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The Steward Exposes the Affair
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2.1 [⯑]𓈖𓆑𓂾𓏤𓆱𓏤[⯑]𓅓𓎛𓃀𓋴𓅱𓋳𓏥[wbꜣ,yt] =[s] [ꜥḥꜥ.n] [rḏi̯.n] =[s] [⸮jṯi̯?].tw n =f pds 1 mḥ m ḥbs,w
2.2 𓆤𓂻𓅱𓏏𓊪𓅱𓁹𓈖𓆑[⯑][⯑][m] [⸮špss?] [n] bj,tj jwi̯.t pw jri̯.n =f ḥn[ꜥ] [tꜣ] wbꜣ[,yt]
2.3 [⯑][⯑][⯑]𓂋𓆑𓃹𓈖[⯑][ḫr-m-ḫt] hrw[.pl] [swꜣ] ⸢ḥr⸣ [nn] [js]t r =f wn šzp[,t]
2.4 [⯑]𓊢𓂝𓈖𓆓𓂧𓈖[⯑][⯑][m] [š] [n(,j)] [W]bꜣ-jnr ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n [p]ꜣ nḏs
2.5 [⯑]𓇋𓅱[⯑]𓃹𓈖𓊏𓊪𓏏𓉐[n] [tꜣ] [ḥm,t] [Wbꜣ]-jnr jw ms wn šzp,t
2.6 𓊢𓂝𓈖𓅓𓂝𓏏𓈖𓏥𓁹𓈖𓏥[⯑]𓇋𓅓𓋴[m] [pꜣ] [š] ꜥḥꜥ.n [ḏd.n] [tꜣ] [ḥm,t] ⸢m⸣ =tn jri̯ =n ꜣ[,t] jm =s
2.7 [⯑]𓈖𓁷𓂋𓏭𓉐𓏤𓀀𓈖𓏏𓏭[ꜥḥꜥ.n] [hꜣb.n] [tꜣ] [ḥm,t] Wbꜣ-jnr n ḥr,j-pr n,tj
2.8 [⯑][⯑]𓏏𓅱𓏏𓄿𓊏𓊪𓏏𓉐[m-sꜣ] [pꜣ] [š] [r-ḏd] [j]mi̯ sspd =tw tꜣ šzp,t
2.9 𓋴[⯑]𓋴𓇋𓅓𓁷𓏤[⯑][m] [bw-nb-nfr] [šꜣs] [pw] [jri̯.n] =⸢s⸣ wršu̯.n =s jm ḥr swr[j]
2.10 […] [⯑] […] 𓐍𓂋𓀒𓅓𓆱𓐍𓏏𓂻[ḥnꜥ] [pꜣ] [nḏs] […] [r] ḥtp =[sn] […] ḫr-m-ḫt
2.11 𓆑𓃹𓈖𓇋𓈖𓆑𓁷𓏤[mšr,w] [ḫpr] [jwi̯.t] [pw] [jri̯.n] =f wn.jn =f ḥr
2.12 𓈙𓈇𓏤[⯑][⯑][hꜣi̯.t] [r] [pꜣ] š wn.j[n] [tꜣ] wbꜣ,yt
2.13 𓅯𓄿[⯑][ḥr] [ꜥḥꜥ] [n] =[f] [r] [jwi̯.t] =[f] [r] pꜣ [š] [wn.jn] [pꜣ] [ḥr,j]-pr
2.14 𓂋[⯑][⯑][jm] [ꜥḥꜥ.n] [ḏd.n] =[f] [jw] =[j] r [š]m[.t] [r] [Wbꜣ]-jnr
2.15 [⯑]𓌉𓆓𓇳𓏤𓏤[⯑][⯑]𓊪𓅱[ḫr-m-ḫt] tꜣ ḥḏ 2 [n(,j)] h[rw] [ḫpr] [šꜣ]s pw
2.16 [⯑][⯑][jri̯.n] [pꜣ] [ḥr,j-pr] [r] [Wbꜣ-jnr] [r] [wḥm] [n] =[f] mdw,t tn
2.17 𓎡[ḏd] =[f] [m] =[k] [jn] [tꜣy] =[k] [ḥm,t] [wršu̯] [m] [tꜣy] =k [šzp,t]
2.18 [⯑]𓅯𓄿[⯑] […] 𓁹𓈖𓆑𓋴𓊪𓆑[j]s[t] [sj] [ḥnꜥ] pꜣ n[ḏs] […] […] jri̯.n =f ⟨r⟩ ⸮sp⟨.du⟩? =⸮f(j)?
