓂧𓈖𓊃𓋴𓏏𓇣𓏏𓏭𓌾𓏥m jt bd,tj jw =f ḥr pri̯ ẖr,j =sn wn.j[n] =ss[t] (ḥr) ḏd n =f [j]ḫ šꜣ,w ⟨nꜣ⟩ n,tj ḥr ⸢r⟨mn⟩,t⸣ =k [jw] =[f] [ḥr] ḏd n =sst bd,tj
3.5 𓎅𓏤𓏤𓏤𓌾𓏥𓎅𓏤𓏤𓏛𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓈖𓄿𓈖𓏏𓏭𓁷⯑𓏤𓂋𓏠𓈖𓂢𓏏𓏤𓄹𓎡𓇋𓀁𓈖𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓊃𓋴𓏏𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖[⯑]𓆑𓅓𓆓𓂧𓃹𓈖𓄖𓏏𓏭𓀗𓀗𓂡ẖꜣr 3 jt ẖꜣr 2 dmḏ 5 ⸢nꜣ⸣ n,tj ḥr rmn{,t} ={k}⟨j⟩ j.n =f ḥr ḏd n =sst wn.jn =ss[t] [ḥr] [md.t] [m-ḏi̯] =f m-ḏd wn pḥ,tj
3.6 𓇋𓅓𓎡𓐍𓂋𓏏𓅱𓁐𓁷⯑𓏤𓊪𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆴𓁺𓈖𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏥𓎡𓍘𓈖𓏥𓂋𓂡𓅓𓏠𓈖𓏏𓇳𓇋𓅱𓄣𓏤𓋴𓏏𓂋𓐍𓏛𓆑𓅓𓂋𓐍𓏛𓈖[⯑][⯑]𓊃𓋴𓏏𓁷⯑𓏤[ꜥꜣ] jm =k ḫr tw≡j ḥr ptrj nꜣy =k tj~n~rʾ m-mn.t jw jb =st ⟨r⟩ rḫ =f m rḫ n ⸢ꜥḥꜣ,wtj⸣ wn.[j]n =sst ḥr
3.7 𓊢𓂝𓂻𓇋𓅱𓋴𓏏𓎔𓏛𓇋𓅓𓆑𓇋𓅱𓋴𓏏𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓅓𓂝𓇋𓏭𓂻𓁹𓇋𓇋𓈖𓏥𓈖𓈖𓏥[⯑]𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓅱𓏥𓅜𓐍𓏛𓈖𓎡[⯑]𓎡𓄿𓀀𓁹𓇋𓇋𓁐ꜥḥꜥ jw =st (ḥr) mḥ jm =f jw =st (ḥr) ḏd n =f mꜥ~j jry =n n =n [wn]w,t sḏr ={w}⟨n⟩ ꜣḫ n =k p[ꜣ]j kꜣ jry =j
3.8 𓈖𓎡𓎛𓃀𓋴𓅱𓍱𓏥[⯑]𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅯𓄿𓂝𓆓𓂧𓅱𓀔𓅪𓁷𓏤[⯑]𓏇𓇋𓋁𓃀𓅱𓄛𓏤𓏥𓇗𓂝𓏏𓀗𓄛𓏤𓏥𓅓𓈎𓈖𓂧𓏏𓀗𓂡 […] 𓁷𓏤𓅯𓄿𓋴𓏇𓇋𓇋𓀁⸢n⸣ =⸢k⸣ ḥbs.w.pl nfr[.w].pl wn.jn pꜣ ꜥḏd,w ḥr [ḫp]r mj ꜣb,w{.pl}-šmꜥ{,t.pl} m qnd,t […] ḥr pꜣ sm⸢y⸣
3.9 𓃀𓇋𓈖𓅪𓇋𓀁𓆓𓂧𓈖[⯑]𓈖𓆑𓇋𓅱𓋴𓏏𓋴𓈖𓂧𓅱𓅾𓀁𓏥𓂋𓇋𓈎𓂋𓏛𓊗𓏤𓏤𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓂧𓏏𓀗𓀁𓏥𓅓𓂞𓊃𓋴𓏏𓅓𓆓𓂧𓐍𓂋𓅓𓂝𓎡𓏭𓏛𓏏𓅱𓁐bjn j:ḏd.n =ss[t] n =f jw =st snd r-jqr zp-2 wn.jn =f ḥr ⟨m⟩d.t m-ḏi̯ =sst m-ḏd ḫr m =kj tw≡t
3.10 𓅓𓂞𓀀𓅓𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓅐𓏏𓏏𓁐𓐍𓂋𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓁐𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓂺𓏛𓅓𓂞𓀀𓅓𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓈖𓇋𓏏𓆑𓀀𓐍𓂋𓅯𓄿𓉻𓏛𓂋𓀀𓅓𓈖𓏏𓅱𓆑[⯑]𓀀𓇋𓐍𓏛m-ḏi̯ =j m sḫr,w n mw,t{t} ḫr pꜣy =t hꜣy m-ḏi̯ =j m sḫr,w n jt ḫr pꜣ ꜥꜣ r =j mntwf sḫpr ⟨w⟩j jḫ
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).
3.1 so that I may hasten back to the field, for my elder brother is waiting for me; let us not linger!" Then she said to him: "Go
3.2 and open the granary, and take for yourself whatever is in your heart; only do not make me leave my hairdressing half done!" So the youth went
3.3 into his stable, and he took a large jar, his heart set on taking much seed; and he loaded himself
3.4 with barley and emmer, and he came out bearing it. Then she said to him: "How heavy is the load you carry on your shoulder?" And he said to her: "Emmer
3.5 — three sacks; barley — two sacks; five in all. That is what is on my shoulder," so he said to her. Then she spoke with him, saying:
3.6 "Great is the strength that is in you, and I behold your vigor every day; my heart longs to know you as a man is known." Then she
3.7 stood up and seized him, and she said to him: "Come, let us make for ourselves an hour, let us sleep together! It will be splendid for you, and I will make
3.8 fine garments for you." Then the youth became like a leopard with fury […], because of the speech
3.9 she had spoken to him, evil that it was; and she was exceedingly afraid. Then he spoke with her, saying: "But see, you are to me as
3.10 a mother — deal with me as a mother; and your husband — deal with me as a father; for it is he, the elder, older than I, who raised me. What is this great wrong you spoke to me?"
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.
3.1 "I am hurrying to the field, for my elder brother is waiting for me. Let us not dawdle!" And she said to him:
3.2 "Go, open the granary, and take for yourself whatever you want. But do not let me leave my hairdressing half done!" Then the young man went
3.3 into his byre, and he took a large jar, because he wanted to take much seed. And he loaded himself
3.4 with barley and emmer, and he came out carrying them. And she said to him: "What weight is it that you carry on your shoulder?" And he said to her: "Emmer
3.5 three sacks and barley two sacks, five sacks altogether; that is what is on my shoulder." So he said to her. Then she spoke with him, saying: "There is strength
3.6 in you. Look, I see your strength every day, and my heart wants to know you in the way a man knows a woman." Then she
3.7 stood up and took hold of him. And she said to him: "Come, let us make an hour and lie together! This will be good for you, and I will make
3.8 beautiful clothes for you." Then the young man became like a leopard in his rage […], because of the speech
3.9 that she had spoken to him, and she was very much afraid. Then he spoke with her, saying: "But look,
3.10 you are to me like a mother, and your husband is to me like a father. For the older one, older than I am, is the one who raised me. What is this great