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Dispatch 3 / pBM 10752 recto (Semna Dispatches)

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Description

Brief〈e〉→〈Briefe des Mittleren Reiches〉→〈Verwaltung/Alltag〉→〈Briefe aus Theben〉→pBM 10752 recto (Semna Dispatches)→Dispatch 3

The same text in other collections

Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 381290. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Egyptian

Transcription

k.t ⸢šꜥ⸣,t jn.t n =f m jni̯.yt m-ꜥ (j)m(,j)-rʾ-šnṯ Sbk-wr(,w) n,tj m ⸢J⸣qn m ḏ⸢ḏ⸣ mn,w n mn,w 〈§〉 sw⸢ḏ⸣ꜣ-jb pw n zẖꜣ(,w) =k ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-s(nb) r-n,tt pꜣ ꜥḥꜣ,wtj 2 mḏꜣ,y 70 š⸢mi̯⸣ m-sꜣ pꜣ ꜥ m ꜣbd 4 pr,t sw 4 jwi̯ r smj.t n =j m hrw pn ḥr tr n(,j) mšr,w jni̯.n =sn mḏꜣ,y 3 ḥr(,j)-ꜥ ḥr,(j)t-ꜥ 4 r-ḏd gmi̯.n =n st ḥr rs(,j) pꜣ ꜥḏ ḥr-ẖr.w tꜣ ḫt,t n(,j).t šm,w mj,tt z,t 3 ḫru̯-fj st 〈§〉 ꜥḥꜥ,n wšd.n =j nꜣ-n mḏꜣ,y.wpl r-ḏd jy.n =ṯn tnj 〈§〉 ꜥḥꜥ,n ḏd.n =sn jy.n =n ḥr ẖnm,t Jbhy,t 〈§〉 tꜣ [...] 〈§〉 [...] ꜣbd 4 pr,t [sw] -(Zahl)- jwi̯ r sm⸢j⸣[.t] [n] [...] [ḏd] =f r [...] 〈§〉 šm.k[w] ḥr pꜣ [ꜥ] [...] ⸮wḥꜥ? [...] jnn sw [pꜣ] [...] pẖr,tj 〈§〉 ꜥḥꜥ.n =j jy.k[w] [...] [ḫru̯-fj] [s]w 〈§〉 jw hꜣb.n =j ḥr =s[n] n mn,w.pl mḥ,tjw 〈§〉 j[w] [hꜣ,w] [nb] [n(,j)] [pr-nswt] ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-s(nb) ꜥḏ w[ḏ]ꜣ 〈§〉 jw hꜣ,w nb n(,j) ⸢zẖꜣ(,w)⸣ [=k] [ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-s(nb)] [ꜥḏ] [wḏꜣ] 〈§〉 nfr sḏm zẖꜣ(,w) =k [ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-s(nb)]

Translations (2)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-mini (from scholarly German)
Another letter that has been brought to him, as something that was brought by the police chief Sobek-weru, who is in Iqen (Mirgissa), (thus) as what gives a fortress to (another) fortress: This is a communication to your scribe, l.h.g., regarding that the 2 fighters and 70 Medja people, who followed the trail in the month 4 of the Peret time, have returned to me to report on this day at the time of the afternoon, that they have brought 3 Medja people and 4 male and female children with the words: We found them in (the direction of) the south of the desert edge under the inscription of the Schemu time (?), and likewise 3 women - so they said. Then I questioned these Medja people with the words: Where have you come from? And they said: We have come from the well of Ibehat. ... ? ... ... Month 4 of the Peret time day ... come to report [to] ... he says regarding ... I have come on the trail ... explain(?) ... [the] ... brought him ... border guard(?) Then I have come ... so he said. I have sent out therefore to the northern fortress. All services of the royal house, l.h.g., they are safe and unharmed. All services of your scribe, l.h.g., are safe and unharmed. It is good if your scribe, l.h.g. (hears) it.
DE scholarly · TLA / ORAEC
Einen anderen Brief, der ihm gebracht worden ist, als etwas, das durch den Polizeivorsteher Sobek-weru gebracht wurde, der in Iqen (Mirgissa) ist, (also) als das, was eine Festung an eine (andere) Festung gibt: Eine Mitteilung ist dies an deinen Schreiber, l.h.g., darüber, dass die 2 Kämpfer und 70 Medja-Leute, die der Spur entlang folgten im Monat 4 der Peret-Zeit, zu mir zurückgekommen sind, um zu berichten an diesem Tag zur Zeit des Nachmittags, dass sie 3 Medja-Leute gebracht haben und 4 männliche und weibliche Kinder mit den Worten: Wir fanden sie in (Richtung) Süden des Wüstenrandes unter der Inschrift der Schemu-Zeit (?), und ebenso 3 Frauen - so sagten sie. Da befragte ich diese Medja-Leuten mit den Worten: Woher seid ihr gekommen? Und sie sagten: Wir sind vom Brunnen von Ibehat gekommen. ... ? ... ... Monat 4 der Peret-Zeit Tag ... kommen um zu berichten [zu] ... er sagt bezüglich ... Ich bin auf der Spur gekommen ... erklären(?) ... [der] ... brachte ihn ... Grenzwache(?) Da bin ich gekommen ... so sagte er. Ich habe ausgeschickt deswegen zur nördlichen Festung. Alle Dienste des Königshauses, l.h.g., sie sind wohlbehalten und unversehrt. Alle Dienste deines Schreibers, l.h.g., sind wohlbehalten und unversehrt. Gut ist, wenn dein Schreiber, l.h.g. (es) hört.

Connections

Found at Ramesseum

Cross-references (3)

  • TLA-Text VKCZQBDCYFDHHAOVKKFRODCPWY tier-1
  • TM-Text 381290 tier-1
  • ORAEC-id oraec1243 tier-2
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