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Die Lehre des Ptahhotep / pTurin CGT 54024

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〈Literarische Texte〉→〈3. Weisheitslehren〉→〈Mittelägyptische Weisheitslehren〉→〈Die Lehre des Ptahhotep〉→pTurin CGT 54024→Die Lehre des Ptahhotep

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Inscription #1 · Egyptian

Transcription

[ḥꜣ(,t)-ꜥ]-m sbꜣy,t jri̯.t.n (j)r(,j)-p[ꜥ,t] [ḥꜣ(,tj)-ꜥ] ⸢jt-nṯr⸣ mri̯.yw-[nṯr] [ḥr,j-sštꜣ-n-pr-nsw,t] [ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb)] [ḥr,j-tp-n]-tꜣ-ḏr≡[f] (j)m(,j)-[rʾ]-nʾ,t ṯꜣ,tj Ptḥ-ḥtp [mꜣꜥ-ḫrw] [wr] ḏd =f ḫr ḥm n nsw-bj,tj [...] 〈§〉 [jꜣwj] [h]ꜣi̯.w 〈§〉 ḥꜥ.pl ḥr wg[g] 〈§〉 [jz]w,t ḥr mꜣwj [...] 〈§〉 [...] [n] [m]dwi̯.n =f 〈§〉 jr,t.du nḏs 〈§〉 [ꜥnḫ].wj.du jdi̯.w 〈§〉 sḏr [...] 〈§〉 [...] ⸢jꜣwj⸣ 〈§〉 fn〈ḏ〉 ḏbꜣ [...] 〈§〉 [...] [dp,t] [nb.t] ꜣq{.n} sj 〈§〉 jrr.t [...] 〈§〉 [...] [ꜥḥ]ꜥ zꜣ =[j] m s,t =j s[bꜣ] =[j] [...] tp.wj-ꜥ 〈§〉 jḫ ⸢jri̯⸣ =[sn] [...] 〈§〉 [...] [ḏd.jn] [ḥm] =f ꜥnḫ-(w)ḏꜣ-s(nb) 〈§〉 sbꜣ jr =k [...] 〈§〉 [ꜥ]q sḏm jm =f mt[y,t] [...] 〈§〉 [...] jri̯.t.n (j)r(,j)-pꜥ,t ḥꜣ(,tj)-ꜥ jt-nṯr [...] ḏd =f m sbꜣ [...] [th]i̯ =sn [...]

Translations (2)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-mini (from scholarly German)
[Beginning] of the teaching, which was composed by the heir prince and [count], the father of the god and beloved of the god, [the guardian of the secret of the palace of the king -L.H.G.-, the head of] the whole land, the city chief and vizier Ptahhotep, [the justified, the great], who says to the king of Upper and Lower Egypt [... ...]: [Old age has set in. The high age] has arrived. The body is becoming weak. The former state is showing itself again. [The mouth is silent.] He can [no longer] speak. The eyes are weak. The ears are deaf. [The heart] sleeps [every day. The mind is forgetful; it can no longer remember yesterday]. [The bone, it hurts because of] age (?). The nose is blocked. [Every sense of taste] has disappeared. What [age does to people]: [badness in every respect]. [Cause that (...) and that] my son will stand in my place, (so that) [I can] instruct him [in the speeches of the judges and in the advice of the predecessors who have worked for the] ancestor [before]. Then may [they do the same for you], [... [Now said] his [majesty], L.H.G.: You instruct [him first about the speeches ... May listening/obeying become his own (lit.: enter into him), [(when/after) every] accuracy [has been communicated to him.] [Beginning of the maxims of the perfect speech], which was composed by the heir prince and count, the father of the god [and beloved of the god, ... Ptahhotep, the great], who speaks as one who [informs the ignorant] according to the rules of the perfect speech, to the benefit, if they listen/obey, and to the detriment], if they deviate (from it).
DE scholarly · TLA / ORAEC
[Anfang] der Lehre, die verfaßt hat der Erbfürst und [Graf], der Gottesvater und Gottesgeliebte, [der Hüter des Geheimnisses des Palastes des Königs -L.H.G.-, das Oberhaupt des] ganzen Landes, der Stadtvorsteher und Wesir Ptahhotep, [der Gerechtfertigte, der Große], der zum König von Ober- und Unterägypten [... ...] sagt: [Die Altersschwäche hat eingesetzt. Das hohe Alter] ist eingetreten. Der Körper wird schwach. Der frühere Zustand zeigt sich erneut. [Der Mund ist verstummt.] Er kann [nicht] (mehr) reden. Die Augen sind schwach. Die Ohren sind taub. [Es] schläft [das Herz ... jeden Tag. Der Geist ist vergeßlich; er kann sich nicht mehr an gestern erinnern]. [Der Knochen, er schmerzt wegen des] Alters (?). Die Nase ist verstopft. [Jeder Geschmackssinn] ist verschwunden. Was [das Alter bei den Menschen] anrichtet: [Schlechtes in jeder Hinsicht]. [Veranlasse, daß (...) und daß] mein Sohn an meiner Stelle stehen wird, (damit/so daß) [ich ihn] belehren [kann in den Reden der Richter und in den Ratschlägen der Vorgänger, die früher für den] Vorfahr [gearbeitet haben]. Dann mögen [sie für dich das Gleiche] tun, [... [Nun sagte] seine [Majestät], L.H.G.: Unterrichte du [ihn zuerst über die Reden ... Möge das Hören/Gehorchen ihm eigen werden (wörtl.: in ihn eintreten), [(indem/nachdem) ihm jede] Genauigkeit [mitgeteilt wurde.] [Anfang der Maximen der vollkommenen Rede], die verfaßt hat der Erbfürst und Graf, der Gottesvater [und Gottesgeliebte, ... Ptahhotep, der Große], der spricht als einer, der [den Unwissenden zur Kenntnis] belehrt [gemäß den Regeln der vollkommenen Rede, zum Vorteil, wenn sie zuhören/gehorchen werden, und zum Nachteil], wenn sie (davon) abweichen werden.

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