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7.1 𓁷⯑𓏤𓄋𓊪𓅱𓏏𓏴𓀁𓎛𓈖𓂝𓎡𓅓𓂺𓏛𓆑[⯑]𓂞𓏏𓅯𓄿[⯑]𓈖𓅯𓄿𓌳𓐙𓂝𓏏𓆄𓏛𓏥𓅯𓄿𓃹𓈖𓂜𓈖𓇋𓅱𓀀𓆣𓂋𓅱𓅓𓂞𓎡 […] 𓂋𓈖𓅘𓎛𓇳𓎛ḥr wpw.t ḥnꜥ =k m-bꜣḥ =f m[tw] =[f] ḏi̯.t pꜣ [ꜥḏꜣ],w n pꜣ mꜣꜥ,t⟨j⟩{,pl} pꜣ-wn nn jw =j (r) ḫpr m-ḏi̯ =k […] r-nḥḥ
7.2 𓂜𓈖𓇋𓅱𓀀𓂋𓆣𓂋𓅱𓅓𓊨𓏏𓉐𓇋𓅱𓎡𓇋𓅓𓋴𓈖𓏥𓇋𓅱𓀀𓂋𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓂋𓏏𓄿𓇋𓆛𓈖𓏏𓊌𓅯𓄿𓂝𓈙𓐎𓆭𓆱𓆱𓏥𓐍𓂋𓇋𓂋𓅓𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻𓇾𓈇𓏤𓌉𓆓𓇳𓏤𓏤𓈖𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤𓆣𓂋𓅱𓇋𓅱𓅯𓄿nn jw =j r ḫpr m s,t jw =k jm =s{n}⟨t⟩ jw =j r šmi̯.t r tꜣ jn,t (n) pꜣ ꜥš{.pl} ḫr-jr-m-ḫt tꜣ ḥḏ 2.n hrw ḫpr.w jw pꜣ
7.3 𓇳𓅆𓅃𓈀𓈀𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓅱𓃀𓈖𓇳𓅆𓇋𓅱𓌡𓂝𓏤[⯑]𓊪𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆴𓁺𓌡𓂝𓏤𓇋𓅓𓋴𓈖𓏥𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓅯𓄿𓂝𓆓𓂧𓅱𓀔𓅪⯑𓀀𓁷⯑𓏤𓌃𓂧𓅱𓀁𓏥𓅓𓂞𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓌢𓀀𓉻𓏛𓅓𓆓𓂧Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,t.du ḥr wbn jw wꜥ [ḥr] ptrj wꜥ jm =sn wn.jn pꜣ ꜥḏd,w ḥr mdw{.pl} m-ḏi̯ pꜣy =f sn ꜥꜣ m-ḏd
7.4 𓇋𓐍𓏛𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡𓇍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻𓅓𓐟𓏤𓀀𓂋𓄡𓂧𓃀𓅱𓌫𓂞𓅓𓎼𓂋𓍅𓏛𓅪𓏥𓇋𓅱𓂜𓈖𓄔𓅓𓏛𓎡𓂋𓏤𓀀𓁷⯑𓏤𓌃𓂧𓏏𓀗𓀁𓐍𓂋𓇋𓏌𓎡𓀀𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡𓌢𓀀𓅪𓅓𓂋𓂝𓏤𓐍𓂋jḫ pꜣy =k jy.t m-sꜣ =j r ẖdb =⟨j⟩ m-grg{.pl} jw nn sḏm =k rʾ =j ḥr md.t ḫr jnk pꜣy =k sn šrj m-rʾ-ꜥ ḫr
7.5 𓏏𓅱𓎡𓅓𓂞𓀀𓅓𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓇋𓏏𓆑𓀀𓐍𓂋𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡𓈞𓏏𓁐𓅓𓂞𓀀𓅓𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓈖𓅐𓏏𓏏𓁐𓇋𓋴𓃀𓈖𓇋𓂋𓅓𓈖𓇥𓂋𓅱𓀀𓉔𓄿𓃀𓂻𓎡𓂋𓏎𓈖𓈖𓈖𓏥𓉐𓂋𓏏𓀗𓌾𓏥𓇋𓅱𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡tw≡k m-ḏi̯ =j m sḫr,w n jt ḫr tꜣy =k ḥm,t m-ḏi̯ =j m sḫr,w n mw,t{t} js bn jr m-{n}ḏr{w} ={j} hꜣb =k r jni̯ n =n pr,t jw tꜣy =k
7.6 𓈞𓏏𓁐𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓀀𓅓𓂝𓇋𓏭𓂻𓁹𓇋𓇋𓈖𓏥𓃹𓈖𓏌𓏏𓇼𓇳𓏤𓋴𓇥𓂋𓁀𓈖𓏥𓐍𓂋𓊪𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆴𓁺𓊪𓈖𓂝𓊜𓂡𓇓𓅱𓈖𓎡𓅓𓎡𓏏𓐍𓏴𓏛𓏥𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓂞𓏏ḥm,t ḥr ḏd n =j mꜥ~j jry =n wnw,t sḏr =n ḫr ptrj pnꜥ =⟨st⟩ sw n =k m ktḫ wn.jn =f ḥr ḏi̯.t
7.7 𓂝𓌳𓄿𓅓𓅱𓁺𓆑𓅓𓅯𓄿𓆣𓂋𓅱𓎟𓏏𓅓𓂞𓆑𓎛𓈖𓂝𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓈞𓏏𓁐𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓂝𓂋𓈎𓅱𓍼𓂡𓆑𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓅆𓈌𓏏⯑𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆𓅓𓆓𓂧𓇋𓂋𓅯𓄿𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡ꜥmꜣm =f m pꜣ ḫpr nb{.t} m-ḏi̯ =f ḥnꜥ tꜣy =f ḥm,t wn.jn =f ḥr ꜥrq =f n pꜣ Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,t.du m-ḏd jr pꜣ{pꜣ}y =k
7.8 𓂋𓄡𓂧𓃀𓅱𓌫𓂡𓎡𓅓𓎼𓂋𓍅𓏛𓏥𓇋𓅱𓎡𓌨𓂋𓏭𓏛𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡𓈖𓂢𓅱𓇋𓇋𓈔𓌨𓂋𓏭𓏛𓊨𓏏𓉐𓂋𓏤𓅱𓏭𓈖𓂓𓏏𓀗𓁸𓏏𓄿𓎛𓅱𓏏𓐎𓏥𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓏎𓈖𓌡𓂝𓏤𓈖⟨jy.t⟩ r ẖdb ={k}⟨j⟩ m-grg{.pl} jw =k ẖr,j pꜣy =k njw,y ẖr,j-s,t-rʾ{.wj}-n kꜣ,t ⸮tꜣ-ḥw(ꜣ),t,pl? jw =f ḥr jni̯ wꜥ-n
