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5.1 𓌢𓀀𓅪𓇋𓂋𓈖𓇥𓂋𓏏𓏭[⯑][⯑]𓈖𓎡𓉐𓂋𓏏𓀗𓌾𓏥𓇋𓅱𓆑𓅠𓅓𓏛𓁐𓈞𓊃𓀔𓎡𓅱𓁐𓌡𓂝𓏤𓅪𓁐𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓁐𓅓𓂝𓇋𓏏𓂻𓁐𓁹𓇋𓇋𓈖𓏥𓃹𓈖𓏌𓏏𓇼𓇳𓏤𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓈖𓏥sn šrj jr {n}⟨m⟩-ḏr{,tj} jwi̯[.t] =[f] [r] [j]ṯꜣ n =k pr,t jw =f (ḥr) gmi̯ =j ḥmsi̯.kwj wꜥi̯ =j jw =f ḥr ḏd n =j mꜥ~j{.t} jry =n wnw,t sḏr =n
5.2 𓃹𓈖𓐍𓅱𓍼𓍱𓁐𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓁐[⯑]𓇋𓀁𓈖𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓇋𓅱𓁐𓁷⯑𓏤𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏏𓄔𓅓𓏛𓈖𓆑𓇋𓋴𓃀𓈖𓇋𓏌𓎡𓀀𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡𓅐𓏏𓁐𓐍𓂋𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡𓌢𓀀𓉻𓏛𓅓𓂞𓎡𓅓𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓇋𓏏𓆑𓀀wnḫ =t pꜣy =t nb[d] j.n =f ḥr ḏd n =j jw =j ḥr tm.t sḏm n =f js bn jnk tꜣy =k mw,t ḫr pꜣy =k sn ꜥꜣ m-ḏi̯ =k m sḫr,w n jt
5.3 𓇋𓀁𓈖𓁐𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤[⯑]𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓈎𓈖𓈎𓈖𓏴𓂡𓂋𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏏𓂞𓏏𓁹𓇋𓇋𓁐𓈖𓎡𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏴𓀁𓐍𓂋𓇋𓂋𓂞𓎡𓋹𓈖𓐍𓆑𓇋𓅱𓁐𓂋𓅓𓏏𓀏𓈖𓁐𓊪𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆴𓁺j.n =j ḥr ḏd n =f jw =f ḥr ⟨s⟩[nd]{.pl} jw =f ḥr qnqn =⟨j⟩ r tm.t ḏi̯.t jry =j n =k wpw,t ḫr jr ḏi̯ =k ꜥnḫ =f jw =j r mt n =j ptrj
5.4 𓃹𓈖𓈖𓆑𓇍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻𓅓 […] 𓅯𓄿𓃹𓈖𓏏𓅱𓁐⯑𓈖𓏌𓅱𓀁𓅯𓄿𓏭𓋴𓏇𓇋𓇋𓀁𓏥𓃀𓇋𓈖𓅪𓃹𓈖𓅱𓇋𓅱𓆑𓂋𓁹𓂋𓆑𓅓𓋴𓆓𓇳𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓌢𓀀𓉻𓏛𓁷⯑𓏤𓆣𓂋𓅱wnn =f jy.t m […] pꜣ-wn tw≡j (ḥr) šnw pꜣj smy bjn wn jw =f r jri̯ =f m ⸮s{ḏ}⟨f⟩? wn.jn pꜣy =f sn ꜥꜣ ḥr ḫpr
5.5 𓏇𓇋𓋁𓃀𓅱𓄛𓏥𓇗𓂝𓏏𓀗𓄛𓏥𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷𓏤𓂞𓏏𓂧𓅓𓅱𓌫𓂡𓏏𓅱𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓈖𓂢𓅱𓇋𓇋𓈔𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓂞𓏏𓅱𓆑𓅓𓂧𓏏𓏤𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓉻𓏛𓊢𓂝𓂻𓈖𓇉𓄿𓁶𓅯𓄿𓋴𓃀𓇼𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆱𓉐mj ꜣbw{.pl}-šmꜥ{,t.pl} jw =f ḥr ḏi̯.t dmw.tw pꜣy =f njw,y jw =f ḥr ḏi̯.t =f m ḏr,t =f wn.jn pꜣy =f ⟨sn⟩ ꜥꜣ (ḥr) ꜥḥꜥ n-ḥꜣ pꜣ sbꜣ,y
5.6 𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓇋𓀁𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓉐𓏥𓂋𓄡𓂧𓃀𓅱𓌫𓂡𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓌢𓀀𓅪𓅓𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓇍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻𓅓𓂋𓅱𓉔𓄿𓇰𓇳𓏤𓂋𓂞𓏏𓅧𓈎𓂻𓈖𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏥𓆑𓇋𓄿𓅱𓏏𓄛𓏤𓏥𓂋𓅯𓄿(n) pꜣy =f j~hꜣy{,t.pl} r ẖdb pꜣy =f sn šrj m pꜣy =f jy.t m rwhꜣ r ḏi̯.t ꜥq nꜣy =f jꜣw,t r pꜣ
5.7 𓇋𓀁𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓉐𓏥[⯑]𓅯𓄿𓆄𓅱𓇳𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓊵𓏏𓊪𓅆𓇋𓅱𓆑𓄿𓏏𓊪𓀋𓂡𓆑𓋴𓏏𓏭𓄦𓅓𓅱𓆰𓏥𓎟𓈖𓇏𓏏𓈇𓏤𓏥𓅓𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓏏𓏭𓇳𓏤𓎟𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤j~hꜣy{,t.pl} ḫr-[jr] pꜣ šw ḥr ḥtp jw =f (ḥr) ꜣtp =f ⟨m⟩ stjmw.pl nb(.w) n sḫ,t.pl m pꜣy =f sḫr,w n,tj rꜥ-nb jw =f ḥr
