Papyrus Westcar (pBerlin P 3033)

[…] [ḏd.jn] [ḥm] n[,j] nswt-bj,tj [Ḫ]fw mꜣꜥ-[ḫrw]

[...] [Then] [the Majesty] of the Dual King Khufu, justified, [said]:

[jmi̯] [ḏi̯] =[tw] [mꜣꜥ] [tʾ] [1000] ḥ[n]q,t ds 100 jwꜣ [1] [sntr] [pꜣd] [2] [n] nswt-bj,tj Ḏsr mꜣꜥ-ḫrw [ḥnꜥ] [rḏi̯.t] [ḏi̯] =[tw] [šns] [1] [ḥ[n]q,t] [ḏ]wjw 1 jwf wrj [sntr] [pꜣd] [1] [n] [ẖr[,j]-ḥb-ḥr,j-tp] […]

[Have] [1,000] [loaves of bread], 100 jugs of beer, [1] ox [and] [2] [pellets] [of incense] [presented] [to] the Dual King Djoser, justified, [and] [have] [1] [cake], [1] jug [of beer], a large joint of meat [and] [1] [pellet] [of incense] [given] [to] [the chief lector priest] [...],

[jw] mꜣ[.n] =[j] s[p] =f n[,j] rḫ

[for] [I] have seen a token of his learning.

jri̯[.jn] =[tw] mj wḏ.t.pl [nb.t] [ḥm] =[f]

[It was] done according to [all] that [His] [Majesty] commanded.

[ꜥḥ]ꜥ pw jri̯.n zꜣ-nswt Ḫꜥ,w≡f-Rꜥ [r] [mdwi̯.t] [ḏd] =[f]

Then the king's son Khafra stood up [to] [speak], [and] [he] [said]:

jn ḥm =f jri̯ ⸢ḥn,t⸣ n.t [wn,t] [n.t] [Ptḥ] [jw] [ẖr[,j]-ḥb-ḥr],j-tp Wbꜣ-jnr ḥnꜥ =[f]

It was His Majesty who made the visit to [the sanctuary] [of] [Ptah], [and] the [chief lector] priest Webaoner [was] with [him].

j[r] [m]-ḫt hꜣi̯.w nḏs r p[ꜣ] š m[j] n,t-ꜥ.pl =f n.t rꜥ nb kꜣ =k ḫꜣꜥ =k [pꜣ] [m]sḥ [n] [mnḥ] r-sꜣ =f

Now when the commoner has gone down to the lake, as is his custom every day, you are to throw [the] [crocodile] [of] [wax] after him.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḫꜣꜥ.n pꜣ [ḥr],j-pr pꜣ msḥ n[,j] mnḥ r-sꜣ =f r mw

Then the [steward] threw the crocodile of wax into the water after him,

ꜥḥꜥ.n [ḫpr.n] =⸢f⸣ ⸢m⸣ msḥ n[,j] mḥ 7

and it [became] a crocodile of 7 cubits.

ꜥḥꜥ.n mḥ.n =f m pꜣ nḏs ⸢jri̯⸣ ⸢jṯi̯.n⸣ =[f] [sw]

Then it seized the commoner; [it] carried [him] off.

ꜥḥꜥ.n [r]ḏi̯.n =[f] [sw] [n] [Wbꜣ-jnr]

Then [he] gave [it] [to] [Webaoner].

[ꜥḥꜥ.n] [jṯi̯].n sw [Wbꜣ-jnr]

[Then] [Webaoner] [took] it.