7.9 𓋴𓆑𓈖𓂧𓌫𓂡𓎼𓈙𓇋⯑𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓈙𓂝𓂧𓄦𓌫𓂡𓎛𓈖𓏌𓅱⯑𓄹𓆑𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓆼𓄿𓂝𓂻𓆑𓂋𓅯𓄿𓈗𓇋𓅱𓅯𓄿𓈖𓂝𓂧𓅱𓆝𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓂝𓌳𓄿𓅓𓅱⯑𓄹𓏭𓇋𓅱𓆑sf{n}d-g(ꜣ)š.j jw =f ḥr šꜥd ḥnw =f jw =f ḥr ḫꜣꜥ =f r pꜣ mw jw pꜣ nꜥ{d}⟨r⟩{.w.pl} ḥr ⟨ꜥ⟩mꜣm{j} =⟨f⟩ jw =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).
7.1 plead my case against you before him, and he shall give the wicked over to the righteous; for I shall not be with you […] forever.
7.2 I shall not be in the place where you are; I shall go to the Valley of the Pine." And when the land grew bright, a second day having come,
7.3 Pre-Harakhti rose; and one of them saw the other. Then the youth spoke with his elder brother, saying:
7.4 "What is this, that you come after me to kill me wrongfully, and will not listen to what my mouth says? I am, after all, your younger brother; and
7.5 you are to me as a father; and your wife is to me as a mother. Is it not so? When you sent me to fetch seed for us, your
7.6 wife said to me: 'Come, let us make for ourselves an hour, let us sleep!' See how she turned it against you into something else!" And he made
7.7 him understand everything that had passed between him and his wife; and he swore an oath to Pre-Harakhti, saying: "As for your
7.8 coming to kill me wrongfully: you come bearing your spear, for the sake of an old woman's cunt!" And he took out a
7.9 reed knife, and cut off his phallus, and threw it into the water; and the catfish swallowed it. And he
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.
7.1 will argue with you before him, and he will hand the wrongdoer over to the righteous. For I will not be with you […] forever.
7.2 I will not be in the place where you are. I will go to the Valley of the Pine." Then, when the land grew light on the next day,
7.3 Pre-Harakhti rose, and the one of them saw the other. Then the young man spoke with his elder brother, saying:
7.4 "What is this, that you come after me to kill me wrongfully, and will not listen to my mouth speak? For I am your younger brother, after all. And
7.5 you are to me like a father, and your wife is to me like a mother. Is it not so? When you sent me to fetch seed for us, your
7.6 wife said to me: "Come, let us make an hour and lie together!" But look, she twisted it for you into something else." Then he made
7.7 him understand everything that had happened with his wife. Then he swore by Pre-Harakhti, saying: "As for your
7.8 coming to kill me wrongfully: you are carrying your spear because of the vagina of that shameless old woman." Then he took out a
7.9 reed knife, and he cut off his penis, and he threw it into the water, and the catfish swallowed it. And he