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Die Lehre des Cheti / 〈08. 〉oDeM 1514
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〈Literarische Texte〉→〈3. Weisheitslehren〉→〈Mittelägyptische Weisheitslehren〉→〈Die Lehre des Cheti〉→〈08. 〉oDeM 1514→Die Lehre des Cheti
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[...] [ḏḏ] =[f] [sw] [r] [mr,t] [r] mt[r,t] r wḫꜣḫ ẖꜥq =[f] [...] 〈§〉 [qnn] =[f] [ꜥ.wj.du] =[fj] [r] [mḥ] [ẖ,t] =[f] mj bj,t{.pl} wnm(.t) kꜣ[,t] =st 〈§〉 grḥ 〈§〉 bṯy,w [ḫdi̯] =[f] [r] [jdḥ,w] [r] [jṯi̯].t{y} n =f swn.pl 〈§〉 mḥ.n ={j} =〈f〉 ꜥ.wj.du =fj r jri̯.t ={f} 〈sft.n〉 [sw] [ḫnms] 〈§〉 [{sfnd}] [〈sft.n〉] sw [ḫmy{.pl}] [⸮wnn?] =[⸮f?] ẖr.i̯ [w]ḏꜥ 〈§〉 [grḥ] 〈§〉 jqd-[nḏs,t] [...]Translations (2)
At noon [he goes out onto the street] to visit the one he wants to shave. [To fill his belly, he overexerts his arms], like a bee that consumes its work. End of stanza. The reed cutter (?), [he travels downstream to the delta swamps to draw (literally: grasp) arrows for himself]. Hardly has he filled his arms for work, when [he is already slaughtered by the mosquito (or: the swarm of mosquitoes)]. [After the sand flea (?; or the swarm of sand mosquitoes?) has slaughtered him, he is covered] with cuts (?). (??) End of stanza. The potter [is ...
Zur Mittagszeit [begibt er sich auf die Straße], um den, den er rasieren möchte, zu (be)suchen. [Um seinen Bauch zu füllen, überanstrengt er seine Arme], wie eine Biene, die ihre Arbeit frißt. Strophenende. Der Schilfrohrschneider (?), [er fährt flußabwärts zu den Deltasümpfen, um für sich] Pfeil(schäft)e zu ziehen (wörtl.: greifen). Kaum hat er seine Arme zum Arbeiten gefüllt, da hat [ihn auch schon die Mücke (oder: der Mückenschwarm)] abgeschlachtet. [Nachdem ihn der Sandfloh (?; oder der Schwarm Sandmücken?) abgeschlachtet hat, ist er übersät] mit Schnittwunden (?). (??) Strophenende. Der Töpfer [ist ...
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Deir el-Medina
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- TLA-Text B47KKABO4JECNMTTKLAOFC6O7I tier-1
- ORAEC-id oraec762 tier-2
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