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4.1 𓅯𓄿𓏭𓃀𓏏𓍔𓄿𓅱𓏴𓅪𓉻𓏛𓇋𓀀𓆓𓂧𓈖𓀀𓅓𓁹𓆓𓂧𓏏𓅱𓆑𓈖𓀀𓂝𓈖𓂻𓐍𓂋𓂜𓈖𓇋𓅱𓀀𓂋𓆓𓂧𓏏𓅱𓆑𓈖𓌡𓂝𓏤𓐍𓂋𓃀𓈖[⯑]𓂋𓂞𓏏𓉐𓂋𓂻𓆑𓅓𓂋𓏤𓀀𓈖𓂋𓍿𓀀𓁐𓏥pꜣj btꜣ,w ꜥꜣ j:ḏd =⟨t⟩ n =j m-jri̯ ḏd.ṱ =f n =j ꜥn ḫr nn jw =j r ḏd.ṱ =f n wꜥ ḫr bn jw =[j] r ḏi̯.t pri̯ =f m rʾ =j n r(m)ṯ
4.2 𓎟𓏏𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓆑𓄿𓀋𓂡𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓄿𓏏𓊪𓀋𓂡𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓈖𓆑𓂋𓇏𓏏𓈇𓏤𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓄭𓂋𓂻𓂋𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓌢𓀀𓉻𓏛𓇋𓅱𓋴𓈖𓏥𓎔𓏛𓂋𓅡𓎡𓅱𓏛𓂡nb{.t} jw =f ḥr fꜣi̯ tꜣy =f ꜣtp(,t) jw =f ḥr šmi̯.t n =f r sḫ,t wn.jn =f ḥr spr r pꜣy =f sn ꜥꜣ jw =sn (ḥr) mḥ r bꜣk
4.3 𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓈖𓏥𓂋𓂝𓏤𓅡𓎡𓅱𓏛𓂡𓐍𓂋𓇋𓂋𓅓𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓁷[⯑]𓈖𓂋𓅱𓉔𓄿𓇰𓇳𓏤𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓌢𓀀𓊠𓂝𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥⟨m⟩ pꜣy =sn rʾ-ꜥ-bꜣk,w ḫr-jr-m-ḫt ḥr ⸢trj⸣ n rwhꜣ wn.jn pꜣy =f sn ⸢ꜥꜣ⸣ (ḥr) wḥꜥ [r] [pꜣy] =[f]
4.4 𓉐𓏤𓇋𓅱𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓌢𓀀𓅪𓅓𓐟𓏤𓈖𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏥𓆑𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓄛𓏥[⯑]𓆑𓅓𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓎟𓈖𓇏𓏏𓈇𓏤𓅓𓏏𓅱𓆑𓏎𓈖𓈖𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏥𓆑𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓊑𓄛𓏥pr jw pꜣy =f sn šrj m-sꜣ nꜣy =f jꜣw,t m[tw] =[f] ꜣtp.ṱ =f m (j)ḫ,t.pl nb(.wt) n sḫ,t mtw =f jni̯ nꜣy =f jꜣw,t
4.5 𓂋𓄂𓏏𓏤𓆑𓂋𓂞𓏏𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓅱𓏥𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓈖𓏥[⯑][⯑]𓅓𓅯𓄿[⯑]𓇋𓋴𓏏𓄿𓈞𓏏𓁐𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓌢𓀀𓉻𓏛𓋴𓈖𓂧𓅱𓅾𓀀𓍘𓇋r-ḥꜣ,t =f r ḏi̯.t sḏr =w ⟨m⟩ pꜣy =sn j~hꜣ[y{,t.pl}] [n],tj m pꜣ ⸢dmj{,t}⸣ js tꜣ ḥm,t n pꜣy =f sn ꜥꜣ snd.tj
4.6 𓅯𓄿[⯑]𓇋𓀁𓆓𓂧𓈖𓊃𓋴𓏏𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓊃𓋴𓏏𓁷⯑𓏤𓏎𓈖𓎙𓂧𓅱𓐎𓏥𓊪𓂧𓏭𓂋𓏤𓍱𓇋𓅱𓋴𓏏𓁷⯑𓏤𓆣𓂋𓅱𓏇𓇋𓈖𓏏𓏭𓈎𓈖𓈎𓈖𓏴𓂡𓍘𓇋𓈖𓂝𓍑𓄿𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓈖𓋁𓃀𓅱𓀁⟨⸮ḥr?⟩ pꜣ smy j:ḏd.n =sst wn.jn =sst ḥr jni̯ [ꜥ]d,w pd~jrʾ jw =st ḥr ḫpr mj n,tj qnqn.tj n ꜥḏꜣ,w ={j} n-ꜣb,w
4.7 𓆓𓂧𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓂺𓏛𓅓𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡𓌢𓀀𓅪𓇋𓀁𓁹𓂋[⯑]𓇋𓅱𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓂺𓏛𓁷⯑𓏤𓊠𓂝𓅱𓏛𓂡𓀀𓏥𓅓𓂋𓅱𓉔𓄿𓇰𓇳𓏤ḏd n pꜣy =st hꜣy m pꜣy =k sn šrj j:jri̯ qnqn jw pꜣy =st hꜣy ḥr wḥꜥ m rwhꜣ
4.8 𓅓𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓏏𓏭𓇳𓏤𓎟𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓄭𓂋𓂻𓂋𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓉐𓏤𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓅠𓅓𓏛𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓈞𓏏𓁐𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓍘𓇋𓍋𓅓𓂋𓅪𓍘𓇋𓈖[⯑]𓇋𓅱𓋴𓏏m pꜣy =f sḫr,w n,tj rꜥ-nb jw =f ḥr spr r pꜣy =f pr jw =f ḥr gmi̯ tꜣy =f ḥm,t sḏr.tj mḥr.tj n ꜥḏꜣ,w jw =st
4.9 𓁷⯑𓏤𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏏𓂞𓏏𓈗𓁷⯑𓏤𓂧𓏏𓏤𓆑𓅓𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓇋𓅱𓃀𓅱𓊪𓅱𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏[⯑]𓂋𓄂𓏏𓏤𓆑𓇋𓅱𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓉐𓏤𓅓𓎡𓎡𓅱𓏭𓇰𓇳𓏤𓇋𓅱𓋴𓏏𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓍘𓇋ḥr tm.t ḏi̯.t mw ḥr ḏr,t =f m pꜣy =f sḫr,w ⟨n,tj⟩ ⟨rꜥ-nb⟩ jw bw-pwy =st s[t]ꜣ r-ḥꜣ,t =f jw pꜣy =f pr m kk,wj jw =st sḏr.tj