ḏd.jn ḥm n[,j] nswt-bj,tj Nb-kꜣ mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Then the Majesty of the Dual King Nebka, justified, said:

smwn msḥ p[w] nḥꜣ

Surely this crocodile is fearsome!

ksi̯.t pw jri̯.n Wbꜣ-jnr

Then Webaoner bowed down

ꜥḥꜥ.n ṯꜣi̯.n =f sw

and took hold of it,

wn.jn =f m ḏr,t =f msḥ n[,j] mnḥ

and it was in his hand a crocodile of wax.

wn.jn ẖr[,j]-ḥb-ḥr,j-tp Wbꜣ-jnr ḥr wḥm mdw,t tn jri̯.n pꜣ nḏs m pr =f ḥnꜥ tꜣy =f ḥm,t n ḥm n[,j] nswt-bj,tj Nb-kꜣ mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Then the chief lector priest Webaoner told again this matter that the commoner had done in his house with his wife to the Majesty of the Dual King Nebka, justified.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n ḥm =f n pꜣ msḥ

Then His Majesty said to the crocodile:

jni̯ n =k pꜣy =k

Take what is yours!

hꜣi̯.t pw jri̯.n pꜣ msḥ r [ḏꜣ],t n.t pꜣ š

Then the crocodile went down into the [depths] of the lake,

n rḫ.tw bw šm.n =f jm ẖr =f

and the place where it had gone with him was not known.

ꜥḥꜥ.n rḏi̯.n [ḥm] [n[,j]] [nswt]-bj,tj Nb-kꜣ mꜣꜥ-ḫrw jṯi̯.tw tꜣ ḥm,t Wbꜣ-jnr r šd,w mḥ,tj n[,j] ẖnw

Then [the Majesty] [of the Dual] [King] Nebka, justified, had the wife of Webaoner taken to the field north of the Residence,

ꜥḥꜥ.n rḏi̯.n =f ḫ,t jm =s

and he set fire to her,

[wn.jn] =[s] [m] ⸢qmꜣ.w⸣ n[,j] jtr,w

[and] [she] [was] thrown into the river.

m =k bj[ꜣ],yt ḫp[r.t] [m] rk jt =k nswt-bj,tj Nb-kꜣ m jri̯.yt ẖr[,j]-ḥb-ḥr,j-tp Wbꜣ-jnr

Look, [this is] a wonder that happened [in] the time of your father the Dual King Nebka, among the deeds of the chief lector priest Webaoner.

ḏd.jn ḥm n[,j] nswt-bj,tj Ḫ[w]fw mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Then the Majesty of the Dual King Khufu, justified, said:

jmi̯ ḏi̯ =tw mꜣꜥ tʾ 1000 ḥ[n]q,t ds 100 jwꜣ 1 sntr pꜣd 2 n nswt-bj,tj Nb-kꜣ mꜣꜥ-ḫrw ḥnꜥ rḏi̯.t ḏi̯ =tw šns 1 ḥ[n]q,t ḏwj,w 1 jwf wrj sntr pꜣd 1 n ẖr[,j]-ḥb-ḥr,j-tp Wbꜣ-jnr

Have 1,000 loaves of bread, 100 jugs of beer, 1 ox and 2 pellets of incense presented to the Dual King Nebka, justified, and have 1 cake, 1 jug of beer, a large joint of meat and 1 pellet of incense given to the chief lector priest Webaoner.

ꜥḥꜥ [pw] jri̯[.n] Bꜣ,w≡f-⸢Rꜥ⸣ r mdwi̯.t ḏd =f

Then Baufra stood up to speak, and he said:

ḏi̯ =j sḏm ḥm =[k] bj[ꜣ],yt ḫpr.t m rk jt =k S[n]fr ⸢mꜣꜥ-ḫrw⸣ ⸢m⸣ ⸢jri̯⸣[.yt] ẖr[,j]-ḥb-ḥr,j-tp [Ḏ]ꜣḏꜣ-m-ꜥnḫ […]

Let me have Your Majesty hear of a wonder that happened in the time of your father Snefru, justified, among the deeds of the chief lector priest Djadjaemankh [...]

[ḥ]ḏ [s]f s__ […] wꜣḏ [sḫꜣ,w]

bright (?) [yester]day [...] fresh [in remembrance]

⸢ḥsi̯⸣ […] hrw nꜣ n[,j] jw tm ⸢jri̯⸣(?) ⸢rḏi̯⸣ ḫpr

praised [...] the day of those [...] which had not been done (?), caused to happen.

