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Brief zur Versorgung einer Dienerin / pCairo CG 58043

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Brief〈e〉→〈Briefe des Alten Reiches und der Ersten Zwischenzeit〉→〈Verwaltung/Alltag〉→〈Briefe diverser Herkunft〉→pCairo CG 58043→Brief zur Versorgung einer Dienerin

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Inscription #1 · Egyptian

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[rnp,t-zp] [...] ꜣbd 3 ꜣḫ,t sw 5 〈§〉 [...] [Mḥ]w 〈§〉 [...] ⸢ḥm⸣ ⸢=k⸣ 〈§〉 ⸢jn⸣ ⸢jr⸣ ⸢mn⸣ m ⸢ẖn⸣ ⸢=k⸣ 〈§〉 ⸢jw⸣ ⸢Mḥw⸣ ⸢pn⸣ jy r bw n(,j){.t} bꜣk-jm 〈§〉 jn-jw m[r],t r jwi̯.t ⸢r⸣ bꜣk-jm ḥnꜥ bꜣk,t tn snn.wt 〈§〉 ꜥnḫ (=j) n jr.tj Mrrj nb =j 〈§〉 jw bꜣk,t tn n(j).t Mrrj jb =s ꜥnḫ r =f mꜣꜣ =s wp(w),t(j) n(,j) nb =s 〈§〉 jw swt di̯.n Mḥw ꜥ =f m sꜥnḫ =⸢s⸣ [r] ⸢mḏꜣ,t⸣ tn rḏ.t.n (=j) jnt〈.t〉(w) =f [n] (=j) 〈§〉 ⸢n⸣h n(,j) bj,t jšd swt pw dbḥ,w n(,j) ⸢⸮ḏr?⸣ ⸢n(,j)⸣ ⸢bꜣk⸣ snn.w (j)m(,j)-ḫt-pr-ꜥꜣ Jr-n-ꜣḫ,t(j) 〈§〉 ḏd.n (=j) md(w),t =f n wp(w),t(j) n(,j) ḥm =k r rḏi̯.t =f m -(W)- n(,j) Mr,t-n-Nfr-zꜣ-Ḥr(,w) 〈§〉 j(w) =f dr.y jm n šwi̯.t ṯꜣz n(,j) wp(w),t(j) n(,j) ḥm =k jm 〈§〉 jn rr ḏi̯ Mrrj nb =j nḏm r =f nb,t bꜣk,t n.t pr-ḏ,t m sḏm mdw r bꜣk pn snn.w 〈§〉 mj n (=j) mj n (=j) 〈§〉 ḥn nb =j m ꜥnḫ

Translations (2)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-mini (from scholarly German)
.. Month 3 of the Inundation, Day 5. ....Mehu. ...your lordship (=you). What is the delay(?) in your dwelling place? This Mehu, he has come to the place where the servant (=I) is. Should the sorrow(?) come to the servant (=to me), and to the servantess assigned to me? I swear by the eyes of Merrj, my lord: The servantess of Merrj - her heart is truly glad when she sees the messenger of her lord. For Mehu has indeed laid down his decree to provide for her, documented in this letter that I had brought to me: Something of honey and Ischet-fruits - that is the need of the [unclear word?] of the servant, who is together with the under-supervisor of the palace Irenachet. I spoke his matter to the messenger of your lordship, to make it/him in .... of the Meret-sanctuary of Nefersahor (=Pepi I). But he has been turned away from there due to the absence of a power of attorney (?) of the messenger of your lordship here. Should not Merrj, my lord, arrange that the lady of the servant of the mortuary foundation be happy (namely about) to hear a (good) word about this associated servant? Come to me - come to me! Fulfill (it) with life, my lord! (=wish formula)!
DE scholarly · TLA / ORAEC
.. Monat 3 der Überschwemmungszeit, Tag 5. ....Mehu. ...deine Lordschaft (=du). Was soll das Verharren(?) in deinem Wohnort. Dieser Mehu, er ist gekommen zum Platz, an dem der Dienstmann (=ich) ist. Soll der Kummer(?) zu dem Diener (=zu mir) kommen, und der (mir) zugeordneten Dienerin? Ich schwöre bei den Augen des Merrj, meines Herrn: Die Dienerin des Merrj - ihr Herz ist wirklich froh, wenn sie den Boten ihres Herrn sieht. Denn Mehu hat doch seine Verordnung, sie zu versorgen, aktenkundig niedergelegt in diesem Brief, den ich zu mir bringen ließ: Etwas von Honig und Ischet-Früchten - das ist der Bedarf der [unklares Wort?] des Dieners, der zusammen ist mit dem Unteraufseher des Palastes Irenachet. Ich sagte seine Angelegenheit zum Boten deiner Lordschaft, um es/ihn zu machen in .... des Meret-Heiligtums des Nefersahor (=Pepi I). Er aber ist abgewiesen worden von dort wegen des Fehlens einer Bevollmächtigung (?) des Boten deiner Lordschaft hier. Sollte nicht Merrj, mein Herr, veranlassen, daß die Herrin der Dienerin der Totenstiftung glücklich sei (nämlich darüber) eine (gute) Rede über diesen zugehörigen Diener zu hören. Komm zu mir - komm zu mir! Erfülle (es) mit Leben, mein Herr! (=Wunschformel)!

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