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Ubainer's Wife Loves a Commoner
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1.12 […] 𓈖𓇓𓆤[⯑][⯑][…] [ḏd.jn] [ḥm] n(,j) nswt-bj,tj [Ḫ]fw mꜣꜥ-[ḫrw] [jmi̯] [ḏi̯] =[tw]
1.13 [⯑]𓂧𓊃𓏊𓍢[⯑][mꜣꜥ] [tʾ] [1000] ḥ(n)q,t ds 100 jwꜣ [1] [sntr]
1.14 𓇓𓆤𓂦𓂋𓏛[⯑][pꜣd] [2] [n] nswt-bj,tj Ḏsr mꜣꜥ-ḫrw [ḥnꜥ] [rḏi̯.t] [ḏi̯] =[tw] [šns]
1.15 [⯑]𓏤𓇋𓅱𓆑𓄹𓏥𓅨𓂋𓇋𓄹 […][1] [ḥ(n)q,t] [ḏ]wjw 1 jwf wrj [sntr] [pꜣd] [1] [n] [ẖr(,j)-ḥb-ḥr,j-tp] […]
1.16 [⯑][⯑]𓆑𓈖𓂋𓐍𓏛[⯑]𓏇𓇋𓎗𓅱𓏏𓏛𓏥[jw] mꜣ[.n] =[j] s[p] =f n(,j) rḫ jri̯[.jn] =[tw] mj wḏ.t.pl
1.17 [⯑][⯑]𓁹𓈖𓇓𓏏𓈖𓅭[⯑][nb.t] [ḥm] =[f] [ꜥḥ]ꜥ pw jri̯.n zꜣ-nswt Ḫꜥ,w≡f-Rꜥ [r] [mdwi̯.t] [ḏd] =[f]
1.18 𓎡[⯑]𓆣𓂋𓏏𓅓𓂋𓎡𓇳[⯑][ḏi̯] =[j] [sḏm] [ḥm] =k [b]j(ꜣ),yt ḫpr.t m rk jt =[k]
1.19 [⯑]𓌳𓐙𓂝𓊤𓅱𓀁[⯑]𓆑𓂋𓊹𓉗𓏏𓉐𓈖𓏏Nb-kꜣ mꜣꜥ-ḫrw wḏꜣ =f r ⸢ḥw,t-nṯr⸣ n.t [Ptḥ]
1.20 [⯑]𓇋𓋴𓏏𓂋𓆑𓇋𓈖𓍛𓏤𓅆𓆑𓈝𓅓𓂻𓂋[⯑][nb]-ꜥnḫ-tꜣ.du jst r =f jn ḥm =f šm r wn[,t]
1.21 […] 𓇋𓈖𓍛𓏤𓅆𓆑𓁹𓂋𓎨𓈖𓏏𓏛𓏥𓈖𓏏[n.t] [Ptḥ] […] jn ḥm =f jri̯ ⸢ḥn,t⸣ n.t [wn,t] [n.t] [Ptḥ]
1.22 [⯑]𓍏𓃀𓅡𓄿𓏛𓇋𓈖𓂋𓊌𓀀𓎛𓈖𓂝[jw] [ẖr(,j)-ḥb-ḥr],j-tp Wbꜣ-jnr ḥnꜥ =[f]
1.23 𓈞𓏏𓁐[⯑][⯑] […][jst] [r] =[f] [⸮mri̯.n?] ḥm,t Wbꜣ-jnr n[ḏs] […]
1.24 […]…
1.25 […][ꜥḥꜥ.n] [hꜣb.n] [n] =[f] [tꜣ] [ḥm,t] [Wbꜣ-jnr]
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Egyptian, line for line, covering the whole surviving text of Papyrus Westcar (Berlin P 3033), columns 1–12, from line 1.12 to the end of column 12, 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).
1.12 […] Then the majesty of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Khufu, justified, said: “Have an offering presented:
1.13 1,000 loaves of bread, 100 ds-jars of beer, one longhorn ox, and incense,
1.14 two balls of it, for the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Djoser, justified; and have presented one shens-cake,
1.15 one dwjw-jar of beer, a large piece of meat, and one ball of incense for the chief lector priest […].
1.16 I have seen a demonstration of his knowledge.” Everything his majesty commanded was done.
1.17 The king’s son Khafre rose to speak, saying:
1.18 “I shall let your majesty hear of a wonder that happened in the time of your ancestor,
1.19 Nebka, justified, when he went to the temple of Ptah,
1.20 lord of Ankh-Tawy. His majesty himself went to the sanctuary
1.21 of Ptah […]. His majesty himself performed the rites of Ptah’s sanctuary,
1.22 and the chief lector priest Ubainer was with him.
1.23 Now Ubainer’s wife fell in love with a commoner […].
1.24 […]
1.25 Then Ubainer’s wife sent her maid to him.
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Egyptian text, line for line, covering the whole surviving text of Papyrus Westcar (Berlin P 3033), columns 1–12, from line 1.12 to the end of column 12.
1.12 […] Then King Khufu of Upper and Lower Egypt, now dead, said, “Have an offering made:
1.13 1,000 loaves of bread, 100 jars of beer, one ox, and incense,
1.14 two balls of it, for Djoser, king of Upper and Lower Egypt, now dead. Also have given one cake,
1.15 one jar of beer, a large piece of meat, and one ball of incense for the chief lector priest […].
1.16 I have seen proof of his knowledge.” Everything his Majesty ordered was done.
1.17 Then the king’s son Khafre stood up to speak. He said,
1.18 “I will tell your Majesty about a wonder that happened in the time of your ancestor,
1.19 Nebka, now dead, when he went to the temple of Ptah,
1.20 lord of Ankh-Tawy. The king himself went to the sanctuary
1.21 of Ptah […]. The king himself performed the rites at Ptah’s sanctuary,
1.22 and the chief lector priest Ubainer was with him.
1.23 Now Ubainer’s wife loved an ordinary man […].
1.24 […]
1.25 Then Ubainer’s wife sent him her maid,