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Brief des Nebkaure (2) / pBerlin 10012

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Brief〈e〉→〈Briefe des Mittleren Reiches〉→〈Verwaltung/Alltag〉→〈Briefe aus〉 Illahun→〈Berlin〉→pBerlin 10012→Brief des Nebkaure (2)

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Egyptian

Transcription

ḥꜣ,t(j)-ꜥ (j)m(,j)-rʾ-⸢ḥw,t-nṯr⸣ Nb-kꜣ,w-[Rꜥw] ḏd n ẖr(,j)-ḥꜣb,t-ḥr(,j)-tp Ppy-Ḥtp(,w) 〈r〉-ḏd rḫ =k r-n,tt ḫpr pr,t Spd,t m ꜣbd 4 pr,t sw 16 〈§〉 jḫ ḥr jm [...] wnw,t-ḥw,t-nṯr n(,j).t Sḫm-Z-n-wsr,t-mꜥꜣ-ḫrw n(,j).t Jnpw tp(,j)-ḏw≡f n(,j).t Sbk [...] 〈§〉 ḥnꜥ rḏi̯.t jrt.〈t〉(w) tꜣ šꜥ,t ḥr hr,yt n(,j).t ḥw,t-nṯr

Translations (2)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-mini (from scholarly German)
The mayor and head of the temple, Neb-kau-re, is the one who says to the chief lector priest Pepi-hetepu: You shall know that the rising of Sothis will take place in the 4th month of the Peret season, on the 16th day. The attention of the lay priests of the (funerary temple named) 'Sesostris(II.), the Justified, is powerful' of Anubis, who is on his mountain, and of Sobek ... (find ?). And furthermore, let this document be recorded in the daily journal of the temple.
DE scholarly · TLA / ORAEC
Der Bürgermeister und Vorsteher des Temples, Neb-kau-re ist es, der zu dem obersten Vorlesepriester Pepi-hetepu sagt: Du sollst wissen, daß der Aufgang des Sothis stattfinden wird im 4. Monat der Peret-Zeit, am Tag 16. Es soll die Aufmerksamkeit der Laienpriester des (Totentempels namens) 'Sesostris(II.), der Gerechtfertigte, ist mächtig' von Anubis, der auf seinem Berge ist und von Sobek ... (finden ?). Und weiter veranlasse man, dieses Schriftstückes im Tagesjournal des Tempels niederzulegen.

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  • TLA-Text LPZ5X4FEKVBILDMJ4TAKEZQ7SQ tier-1
  • ORAEC-id oraec2349 tier-2

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