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Rto. 7,12-8,6: Brief mit Steuerliste / pChester Beatty V = pBM EA 10685

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Description

〈Literarische Texte〉→〈4. Satiren, Miscellanies, Brieflehren〉→〈Late-Egyptian Miscellanies〉→pChester Beatty V = pBM EA 10685→Rto. 7,12-8,6: Brief mit Steuerliste

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 381088. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Egyptian

Transcription

[...] wnn tꜣy =j šꜥ,t ḥr spr r =k jw =k (ḥr) wḏi̯ r tꜣ š,t r rs,t ḥnꜥ šms,w ꜣn~y n pr-Jmn-Rꜥ-nsw-nṯr,pl mtw =k mḥ r šdy.t tꜣj šꜣ,yt (n) nꜣ mnj{ꜣ},w{t}.pl n tꜣ ḫꜣw,t Jmn m ḥmt dḥt(j) mnḥ{,t} bj,t nw,t wmt sšr,w šmꜥ(,t) nfr(.t) sḏ,w.w.pl nꜥ(ꜥ).t ḏꜣ,yt nꜥ(ꜥ) jfdj qꜣ~my šꜣšꜣ.pl ḏꜣ~jrj.pl ḫw~yw.pl 〈sw〉y.w.pl šwy,w,pl ꜥb,w ẖnj.pl ꜥd,w wrḥ.w db,t(.pl) ẖꜣj.w.pl {nb}〈ḥm〉,ty tj.wj.du ḥꜥ,w.pl ṯnf.yw.pl bꜣ~nd.w.pl m smy m zb.w.pl sꜣy,t(.pl) m ḫt ḏꜥb,w(t) m ḥtrj{,ṱ}〈.pl〉 n,tj-nb{.t} tw≡tw (ḥr) {ꜣ}〈w〉ḫꜣḫ =w [...] wḫꜣḫ =w r pr-ḥḏ n pr-Jmn-Rꜥ-nsw-nṯr,pl 〈§〉 jḫ rḫ =k sw [...]

Translations (2)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-mini (from scholarly German)
When my letter reaches you, you shall travel to the taxed (?) in the south, together with Ani, the attendant of the temple of Amunrasonther, and you shall begin to collect this tax of the shepherds (belonging to) the altar of Amun, such as (there would be) copper, lead, beeswax, honey, yarn, thick garments, linen fabric, $sḏ$-garments made of good "Upper Egyptian" linen, smooth linen fabric, smooth four-thread weave, resin, $šꜣšꜣ$-fruits, colocynths, $ḫy$-plants, bulrushes, hay, lettuce, animal hides, blocks of ointment fat, bags made of/with $ḥmty$-material, sandals, staffs, pouches, clothes, (and) as (there would be) sour milk, (and) as (there would be) boards (?) and beams, (and) as (there would be) wood and charcoal as offerings, (indeed) all that which is demanded for the treasury of the temple of Amunrasonther (or: "poured in"). Please take note of this!
DE scholarly · TLA / ORAEC
Wenn mein Brief zu dir gelangt, sollst du zu den Besteuerten (?) nach Süden fahren, zusammen mit Ani, dem Gefolgsmann des Tempels des Amunrasonther, und du sollst beginnen, diese Steuer der Hirten (zugehörig zum) Altar des Amun einzuziehen, als (da wären) Kupfer, Blei, Bienenwachs, Honig, Garn, dicke Gewänd(er), Leinenstoff, $sḏ$-Gewänder aus gutem "oberägyptischen" Leinen, leinener glatter Stoff, glattes Vierfadengewebe, Harz, $šꜣšꜣ$-Früchte, Koloquinten, $ḫy$-Pflanzen, Binsen, Heu, Lattich, Tierhäute, Blöck(e) von Salbfett, Säcke aus/mit $ḥmty$-Material, Sandalen, Stäbe, Beutel, Kleider, (und) als (da wäre) Dickmilch, (und) als (da wären) Bretter (?) und Balken, (und) als (da wären) Holz und Holzkohle als Abgabe(n), (eben) alles das, was man für das Schatzhaus des Tempels des Amunrasonther einfordert (oder: "hineinschüttet"). Du sollst dies bitte zur Kenntnis nehmen!

Connections

Found at Deir el-Medina

Cross-references (3)

  • TLA-Text FMSG7GMM45FWBHY534ON7ECDA4 tier-1
  • TM-Text 381088 tier-1
  • ORAEC-id oraec252 tier-2

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