In Praise of the Scribes of Old (pChester Beatty IV)
English for the 1 passage 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.
2.31–2.36
2.31
ꜣḫ šfd r pr [qd] r ḥw,t{.pl} ḥr jmn,tt
A book is more useful than a [built] house, than a chapel in the West.
2.32
nfr st r bḫn grg r wḏ m ḥw,t-nṯr
It is better than a well-founded mansion, than a stela in the temple.
2.33
jn jw wn dj mj Ḥr-ḏḏ≡f
Is there anyone here like Hardjedef?
2.34
jn jw ky mj Jy-m-ḥtp
Is there another like Imhotep?
2.35
bw ḫpr m hꜣw =nn mj Nfr,tj H̱{r}ty pꜣy =sn tp,j
There has been none in our time like Neferti and Khety, the foremost of them.
2.36
ḏi̯ =j rḫ =k rn n Ptḥ-m-ḏ{ḏ}ḥw,tj Ḫꜥi̯-ḫpr-Rꜥ-snb
Let me make you know the name of Ptahemdjehuty and Khakheperre-seneb.