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Brief an den König vom Schatzhausvorsteher Sethi / oBerlin 12337
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Brief〈e〉→〈Briefe des Neuen Reiches und der Dritten Zwischenzeit〉→〈Briefe vom/an den König〉→oBerlin 12337→Brief an den König vom Schatzhausvorsteher Sethi
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[zẖꜣ(,w)] [jm,j-rʾ]-pr-ḥḏ Stẖ,j ḥr swḏꜣ jb r pr-ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-s(nb) m ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-s(nb) 〈§〉 hꜣb pw [r] [rḏi̯.t] [rḫ] pꜣy =j nb ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-s(nb) nfr nꜣy =f sḫr.pl nfr.pl m-ẖnw s,t-mꜣꜥ,t [...] [pꜣ]y =f jz,t ḥr pꜣy =sn ḥtr n ẖr,j rnp,t m rḫ jr,j ꜥq,w n gꜣy [...] 31270 kršt 22763 jwr,y ḥqꜣ,t ẖꜣr 250 gnn [...] sty šbn ḥqꜣ,t 132 rm.pl šbn 32700 bg,t ⸮jꜣm? 100 wꜣḏ [...] 43150 tpy n mr n ⸮ꜥbw? ẖꜣr 50 jwf-dr ꜥtḫ.y 60 rnn.⸢y⸣ [...] šbn jḥ 33 jwf-dgꜣ,yt ḏrw,w 18 jwf-dgꜣ,yt dp,t 200 mẖt ḏr,t 10 [...] [_] 63 〈§〉 jn ḥz(,w) ꜥꜣ ḥz(,w) mn nfr tꜣ ḥz(w,t) jn ns[wt] [...] Šmꜥ,w Mḥ,y wr,t mrw.tj m pr ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-s(nb) [...] nb-tꜣ,du zẖꜣ(,w) (j)m(,j)-rʾ-nʾ,t ṯꜣ,tj Ḫꜥi̯≡j Šmꜥ,w Mḥ,y [...] (j)r,(j)-pꜥ,t ḥꜣ,tj-ꜥ ḫtm,tj-bj,tj [...]Translations (2)
The scribe and overseer of the treasury Seti informs the Pharaoh, may he live, prosper, and be healthy (the following): In life, prosperity, and health. It is a message to inform my perfect lord, may he live, prosper, and be healthy, of my good affairs in the necropolis ...(and) his troops, regarding their annual expenditures in the associated list: Bread of the Gay form ... 31,270, Kereschet bread 22,763, bushels of long beans - 250 sacks, various Genen legumes and various Sety grain fruits - 132 sacks, various fish - 32,700 pieces, the popular(?) mullet - 100 pieces, perch - 43,150 pieces, Tepy fish from the canal ? - 50 sacks, pickled meat, pressed - 60 (pieces), dried meat (from the) rib area - 18 (pieces), dried meat (from the) loin - 200 (pieces), entrails - 10 handfuls, ... 63 (pieces). It is the much-praised, the praised one, who endures and is perfect (thanks) to the favor of the king ... of Upper and Lower Egypt, the much-beloved in the palace, may he live, prosper, and be healthy [of] the lord of the two lands, the scribe, the overseer of the pyramid city, the vizier Chay in Upper and Lower Egypt ... the noble and mayor, the seal-bearer of the king of Lower Egypt ... .
Der Schreiber und Schatzhausvorsteher Seti teilt dem Pharao, l.h.g. (folgendes) mit: In Leben-Heil-und-Gesundheit. Eine Sendung ist es, um meinem vollkommenen Herrn, l.h.g. zur Kenntniss zu geben meine guten Angelegenheiten in der Nekropole ...(und) seiner Truppe, (und zwar) bezüglich ihrer jährlichen Aufwendungen in der zugehörigen Liste:
Brot der Gay-Form ... 31270, Kereschet-Brot 22763, Scheffel Langbohnen - 250 Sack, verschiedene Genen-Hülsenfrüchte und verschiedene Sety-Körnerfrüchte - 132 Sack, verschiedene Fische - 32700 Stück, die beliebte(?) Meeräsche - 100 Stück, Barsch - 43150 Stück, Tepy-Fische vom Kanal ? - 50 Sack, eingepöckeltes Fleisch, durchgedrückt - 60 (Stück), Dörrfleisch (von der) Rippengegend - 18 (Stück), Dörrfleisch (von der) Lende - 200 (Stück), Gedärme - 10 Handvoll, ... 63 (Stück). Es ist der viel Gelobte, der Gelobte, der dauert und vollkommen ist (dank) der Gunst seitens des Königs ... von Oberägypten und Unterägypten, der viel Geliebte im Palast, l.h.g. [des] Herrn der beiden Länder, der Schreiber, der Vorsteher der Pyramidenstadt, der Wesir Chay in Ober-und Unterägypten ... der Noble und Bürgermeister, der Siegler des Königs von Unterägypten ... .
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- ORAEC-id oraec601 tier-2
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