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Rto. 5,14-6,7: Berufecharakteristik / pChester Beatty V = pBM EA 10685

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〈Literarische Texte〉→〈4. Satiren, Miscellanies, Brieflehren〉→〈Late-Egyptian Miscellanies〉→pChester Beatty V = pBM EA 10685→Rto. 5,14-6,7: Berufecharakteristik

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 381088. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Egyptian

Transcription

[...] ḥnꜥ-ḏd 〈§〉 jri̯ zẖꜣ.w 〈§〉 jmm sw m jb =k nḥm =k{wj} 〈tw〉 m-ꜥ nb.w.pl qn,w gmi̯.tw =k n-dwꜣ,w 〈§〉 jꜣw,t nb.t ḥtrj ḥr šꜣ,yt smd,t.pl nb.t m-mj,tt 〈§〉 nꜣ n,tj m sḫ,t ḥr skꜣ ꜥwꜣy.t šdi̯ ḥwi̯ 〈m〉 ḫtjw,t 〈§〉 nꜣ sḏm.pl-ꜥš ḥr psi̯~s.t d(ꜣ)b.yt.pl 〈§〉 nꜣ rḫt,j.pl ḥr mr,yt 〈§〉 tw≡tw hꜣy.ṱ r mw 〈§〉 pꜣ 〈wḥꜥ〉 ḫru̯ =tw jw nꜣ 〈m〉sḥ{m}.w.pl ꜥḥꜥ jw pꜣ jmw dmy{,t} =f ḥꜣy.t jw pꜣ wꜥ,w w{s}hꜣ〈s〉 jw wsr m ḏr,t =f 〈§〉 ḫꜥrw ḥr ps{s}〈d〉 =f 〈§〉 ẖ,t =f šwi̯ m ꜥq,w 〈§〉 [pꜣ] zẖꜣ,w ḥmsi̯ m tꜣ ṯꜣr,t jw ms.w[.pl] wr.w.pl ḥr ẖni̯.ṱ =f 〈§〉 nn ḥ{b}s〈b〉,w bꜣk,w [⸮n?] zẖꜣ,w 〈§〉 nn-wn m-ḏi̯ =f šꜣ,yt 〈§〉 jḫ rḫ =k swsn grḥ [...]

Translations (2)

EN AI · OpenAI gpt-4o-mini (from scholarly German)
And further: Be a scribe! Keep this in your heart, so that you may save yourself from numerous lords and so that you may be found worthy one morning! Every office is subject to a tribute, and all personnel likewise. Those in the field plow, harvest, bring in, and thresh 〈on〉 the threshing floor. The serfs cook figs. The washers are on the riverbank. One has descended to the water (?). “O {Soldier} 〈Fisher〉,” they say: “The crocodiles are already ready,” while the ship (or more precisely:) its landing place is dangerous (?) (and) the (naval) soldier is exhausted because the oar is in his hand. The whip cord is on his back. His belly is without (literally: is empty of) food. [The] scribe (however) sits in the cabin while the children of the great row for him. There is no work accounting [for] the scribe. He has no quotas. You should please take note of this! (Pause sign)
DE scholarly · TLA / ORAEC
Und weiter: Werde Schreiber! Gib dies in dein Herz, damit du dich vor zahlreichen Herren rettest und damit du eines Morgens (für würdig) befunden wirst! Jedes Amt ist einer Abgabe verpflichtet, und alles Personal ebenso. Die auf dem Feld sind, pflügen, ernten, bringen ein und dreschen 〈auf〉 der Tenne. Die Hörigen kochen Feigen. Die Wäscher sind auf dem Uferdamm. Man ist zum Wasser hinabgestiegen (?). „O {Soldat} 〈Fischer〉“, sagt man: „Die Krokodile stehen (schon) bereit.“, während das Schiff (bzw. genauer:) seine Landestelle gefährlich ist (?) (und) der (Marine-)Soldat erschöpft ist, weil das Ruder in seiner Hand ist. Die Peitschenschnur ist auf seinem Rücken. Sein Bauch ist ohne (wörtl.: ist leer von) Nahrung. [Der] Schreiber (aber) sitzt in der Kajüte, während die Kinder der Großen ihn rudern. Es gibt keine Arbeitsabrechnung [für] den Schreiber. Er hat keine Vorgaben. Du sollst dies bitte zur Kenntnis nehmen! (Pausezeichen)

Connections

Found at Deir el-Medina

Cross-references (3)

  • TLA-Text IQTYOQXOPVCALF3EWJIZIXLNZU tier-1
  • TM-Text 381088 tier-1
  • ORAEC-id oraec3628 tier-2

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