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Boston MFA 25.632

English for the 2 passages of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.

1.1–1.3

1.1

[…] [_]w […] ḏꜥm […] bꜣk.pl Kꜣš […] ⸢zꜣ⸣-[nswt] […] [ḥm] =f ⸢Wsr⸣-sṯ,t

[...] [...] [...] electrum [...] the dues of Kush [...] the king's [son] [...] his [majesty], Usersatet.

1.2

rnp,t-zp 23 ꜣbd 4 ꜣḫ,t sw 1 hrw n[,j] ḥꜣb ḫꜥi̯ nswt

Regnal year 23, fourth month of Akhet, day 1, the day of the festival of the king's appearance.

1.3

mj,tj wḏ,w jri̯.n ḥm =f m ꜥ.wj =fj ḏs =f […] [n[,j]] [pr-ꜥꜣ(?)] ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-s[nb] tj sw m ⸢ḥmsi̯⸣ swr jri̯ hrw […]

Copy of the order which His Majesty made with his own hands [...] [of] [Pharaoh(?)], may he live, prosper and be healthy, while he was sitting, drinking and making holiday [...]

Translator's note. Line 1 is fragmentary; bꜣk.pl may be 'dues, labour' or 'servants'.

1.7

ky-ḏd n pꜣ zꜣ-nswt m nꜥi̯.t nḥs,j m-kfꜣ zꜣu̯ tw r nꜣy =sn r[m]ṯ.pl ḥnꜥ nꜣy =sn ḥkꜣ,w.pl

Another matter for the king's son: do not deal trustingly with the Nubians; beware of their people and of their magicians.

Translator's note. m nꜥi̯.t ... m-kfꜣ, 'do not deal trustingly', is uncertain; nꜥi̯ may mean 'be at ease with'.

The whole original: the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae (open Boston MFA 25.632).