[jst] [r] =[f] [dbn.n] [ḥm] [n[,j]] [nswt-bj,tj] [Snfr,w] [mꜣꜥ-ḫrw] [ꜥ,t] [nb.t] n.t pr-nswt ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] r ḥḥj n =f [s,t-qb,t(?)]

[Now His Majesty the Dual King Snefru, justified, had gone round all the rooms] of the palace, life, prosperity, health, to seek [a refreshment (?)] for himself,

[n] [gmi̯.n] =[f] [sj]

[but he did not find it.]

[ḏd.jn] [ḥm] =[f]

[Then His Majesty said:]

jz jni̯ n =j ⸢ẖr,j-ḥb⸣-ḥr,j-tp zẖꜣ,w-[mḏꜣ,t] [Ḏꜣḏꜣ-m]-⸢ꜥnḫ⸣

Go, bring me the chief lector priest and scribe of the [book], Djadjaemankh!

jni̯.jn.tw =f [n] =f ḥr-[ꜥ.w]j

He was brought [to] him at once.

ḏd.jn n =f ⸢ḥm⸣ =[f]

Then His Majesty said to him:

[jw] [dbn.n] =[j] [ꜥ,t] [nb.t] n[.t] ⸢pr-nswt⸣ [ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb]] r ḥḥj n =j s,t-qb,t

[I have gone round all the rooms] of the palace, [life, prosperity, health], to seek a refreshment for myself,

n gmi̯.n =j sj

and I have not found it.

ḏd.jn n =f Ḏꜣḏꜣ-m-ꜥnḫ

Then Djadjaemankh said to him:

ḥwj-ꜣ wḏꜣ ḥm =k r š n[,j] pr-ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] ꜥpr n =k bꜣw m nfr,t.pl nb.t n.t ẖnw ꜥḥ =k

If only Your Majesty would go to the lake of the palace, life, prosperity, health, and fit out a boat for yourself with all the beautiful women of the inner part of your palace!

jb n[,j] ḥm =k r qbb n mꜣꜣ ẖnn =sn ẖn,t m-ḫd m-ḫnt

Your Majesty's heart will be refreshed at seeing them row, rowing downstream and upstream.

jw =k ḥr mꜣꜣ zš.w.pl nfr.w.pl n[.w] š =k

You will see the beautiful marshes of your lake,

jw =k ḥr mꜣꜣ sḫ,t.pl =f ḫfꜣꜣ,t =f nfr.w.pl

you will see its fields and its beautiful banks,

jw jb =k r qbb ẖr =s

and your heart will be refreshed by it.

jw =j ḥm r jri̯.t ẖn,t =j

I will indeed make my rowing trip.

jmi̯ jni̯[.t] =tw n =j wsr.w.pl 20 n[.w] hbnj bꜣk m nbw ḫmꜥ,t.pl jr,j m sqb bꜣk m ḏꜥmw

Have brought to me twenty oars of ebony worked with gold, their grips of seqeb-wood worked with electrum.

jmi̯ jni̯[.t] =tw n =j z,t-ḥm,t.pl 20 m nfr,t.pl n.t ḥꜥ.pl =sn m bn,tt.pl ḥnsk,ytt.pl n,tj n wpi̯.t =sn m ms,[w]t ḥnꜥ rḏi̯.t jni̯[.t] =tw n =j jꜣd,t 20 ḥnꜥ rḏi̯.t nn jꜣd,t.pl n nn ḥm,t.pl wꜣḥ ḥbs.w.pl =sn

Have brought to me twenty women, the most beautiful in body, with firm breasts and braided hair, who have not been opened by childbirth; and have brought to me twenty nets, and have these nets given to these women, their clothes laid aside.

ꜥḥꜥ.n jri̯ mj wḏ.t.pl nb.t ḥm =f

Then it was done according to all that His Majesty commanded.