4.10 𓃀𓈙𓂐𓏥𓇋𓅱𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓂺𓏛𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓊃𓋴𓏏𓅓𓈖𓏭𓅓𓂝𓀁[⯑]𓅓𓂞𓁐𓊢𓂝𓂻𓆓𓂧𓋴𓏏𓈖𓆑𓃀𓅱𓊪𓅱𓌡𓂝𓏤𓌃𓂧𓏏𓀗𓀁𓅓𓂞𓁐𓁷𓂋𓅱𓈐𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡⟨ḥr⟩ bši̯{.pl} jw pꜣy =st hꜣy ḥr ḏd n =sst m nj~mꜥ md{.t} m-ḏi̯ =t ꜥḥꜥ⟨.n⟩ ḏd =st n =f bw-pw wꜥ md.t m-ḏi̯ =j ḥr,w pꜣy =k
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).
4.1 "This great wrong, do not speak it to me again; and I will tell it to no one; nor will I let it come out of my mouth to any person."
4.2 Then he lifted his load and went to the field; and he reached his elder brother, and they set to work
4.3 at their task. And later, at evening, his elder brother returned
4.4 to his house, while his younger brother was out behind his herds; and he loaded himself with all the good things of the field, and he brought his herds
4.5 before him, to let them sleep in their stable in the village. Now the wife of his elder brother was afraid
4.6 because of the speech she had made. Then she took fat and a bandage, and she made herself like one beaten wrongfully, intending to say to her husband:
4.7 "It was your younger brother who beat me." And her husband returned in the evening,
4.8 after his daily manner; and he came to his house, and he found his wife lying, feigning illness; and she
4.9 did not pour water on his hand, as was his daily custom, and she had not kindled a light before him, and his house was dark, and she lay
4.10 spitting. Then her husband said to her: "Who has quarreled with you?" Then she said to him: "No one quarreled with me but your
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.
4.1 wrong that you spoke to me? Do not say it to me again! And I will not say it to anyone, and I will not let it come out of my mouth to any person."
4.2 Then he lifted up his load and went back to the field, and he came to his elder brother, and they began to work at their task.
4.3 Then, at evening time, his elder brother went back to his
4.4 house, while his younger brother was behind his herd. And he loaded himself with every good thing of the field, and he brought his cattle before him
4.5 to make them lie down for the night in their byre, which was in the village. Now the wife of his elder brother was afraid
4.6 because of the speech she had spoken. She took fat and a bandage, and she made herself like one who had been beaten wrongfully, wanting to say to her husband:
4.7 "It was your younger brother who beat me." And her husband came home in the evening, in his way of every day,
4.8 and he came to his house and found his wife lying there and acting sick, as if she had been wronged. And
4.9 she did not pour water on his hand, in her way of every day, and she did not light a light before him, and his house was in darkness, and she lay
4.10 spitting. And her husband said to her: "Who is the one who quarreled with you?" And she said to him: "No one quarreled with me except your