5.8 𓇍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻𓇋𓅱𓏏𓄿𓃒𓏥𓄂𓅱𓏏𓏭𓏴𓂻𓁷⯑𓏤𓅧𓈎𓂻𓂋𓅯𓄿𓇋𓀁𓉔𓄿𓇋𓇋𓏏𓉐𓏥𓇋𓅱𓋴⯑𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏𓀦𓇋𓅱𓂡𓅓𓎡𓅱𓀀𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡𓌢𓀀𓉻𓏛𓊢𓂝𓂻jy.t jw ⸢tꜣ⸣ jḥ(,t){.pl} ḥꜣ,wtj(.t) ḥr ꜥq r pꜣ j~hꜣy{,t.pl} jw =((s))[[t]] ḥr ḏd n pꜣy =st mnj,w m =kw pꜣy =k sn ꜥꜣ ꜥḥꜥ
5.9 𓂋𓄂𓏏𓏤𓏏𓅱𓎡𓌨𓂋𓏭𓏛𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓈖𓂢𓅱𓇋𓇋𓈔𓂋𓄡𓂧𓅱𓃀𓅱𓌫𓂡𓎡𓂋𓅱𓇋𓂻𓎡𓏏𓅱𓂋𓄂𓏏𓏤𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓄔𓅓𓏛𓅯𓄿𓆓𓂧𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓇋𓎛𓃒𓏥𓄂𓅱𓏏𓏭𓏴𓂻𓇋𓅱r-ḥꜣ,t.ṱ =k ẖr,j pꜣy =f njw,y r ẖd{w}b =k rwj =k tw r-ḥꜣ,t =f wn.jn =f ḥr sḏm pꜣ ḏd tꜣy =f jḥ(,t){.pl} ḥꜣ,wtj(.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).
5.1 younger brother. When he came to fetch seed for you, he found me sitting alone; and he said to me: 'Come, let us make for ourselves an hour, let us sleep together!'
5.2 'Loosen your braid!' — so he said to me. But I did not listen to him. 'Am I not your mother? And is your elder brother not to you as a father?' — so I said to him.
5.3 When I said this to him, he grew afraid; and he beat me, to keep me from making report to you. Now if you let him live, I shall kill myself. See, the moment he comes
5.4 […], for I suffer over this evil thing he meant to do yesterday." Then her elder brother became
5.5 like a leopard; he had his spear sharpened and set it in his hand; and his elder brother stood behind the door
5.6 of his stable, to kill his younger brother when he came in the evening bringing his herds into the
5.7 stable. When the sun set, he loaded himself, after his daily manner, with every plant of the fields; and he
5.8 came; and the lead cow entered the stable, and she said to her herdsman: "See, your elder brother stands
5.9 before you with his spear, to kill you! Flee from him!" And he heard what his lead cow said. 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.
5.1 younger brother. When he came to take seed for you, he found me sitting all alone, and he said to me: "Come, let us make an hour and lie together!
5.2 Loosen your braid!" So he said to me. But I did not listen to him. Am I not your mother, and is your elder brother not to you like a father? So I said to him.
5.3 Then he became afraid, and he beat me, to keep me from making a report to you. So if you let him live, I will die for it. Look,
5.4 when he comes […], for I am hurting over this bad thing that he wanted to do yesterday(?)." Then his elder brother became
5.5 like a leopard, and he had his spear sharpened, and he put it in his hand. And his elder brother stood behind the door
5.6 of his byre, to kill his younger brother when he came in the evening to bring his cattle into the
5.7 byre. When the sun went down, he loaded himself with all the plants of the fields, in his way of every day. And
5.8 he came, and the lead cow entered the byre. And she said to her herdsman: "Look, your elder brother is standing in front of you
5.9 with his spear, to kill you. Run away from him!" And he heard what his lead cow said. And