⸢wn⸣.jn =⸢s⸣[n] ḥr ẖni̯.t m-ḫd m-ḫnt

And they rowed downstream and upstream,

wn.jn jb n[,j] ḥm =f nf[r] n mꜣꜣ ẖnn =sn

and His Majesty's heart was happy at seeing them row.

ꜥḥꜥ.n wꜥ.t n,tt r štj,w ḥt.n =s […] m ḥnsk,t =s

Then one who was at the stroke caught (?) [...] in her braid,

ꜥḥꜥ.n nḫꜣ,w ⸢n[,j]⸣ mfꜣk,t mꜣ[w].t ḫr ḥr mw

and a fish-pendant of new turquoise fell into the water.

ꜥḥꜥ.n =s gr.tj nn ẖni̯.t

Then she fell silent and did not row,

wn.jn pꜣy =s rmn gr nn ẖni̯.t

and her side fell silent and did not row.

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

jn n ẖn{n}.n =tn

Are you not rowing?

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =sn

Then they said:

tꜣy =⸢n⸣ šty,t g[r].tj nn ẖni̯.t

Our stroke has fallen silent and does not row.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n n =s ḥm =[f]

Then His Majesty said to her:

tm =⸢t⸣ ⸢ẖni̯⸣ [ḥr-m]

[Why] are you not rowing?

[ꜥḥ]ꜥ.n ḏd.n =s

Then she said:

⸢nḫꜣ,w⸣ [pw] [n[,j]] [mfꜣk,t] mꜣ[w][.t] ⸢ḫr⸣ ḥr mw

[It is] a fish-pendant [of] new [turquoise that] fell into the water.

⸢ꜥḥꜥ.n⸣ ⸢r⸣[ḏi̯.n] =f s[j] [r] [štj,w]

Then he [put] her [at the stroke].

[ḏd.jn] [ḥm] =[f] n =s

[Then His Majesty said] to her:

mri̯(?) =[j] [rḏi̯.t] [n] =[t] [sn,tj] =f [r] ḏb[ꜣ,w]

[I] wish (?) [to give you its like as] compensation.

ꜥḥꜥ.n [ḏd.n] =[s]

Then [she said]:

[mr]i̯ =j ḥnw =[j] [r] [sn,tj] =f

I [want my] own thing [more than its like].

ḏd.jn [ḥm] =[f]

Then [His Majesty] said:

[jz] [jni̯] [n] =[j] ẖr[,j]-ḥb-[ḥr,j-tp] [Ḏꜣḏꜣ-m-ꜥ]n[ḫ]

[Go, bring me] the [chief] lector priest [Djadjaemankh]!

[jni̯.jn.tw] =[f] [n] =[f] [ḥr-ꜥ.wj]

[He was brought to him at once.]

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

Ḏꜣḏꜣ-m-ꜥnḫ sn =j jw jri̯.n =j mj nꜣ ḏd[.n] =k

Djadjaemankh, my brother, I have done as you said,

wn.jn jb n[,j] ḥm =f qb n mꜣꜣ ẖnn =sn

and His Majesty's heart was refreshed at seeing them row.

ꜥḥꜥ.n nḫꜣ,w n[,j] mfꜣk,t mꜣ[w].t n.t wꜥ.t n.t šty,t ḫr ḥr mw

Then a fish-pendant of new turquoise belonging to one of the strokes fell into the water,

ꜥḥꜥ.n =s gr.[t]j nn ẖni̯.t

and she fell silent and did not row,

jyi̯.n ḥḏi̯.n =s pꜣy =s rmn

and so she upset her side.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =j n =s

Then I said to her:

tm =⸢t⸣ ẖni̯ ḥr-m

Why are you not rowing?

