← Skirnir Studios

Egyptian · AI translation

Papyrus Brooklyn 47.218.2

English for the 3 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.

1.103–1.105

1.103

ḏd mdw.pl ḥr bjꜣk mjw,t wḏꜣ,t n.t tjḥn,t mnḫ[.w] ḥr ꜥꜣ,t n.t jdm,yt

Words to be spoken over a falcon, a cat, and a wedjat-eye of faience, strung on a strip of jdmyt-linen,

1.104

ḏi̯ n s,t r pḥ[,wj] =s wḥꜥ.tw =f

given to a woman at her rear; it is untied

1.105

ḏi̯ r ḫḫ n[,j] zꜣ =s hrw n[,j] msw,t =f

and placed at the throat of her son on the day of his birth.

Translator's note. ꜥꜣt taken as a strip or piece; jdmyt is a fine (red?) linen. 'It is untied' (wḥꜥ.tw=f) may refer to the amulet, or to the birth ('he is released'). mnḫ[.w], with its plural ending, is taken as 'strung', of the amulets.

1.109–1.117

1.109

sḏr mn,t msi̯.t n mn,t ḥr tmꜣm qmꜣ k[y]-ḏd tmꜣm wꜥb n[,j] ꜥnb.w

N, born of N, lies on a mat of qmꜣ; variant: on a clean mat of ꜥnbw.

1.110

jw Ꜣs,t m qnw =s

Isis is at her bosom(?),

1.111

jw Nb,t-ḥw,t ḥꜣ =s

Nephthys is behind her,

1.112

Ḥw,t-Ḥr ẖr ḏꜣḏꜣ =s

Hathor is under her head,

1.113

Rnn,t ẖr rd.du =s

Renenet is under her feet,

1.114

Jp,t-wr,t ḥr jri̯[.t] zꜣ =s

Ipet the Great makes her protection,

1.115

nṯr.pl nṯr,t.pl ḥr ḫwꜣw[.t] =s

the gods and goddesses guard her.

1.116

jr jwi̯ ḫft[,j] pfj m[w]t m[w]t,t ḏꜣ[,y] ḏꜣ,[y]t ḥm[,t].pl-rʾ [j]ḫ,t nb[.t] bjn[.t] ḏw[.t] r hꜣi̯[.t] ḥr mn[,t] msi̯.t n mn,t m wnw,t n.t hrw jw p[ꜣ] 7 n[,j] ꜥḥꜣ[,w] [r] nfr nfr ḥr sḥrjw ḏꜣ[,y] r mn,t msi̯.t n mn,t

If that enemy, dead man, dead woman, male or female adversary, sorcery, or any evil, bad thing comes to fall upon N, born of N, in the hour of the day, then the 7 fighters [will be] good, good at driving the adversary away from N, born of N,

1.117

jw wꜥ-nb jm =sn ḥr jri̯[.t] zꜣ.pl =s

each one of them making her protections.

Translator's note. qmꜣ and ꜥnbw are plants (reeds or rushes?) not certainly identified. qnw=s, 'her bosom' or 'embrace', is uncertain. 'Good, good' (nfr nfr) is repeated in the text.

1.125–1.126

1.125

jri̯ =t sḥrjw snd,t nb[.t] nr,jw nb ḥr,y[t] nb[.t] n tꜣ šꜣjw,t ḫꜣ~ḏꜣ-rʾ-tj šꜣ~ꜥ~rʾ~tj,t ꜥmꜣm,yt n.t jmn,tt wr,t nb[.t] hrr nb [j]ḫ,t nb[.t] bjn[.t] ḏw[.t] n,tj jwi̯[.w] r thꜣ mn,t msi̯.t n mn,t m grḥ m hrw m nw nb

You shall drive away every fear, every terror, every dread of the šꜣjwt, Khadjaruti, Shaarutit, the ꜥmꜣmyt of the West, every great one(?), every hrr, every evil, bad thing that comes to harm N, born of N, by night, by day, at any time.

1.126

nn ḏi̯{.t} =tn jwi̯ =sn r pr-ms

You shall not let them come to the birth-house.

Translator's note. The šꜣjwt, Khadjaruti, Shaarutit and the ꜥmꜣmyt of the West are demonesses; ꜥmꜣmyt is perhaps 'swallower'. 'Every great one' (wrt nbt) may instead go with the West ('the great West'); hrr is not understood. In 1.126 'you' is plural.

The whole original: the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae (open Papyrus Brooklyn 47.218.2).