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Die Lehre eines Mannes für seinen Sohn / 〈18. 〉oOIC 16999

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〈Literarische Texte〉→〈3. Weisheitslehren〉→〈Mittelägyptische Weisheitslehren〉→〈Die Lehre eines Mannes für seinen Sohn〉→〈18. 〉oOIC 16999→Die Lehre eines Mannes für seinen Sohn

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Egyptian

Transcription

[...] jri̯ =f zẖꜣ,w m ḫnms 〈§〉 [...] [ẖꜣꜣ.pl] ḏrḏrj{t} ḏr-n,tj wnn =f r =f ⸮f? [...] 〈§〉 [...] [___] =[f] 〈§〉 [jr] [rḫ] =[f] [wnw,t] [...] 〈§〉 [⸮jw?] =[f] [g]r =⸮〈f〉? ẖr mdw,t jr =f r smj n nṯr nʾ,t =f ḏr-⸢n,tj⸣ [wnn] =[f] [r] =[f] [m] [btꜣ.w] 〈§〉 [m] [wpi̯] [z] [...] [n] zḥ 〈§〉 m wpi̯{.t} ⸢z⸣ wsr r =k 〈§〉 wḏꜥ =k z 2 [ḥr] [sḫwn] [nmꜥ] [...] [r] [sp] [ḥwrw] [mj] [prr.t] [m] [rʾ] [n(,j)] [wšb].w 〈§〉 jr wpi̯{t} =k z 2 m qnb,t ḥmsi̯ =k ḏr,t =k r rʾ =k 〈§〉 nn ḏw[,t] [r] =[k] [⸮mdw,t?] =[k] [psš(,t)] =[k] [ḫpr] [...] 〈§〉 [...] [mdw,t] [m] [jni̯] [st] 〈§〉 [m] [sḏm] sḏwi̯.t r ky 〈§〉 m hnn ⸮mdw,t? [...]

Translations (2)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-mini (from scholarly German)
[... ... ... ...], he makes the scribe his friend. .... corpses of/from foreigners, because he is [a ...] (or: because he is against him ...). [... ... ...] his [...]. When he knows the hour (?) [... He remains silent (?) among the words against him, in order to report (it) to the god of his city, because he is indeed a criminal (or: because he is in the wrong (?)). [Do not judge] [a man] ... [in/of] the council! Do not judge a man who is more powerful than you! If you judge two parties (literally: men) in a dispute, you are [biased (?) in favor of the powerful, so that it] becomes a disgraceful/undignified case (?), like that which comes out of the mouth of the respondent. When you judge two parties (literally: men) in the court, then you shall sit down with your hand at/in front of your mouth. (Then) there is nothing evil against you, if your speech and the distribution by you (literally: your distribution) have taken place (?). [Do not say/Do not do] this, do not do that! (literally: [Do not take] a word [away] (?) and do not bring it (back)!) Do not listen to something that makes (the one) look bad to the other! Do not give (agreeable) attention to a speech [... ...]!
DE scholarly · TLA / ORAEC
[... ... ... ...], er macht sich den Schreiber zum Freund. .... Leichen des/von Fremden, weil er doch [ein ...] ist (oder: weil er gegen ihn ... ist). [... ... ...] sein [...]. Wenn er die Stunde (?) kennt [... Er schweigt (?) unter den Worten gegen ihn, um (es) dem Gott seiner Stadt zu berichten, weil er doch ein Verbrecher ist (oder: weil er im Unrecht ist (?)). [Richte] nicht [einen Mann] ... [in/von] der Ratsversammlung! Richte nicht einen Mann, der mächtiger ist als du! Richtest du zwei Parteien (wörtl.: Männer) bei einem Streit, bist [du] parteiisch (?) [zugunsten des Mächtigen, so daß es] zu einem schändlichen/unwürdigen Fall [wird] (?), wie das, was aus dem Mund des Antwortenden herauskommt. Wenn du zwei Parteien (wörtl.: Männer) im Gerichtshof richtest, dann sollst du dich hinsetzen mit deiner Hand an/vor deinem Mund. (Dann) gibt es nichts Böses gegen dich, wenn deine Rede und die Verteilung durch dich (wörtl.: deine Verteilung) stattgefunden haben (?). [Sage/Tue nicht mal] dies, mal jenes! (wörtl.: [Nimm nicht] ein Wort [weg] (?) und bringe es nicht (wieder) zurück!) Höre nicht auf etwas, das (den einen) beim anderen schlecht macht! Schenke keine (zustimmende) Beachtung an eine Rede [... ...]!

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Found at Deir el-Medina

Cross-references (2)

  • TLA-Text KCKXLITMZ5B2FHGBADZIJALXTA tier-1
  • ORAEC-id oraec1828 tier-2

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