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9.1 𓉔𓂋𓅱𓇳𓏤𓏥𓈎𓈖𓏌𓅱𓏴𓏛𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓐟𓏤𓇑𓇑𓈖𓈖𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓀨𓂡𓈖𓆑𓌡𓂝𓏤𓈖𓃀𓐍𓈖𓏌𓅱𓉐𓅓𓂧𓏏𓏤𓆑𓏏𓄿𓇋𓆛𓈖𓏏𓊌𓅯𓄿𓂝𓈙𓐎𓆭𓆱hrw.pl qn,w ḥr-sꜣ nn wn.jn =f ḥr qd n =f wꜥ-n bḫn,w m-ḏr,t =f ⟨m⟩ tꜣ jn,t (n) pꜣ ꜥš
9.2 𓇋𓅱𓆑𓎔𓏛𓅓𓐍𓏏𓏛𓏥𓎟𓄤𓆑𓂋𓈖𓋁𓃀𓅱𓀁𓎼𓂋𓍅𓏛𓈖𓆑𓉐𓏤𓉐𓂋𓂻𓊪𓅱𓁹𓈖𓆑𓅓𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓃀𓐍𓈖𓏌𓅱𓉐𓇋𓅱𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓍿𓎛𓈖𓂻𓏏𓄿𓇷𓏏𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥jw =f mḥ m (j)ḫ,t.pl nb(.wt) nfr(.wt) n-ꜣb,w grg n =f pr pri̯ pw jri̯.n =f m pꜣy =f bḫn,w jw =f ḥr ṯḥn tꜣ psḏ,t
9.3 𓇋𓅱𓋴𓈖𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓈝𓅓𓏏𓂻𓁷⯑𓏤𓁹𓂋𓏏𓋴𓐍𓂋𓅱𓏛𓏥𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓋴𓏏𓇾𓏤𓈇𓇥𓂋𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓏏𓄿𓇷𓏏𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓌡𓂝𓏤𓇋𓅓𓋴𓈖𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓆑jw =sn ḥr šmi̯.t ḥr jri̯.t sḫr,w n pꜣy =st tꜣ (r-)ḏr =f wn.jn tꜣ psḏ,t ḥr ḏd n wꜥ jm =sn ḥr ḏd n =f
9.4 𓉔𓄿𓅱𓀁𓅡𓏤𓏏𓏐𓏒𓏥𓅆𓂓𓂸𓃒𓈖𓏏𓄿𓇷𓏏𓊹𓊹𓊹𓅆𓏥𓇋𓈖𓇋𓅱𓎡𓂧𓏭𓈐𓌡𓂝𓏤𓅪𓍘𓇋𓇋𓅱𓆼𓄿𓂝𓂻𓎡𓊖𓏏𓏤𓎡𓂋𓄂𓏏𓏤𓏏𓄿𓈞𓏏𓁐𓈖𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓅆𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓎡𓌢𓀀hꜣw Bꜣ~tʾ kꜣ n tꜣ psḏ,t jn-jw =k dj wꜥi̯.tj jw ḫꜣꜥ =k nʾ,t =k r-ḥꜣ,t tꜣ ḥm,t n Jnp,w pꜣy =k sn
9.5 𓉻𓏛𓊪𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆴𓁺𓄡𓂧𓃀𓅱𓌫𓂡𓏏𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓈞𓏏𓁐𓐍𓂋𓇋𓅱𓎡𓂝𓈖𓂽𓈖𓆑𓅱𓈙𓃀𓏏𓏴𓀁𓏥𓏏𓉔𓄿𓂾𓂻𓏥𓎟𓏏𓂋𓎡𓇋𓅱𓄂𓏏𓏭𓄣𓋴𓈖𓏥𓍋𓅓𓂋𓅪ꜥꜣ ptrj ẖdb tꜣy =f ḥm,t ḫr jw =k ꜥn n =f wšb{,t} ⟨⸮n?⟩ thꜣ{.pl} nb{.t} r =k jw ḥꜣ,tj⟨.pl⟩ =sn (ḥr) mḥr
9.6 𓈖𓆑𓂋𓇋𓈎𓂋𓏛𓊗𓏤𓏤𓇋𓅱𓅯𓄿𓇳𓅆𓅃𓈌𓏏⯑𓉐𓉐𓅆𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓈖𓎸𓅓𓅱𓅆𓇋𓐍𓏛𓀨𓂡𓎡𓌡𓂝𓏤𓈖𓊃𓏏𓁐𓈞𓏏𓁐𓈖𓅡𓏤𓏏𓏐𓏒𓏥𓅆𓏏𓍃𓅓𓏛𓎡n =f r-jqr zp-2 jw pꜣ Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,t.du ḥr ḏd n H̱nm,w jḫ qd =k wꜥ-n s,t-ḥm,t n Bꜣ~tʾ tm ={k}⟨f⟩
9.7 𓈞𓊃𓀔𓌡𓂝𓏤𓅪𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓎸𓅓𓅱𓅆𓁷⯑𓏤𓁹𓂋𓏏𓈖𓆑𓇋𓂋𓏭𓀹𓏛𓁐𓈞𓊃𓀔𓇓𓅱𓇋𓅱𓋴𓏏𓄤𓆑𓂋𓅓𓎛𓂝𓏏𓄹𓏥𓁐𓋴𓏏𓂋𓊃𓏏𓁐𓈞𓏏𓁐𓎟𓏏𓈖𓏏𓏭ḥmsi̯ wꜥi̯ wn.jn H̱nm,w ḥr jri̯.t n =f jr,j-(n-)ḥmsi̯ ={sw} jw =st nfr⟨.tj⟩ m ḥꜥ,t =st r s,t-ḥm,t nb.t n,tj
9.8 𓅓𓅯𓄿𓇾𓏤𓈇𓇥𓂋𓇋𓅱𓊹𓅆𓎟𓏏𓇋𓅓𓋴𓏏𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓏏𓄿𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓉗𓏏𓉐𓁷𓂋𓏏𓊪𓆗𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓇍𓇋𓇋𓏏𓂻𓊪𓏏𓂋𓇋𓆴𓁺𓋴𓏏𓇋𓅱𓋴𓈖𓏥𓁷⯑𓏤𓆓𓂧𓂋𓏤𓅱𓏭m pꜣ tꜣ (r-)ḏr =⟨f⟩ jw nṯr nb{.t} jm =st wn.jn tꜣ 7 Ḥ,t-ḥr,t{p}.pl ḥr jy.t ⟨r⟩ ptrj =st jw =sn ḥr ḏd ⟨m⟩ rʾ{.wj}