2.19 [⯑]𓈙𓈇𓏤[⯑]𓂋𓂝𓈖𓆑𓇓𓅱𓈖𓅯𓄿𓇋𓇋𓆑[m] [pꜣy] =[k] š [ꜥḥꜥ.n] rḏi̯.n =f sw n pꜣy =f [nb] [Wbꜣ-jnr] [r]
2.20 [⯑]𓈖𓏏𓈗[⯑][⯑] […]ḥꜣ[y,t] n.t mw ꜥḥꜥ.n _f […]
2.21 𓊢𓂝𓈖𓏎𓈖𓈖𓀀[⯑] […] 𓈖𓍁𓈖𓏭𓆭𓆱ꜥḥꜥ.n [ḏd.n] [Wbꜣ-jnr] jni̯ n =j ꜥ.[w]j […] ⸮n? hbnj
2.22 𓁷𓏤𓌀𓅓𓅱𓋞[⯑][⯑][⯑][⯑] […] [⯑]𓆑[⯑]⸢ḥr⸣ ḏꜥmw msi̯ =[j] _b_ [h]ꜣb wp[w,tj] […] [ꜥḥꜥ.n] [jṯi̯].n =f [ms]ḥ
2.23 𓈖 […] 𓎔𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓏤𓆑𓄞𓂧𓀁n(,j) […] ⸮mḥ? 7 [wn.jn] =f [ḥr] šdi̯[.t]
2.24 𓎛𓎛𓏭𓂻𓆑 […] 𓄞𓂧𓀁 […] 𓁷𓏤 […] 𓂻𓅱𓏏𓆑⸢ḥḥ⸣ =⸢f⸣ […] šd […] ḥr […] jwi̯t =f
2.25 𓃂𓈗𓈙𓈇𓏤𓀀 […] [⯑][r] wꜥb [m] š […] [n]ḏs
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).
2.1 She had a chest brought to him, full of clothing
2.2 and treasures fit for a king. He came with the maid,
2.3 once some days had passed. There was a pavilion
2.4 in Ubainer’s garden by the pool. The commoner said
2.5 to Ubainer’s wife, “There is a pavilion
2.6 in the garden.” The wife said, “Come, let us spend a while in it.”
2.7 Then Ubainer’s wife sent word to the steward who
2.8 looked after the garden pool: “Have the pavilion furnished
2.9 with every good thing.” She went there and spent the day drinking
2.10 with the commoner […] until they were content […]. When
2.11 evening came, he went out. Then he
2.12 went down to the garden pool. The maid
2.13 waited for him until he came to the pool. The steward
2.14 was there too, and said, “I am going to Ubainer.”
2.15 When daylight broke and two days had passed, the steward went
2.16 to Ubainer to tell him of this affair.
2.17 He said, “It was your wife who spent the day in your pavilion,
2.18 with that commoner […]. He committed adultery twice
2.19 in your garden pool.” Then the steward took himself to the shallows of the water for his master Ubainer.
2.20 Then he […].
2.21 Ubainer said, “Bring me a pair of […] of ebony
2.22 and white gold. I shall fashion […] and send a messenger […].” Then he took a crocodile
2.23 of […] seven cubits. He recited a spell
2.24 and sought […] recited […] upon […]. “When he comes
2.25 to bathe in the pool […] the commoner […].”
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.
2.1 her maid. She had a box full of clothes brought to him,
2.2 and fine things fit for a king. He came with the maid
2.3 after some days had passed. There was a pavilion
2.4 in Ubainer’s garden lake. The man said
2.5 to Ubainer’s wife, “There is a pavilion
2.6 in the lake.” She said, “Come, let’s spend some time there.”
2.7 Then Ubainer’s wife sent word to the caretaker
2.8 of the lake: “Have the pavilion prepared
2.9 with all kinds of good things.” She went there and spent the day drinking
2.10 with the man […] until they were content […]. When
2.11 evening came, he left
2.12 and went down to the lake. The maid
2.13 waited for him to come to the lake. The caretaker
2.14 was there too. He said, “I will go to Ubainer.”
2.15 After daybreak, when two days had passed, the caretaker went
2.16 to Ubainer to tell him about this matter.
2.17 He said, “Your wife spent a day in your pavilion.
2.18 She was with the man […]. What he did was adultery, twice,
2.19 in your lake.” Then the caretaker led his master Ubainer to
2.20 the shallow part of the water. Then he […].
2.21 Then Ubainer said, “Bring me a pair of […] made of ebony
2.22 and white gold. I will make […] and send a messenger […].” Then he took a crocodile
2.23 of […] seven cubits […]. He recited a spell
2.24 and searched […] for the spell […]. When he comes,
2.25 he will wash himself in the lake […]. The man […].