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =s n =j

Then she said to me:

nḫꜣ,w pw n[,j] mfꜣk,t mꜣ[w].t ḫr ḥr mw

It is a fish-pendant of new turquoise that fell into the water.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =j n =s

Then I said to her:

ẖni̯

Row!

m =t jnk ḏbꜣ sw

See, I will replace it.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =s n =j

Then she said to me:

mri̯ =j ḥnw =j r sn,tj =f

I want my own thing more than its like.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n ẖr[,j]-ḥb-ḥr,j-tp Ḏꜣḏꜣ-m-ꜥnḫ ḏd.t.n =f m ḥkꜣ.pl

Then the chief lector priest Djadjaemankh said what he said by magic.

ꜥḥꜥ.n rḏi̯.n =f rmn n[,j] mw n[,j] pꜣ š ḥr wꜥ =sn gmi̯.n =f pꜣ nḫꜣ,w wꜣḥ ḥr pꜣq,yt […] pꜣq,yt

Then he put one side of the water of the lake on top of the other, and he found the fish-pendant lying on a potsherd [...] potsherd.

ꜥḥꜥ.n jni̯.n =f sw rḏi̯ n ḥnw,t =f

Then he brought it, and it was given to its owner.

jst r =f jr pꜣ mw jw =f m mḥ 12 ḥr jꜣ,t =f

Now as for the water, it was twelve cubits [deep] in its middle,

ḏr.jn =f mḥ ⸢2⸣4 r-sꜣ wd⸢b⸣ =f

and it came to twenty-four cubits after it was folded back.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =f ḏd.t.n =f m ḥkꜣ.pl

Then he said what he said by magic,

ꜥḥꜥ.n jni̯.n =f nꜣ n[,j] mw n[,j] pꜣ š r ꜥḥꜥ,w =sn

and he brought the waters of the lake back to their position.

wršu̯.n ḥm =f ḥr hrw nfr ḥnꜥ pr-nswt ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] mj-qj =f

His Majesty spent the day in festivity with the whole palace, life, prosperity, health.

pri̯.n fqꜣ.n =f ẖr[,j]-ḥb-ḥr,j-tp Ḏꜣḏꜣ-m-ꜥnḫ m bw-nb-nfr

He came out and rewarded the chief lector priest Djadjaemankh with every good thing.

m =k bj[ꜣ],yt ḫpr.t m rk jt =k nswt-bj,tj Snfr,w mꜣꜥ-ḫrw m jri̯.yt ẖr[,j]-ḥb-ḥr,j-tp zẖꜣ,w-mḏꜣ,t Ḏꜣḏꜣ-m-ꜥnḫ

See, a wonder that happened in the time of your father the Dual King Snefru, justified, among the deeds of the chief lector priest and scribe of the book Djadjaemankh.

ḏd.jn ḥm n[,j] nswt-bj,tj Ḫ[w]fw mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Then the Majesty of the Dual King Khufu, justified, said:

jmi̯ ḏi̯ =tw mꜣꜥ tʾ 1000 ḥ[n]q,t ds 100 jwꜣ 1 sntr pꜣd 2 n ḥm n[,j] nswt-bj,tj Snfr,w mꜣꜥ-ḫrw ḥnꜥ rḏi̯.t ḏi̯ =tw šns 1 ḥ[n]q,t ḏwj,w 1 sntr pꜣd n ẖr[,j]-ḥb-ḥr,j-tp zẖꜣ,w-mḏꜣ,t Ḏꜣḏꜣ-m-ꜥnḫ

Let an offering of 1,000 loaves, 100 jugs of beer, one ox and two balls of incense be made to the Majesty of the Dual King Snefru, justified, and let one cake, one jar of beer and one ball of incense be given to the chief lector priest and scribe of the book Djadjaemankh,

jw mꜣ.n =j sp =f n[,j] rḫ

for I have seen a token of his learning.

jri̯.jn =tw mj wḏ.t.pl nb.t ḥm =f

And it was done according to all that His Majesty commanded.