9.9 𓌡𓂝𓏤𓇋𓀁𓁹𓂋𓏏𓋴𓏏𓅓𓏏𓀏𓂧𓅓𓏏𓌫𓂡𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓁷⯑𓏤𓋁𓃀𓅱𓀁𓋴𓏏𓂋𓇋𓈎𓂋𓏛𓊗𓏤𓏤𓇋𓅱𓋴𓏏𓈞𓊃𓀔𓁐𓅓𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑𓉐𓏤𓇋𓅱𓅨𓂋𓈙𓇳𓏤𓆑wꜥ j:jri̯{.t} =st mt ⟨m⟩ dm,t wn.jn =f ḥr ꜣbi̯ =st r-jqr zp-2 jw =st (ḥr) ḥmsi̯ ={t} m pꜣy =f pr jw wršu̯ =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).
9.1 Now, many days after this, he built himself a fortress with his own hands in the Valley of the Pine.
9.2 It was filled with all good things, because he wished to found a household; and he went out from his fortress, and he met the Ennead
9.3 as they went about taking care of the whole land; and the Ennead spoke among themselves, and one of them said to him:
9.4 "Ho, Bata, bull of the Ennead! Are you here all alone, after leaving your village because of the wife of Anubis, your
9.5 elder brother? See, his wife has been slain; and you shall call him to account for all the wrong done to you." And their hearts ached
9.6 for him exceedingly. And Pre-Harakhti said to Khnum: "Make a woman for Bata, so that he may not live alone!"
9.7 And Khnum made him a companion, and she was more beautiful in her body than any woman
9.8 in the whole land, for every god was in her. And the Seven Hathors came to see her, and they said with one mouth:
9.9 "She shall die by the knife." And he desired her exceedingly; and she sat in his house while he spent his day
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.
9.1 Many days after this, he built himself a fortified house with his own hands in the Valley of the Pine.
9.2 He filled it with every kind of good thing, because he wanted to set up a household. And he went out of his fortified house,
9.3 and he met the Ennead as they went along, taking thought for their whole land. And the Ennead spoke to one another, and said to him:
9.4 "Ho, Bata, bull of the Ennead! Are you here all alone, after leaving your village because of the wife of Anubis, your elder
9.5 brother? Look, his wife has been killed, and you will hold him to answer for all the wrong done to you." And their hearts ached for him
9.6 very greatly. And Pre-Harakhti said to Khnum: "Please form a woman for Bata, so that he does not
9.7 sit alone." And Khnum made a companion for him, and she was more beautiful in her body than any woman
9.8 in the whole land, and every god was in her. Then the Seven Hathors came to see her, and they spoke with one mouth:
9.9 "She will die by a knife." And he desired her very greatly, and she sat in his house while he spent his day