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Dispatch 5 / 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 5

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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

mj,t(j) n(,j) snn jni̯.t n =f m jn.yt m mn[,w] n(,j) Ꜣbw ⸢m⸣ ḏḏ mn,[w] [n] ⸢mn,w⸣ 〈§〉 swḏꜣ jb =k snb.t(j) ꜥnḫ.t(j) r-n,tt m[ḏꜣ],y 2 mḏꜣ,yt 3 [ḥr(,j)-]ꜥ 2 hꜣ.w ḥr ḫꜣs,t m rnp,t-zp 3 ꜣbd 3 pr,t [sw] ⸢27⸣ ḏd.n =sn jy.n =n r bꜣk n pr pr-ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-s(nb) 〈§〉 ⸢w⸣šd ḥr z[ḫr] ḫꜣs,t ꜥḥꜥ,n ḏd.n =sn n sḏm =n (j)ḫ,t.pl nb.t jw tꜣ ḫꜣs,t ḥr ⸢mw,t⸣ m-ꜥ ḥqr ḫru̯-fj s[t] 〈§〉 ⸢ꜥḥ⸣ꜥ,n rḏi̯.n bꜣk-jm hd =t(w) r ḫꜣs,t =sn m hrw pn 〈§〉 ꜥḥꜥ,n ḏd.n wꜥ,t m n⸢ꜣ⸣-n mḏꜣ,yt.pl ḥꜣ ⸢rḏi̯.t(w)⸣.n =j pꜣj =j mḏꜣ,y m [...] tn 〈§〉 ꜥḥꜥ,n [ḏd.n] pꜣ mḏꜣ,y jn jni̯ sw swn [...]

Translations (2)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-mini (from scholarly German)
The copy of the document that was brought to him was what had been brought from the fortress of Elephantine, as something that gives a fortress to (another) fortress. Let your heart be informed, being healthy and well, that 2 Medja men, 3 Medja women, and 2 children have descended from the desert in the 3rd year of the reign, in the 3rd month of the Peret season, on the 27th day, and they said: We have come to serve the house of the palace, l.h.g. When asked about the matter of the desert, they also immediately said: We hear no news, but the desert is dying from hunger, so they say. Then the servant ordered that they should be (sent) back to their desert (areas) (even) on that day. But then one of these Medja women said: Oh, if only I had been given to my husband in this ... . And then the Medja man said: Is only the one who presents himself also one who may trade (?)...?
DE scholarly · TLA / ORAEC
Die Kopie des Schriftstücke, das ihm gebracht wurde, war das, was man von der Festung von Elephantine gebracht hatte, als etwas, was eine Festung einer (anderen) Festung gibt. Informiert sei dein Herz, indem du gesund und wohlauf bist, darüber, dass 2 Medja-Männer, 3 Medja-Frauen und 2 Kinder aus der Wüste herabgestiegen sind im Regierungsjahr 3, Monat 3 der Peret-Zeit, Tag 27 und sie sagten: Wir sind gekommen um dem Haus des Palastes, l.h.g., zu dienen. Befragt nach der Angelegenheit der Wüste sagten sie auch gleich: Wir hören keinerlei Sachen, aber die Wüste stirbt infolge des Hungers, so sagen sie. Da veranlasste der Diener, dass man (sie) (zurück)weisen soll in ihre Wüsten(gebiete) (noch gleich) an diesem Tag. Da aber sagte eine von diesen Medja-Frauen: Oh wenn ich doch nur meinem Mann gegeben wäre in dieser ... . Und dann sagte der Medja-Mann: Ist nur der, der sich darbringt auch einer, der Handel treiben (darf?)...?

Connections

Found at Ramesseum

Cross-references (3)

  • TLA-Text JUV6DABKDZGQXAG3MGY4DRYW7E tier-1
  • TM-Text 381290 tier-1
  • ORAEC-id oraec2243 tier-2

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