ꜥḥꜥ p[w] jri̯.n zꜣ-nswt Ḏḏ≡f-Ḥr r mdwi̯.t ḏd =f

Then the king's son Hordjedef stood up to speak, and he said:

[mdw,t] n[,j] ⸢sp⸣ [pw] [n[,j]] [bj[ꜣ],yt] [swꜣ.tj] m rḫ.t.n n,tj.w swꜣ

[It is talk] of an instance [of a wonder now past], from what those who have passed away knew;

⸢n⸣ rḫ.n =tw mꜣꜥ[,t] [r] ⸢grg⸣

one cannot tell truth [from] falsehood.

[jw] [wn] [ḫr] ḥm =k m hꜣw =k ḏs =k n rḫ.n =[tw]

[There is, under] Your Majesty, in your own time, [one] who is not known,

[jn] [rḫ] [ḏḏ] [rḫ] [ḫm]

[a knowing man who makes the ignorant know.]

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

jšs.t [pw] [Ḏḏ≡f]-Ḥr [zꜣ] =[j]

What [is it], Hordjedef, my [son]?

[ḏd.jn] [zꜣ-nswt] Ḏḏ≡f-[Ḥr]

[Then the king's son] Hordjedef [said]:

jw wn nḏ[s] Ḏdj rn =f ḥmsi̯ =f m Ḏd-Snfr,w mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

There is a commoner named Djedi, who lives in Djed-Snefru, justified.

jw =f m nḏs n[,j] rnp,t 110

He is a commoner of 110 years,

jw =f ḥr wnm tʾ 500 rmn n[,j] jwꜣ m jwf ḥnꜥ swrj ḥ[n]q,t ds 100 r-mn-m hrw pn

and he eats 500 loaves, a shoulder of beef as meat, and drinks 100 jugs of beer, to this very day.

jw =f rḫ ṯ[ꜣ]s tp ḥsq

He knows how to join a severed head;

jw =f rḫ rḏi̯.t šm mꜣj ḥr-sꜣ =f sšd =f ḥr tꜣ

he knows how to make a lion walk behind him, its leash on the ground;

jw =f rḫ tnw jp,t.pl n.t wn,t n.t Ḏḥwtj

he knows the number of the ipwt [chambers] of the sanctuary of Thoth.

jst wršu̯ ḥm n[,j] nswt-bj,tj Ḫ[w]fw mꜣꜥ-ḫrw ḥr ḥḥj n =f nꜣ n[,j] jp,t.pl n.t wn,t n.t Ḏḥwtj r jri̯.t n =f mj,tt jr,j n ꜣḫ,t =f

Now the Majesty of the Dual King Khufu, justified, had been spending his days seeking for himself the ipwt of the sanctuary of Thoth, to make their like for himself for his horizon.

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

ḏs =k jr =f Ḏḏ≡f-Ḥr zꜣ =j jnt =k n =j sw

You yourself, Hordjedef my son, shall bring him to me.

ꜥḥꜥ.n sspd ꜥḥꜥ.w.pl n zꜣ-nswt Ḏḏ≡f-Ḥr

Then ships were made ready for the king's son Hordjedef.

šꜣs pw jri̯.n =f m ḫnt[,j]-ẖty,t r Ḏd-Snfr,w mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

He travelled upstream to Djed-Snefru, justified.

ḫr-m-ḫt nꜣ n[,j] ꜥḥꜥ.w.pl mnj r mr,yt šꜣs pw jri̯.n =f m ḥrtj snḏm.n =f m qnj,w n[,j] hbnj nbꜣ.w.pl m ssnḏm gnẖ r =f m nbw

After the ships had moored at the riverbank, he travelled by land, seated in a carrying-chair of ebony, its poles of sesnedjem-wood, overlaid with gold.

ḫr-m-ḫt spr =f r Ḏd[j] ꜥḥꜥ.n wꜣḥ pꜣ qnj,w

When he reached Djedi, the carrying-chair was set down.

⸢ꜥḥꜥ⸣ pw jri̯.n =f r wšd =f gmi̯.n =f sw sḏr ḥr [t]mꜣm 1 m sš n[,j] [s,t(?)] =f

He stood up to greet him, and found him lying on a mat at the threshold (?) of his [house],

ḥm,w ẖr tp =f ḥr ꜥmꜥm n =f

a servant at his head rubbing him,

ky ḥr sjn rd.du =fj

another rubbing his feet.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n zꜣ-nswt Ḏ[ḏ]≡f-Ḥr

Then the king's son Hordjedef said:

jw ḫr,t =k mj ꜥnḫ tp-m tnj ḫr jꜣw,t s,t mnj s,t qrs s,t zmꜣ-tꜣ sḏr r sšp šwi̯ m ḫꜣ,t nn kḥkḥ,t-n.t-sry,t

Your condition is like that of one who lives before growing old, in spite of old age, the time of mooring, the time of burial, the time of joining the earth: sleeping until daylight, free of illness, without a wheezing cough (?).

nḏ ḫr,t jmꜣḫ,y pw

Such is the greeting for a revered man.

jyi̯.n =⸢j⸣ ꜥꜣ r njs r =k m wpw,t n.t jt =j Ḫ[w]fw mꜣꜥ-ḫrw wnm =k špss n[,j] ḏḏ nswt ḏfꜣ,w n[,j] jm,j.w.pl-šms,w =f

I have come here to summon you on an errand of my father Khufu, justified, so that you may eat the fine things the king gives, the provisions of those who are in his following,

zbi̯ =f tw m ꜥḥꜥ,w nfr n jt.w.pl =k jm,j.w.pl ẖr[,t]-nṯr

and that he may convey you through a good lifetime to your fathers who are in the necropolis.

ḏd.jn Ḏdj pn

Then this Djedi said:

m-ḥtp zp-2 Ḏḏ≡f-Ḥr zꜣ-nswt [mri̯].y n jt =f

In peace, in peace, Hordjedef, king's son, [beloved] of his father!

ḥsi̯ tw jt =k Ḫ[w]fw mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

May your father Khufu, justified, favour you;

sḫnti̯ =f ⸢s,t⸣ =k m jꜣw.pl

may he advance your place among the elders;

šnt kꜣ =k ḫ,t r ⸢ḫft,j⸣

may your ka [vital force] contend in [every] matter against the adversary;

rḫ bꜣ =k wꜣ,t.pl ꜥfd.t r s⸢b⸣ḫ,t n.t ḥbs ⸢bꜣ⸣gi̯

may your ba [soul] know the hidden (?) ways to the portal of Him Who Clothes the Weary One.

nḏ ḫr,t zꜣ-nswt pw

Such is the greeting for a king's son.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ꜣwi̯.n n =f zꜣ-nswt Ḏḏ≡f-Ḥr ꜥ.du =fj

Then the king's son Hordjedef stretched out his arms to him

ꜥḥꜥ.n sꜥḥꜥ.n =f sw

and raised him up.

wḏꜣ pw jri̯.n =f ḥnꜥ =f r mr,yt ḥr rḏi̯.t n =f ꜥ =f

He went with him to the riverbank, giving him his arm.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n Ḏdj

Then Djedi said:

jmi̯ ḏi̯ n =j wꜥ n[,j] qꜣqꜣ,w

Let me be given one of the barges,

jnt.[t]w =f n =j ẖrd.w.pl =[j] ḥr zẖꜣ.pl =j

so that it may bring me my children and my writings.

ꜥḥꜥ.n rḏi̯ ꜥḥꜥ n =f qꜣqꜣ,w 2 ḥnꜥ jz,t =sn

Then two barges were made ready for him, with their crews.

jwi̯.t pw jri̯.n Ḏdj m-ḫd m wsḫ n,tj zꜣ-nswt Ḏḏ≡f-Ḥr jm =f

Djedi came downstream in the broad ship in which the king's son Hordjedef was.

ḫr-m-ḫt spr =f r ẖnw ꜥq pw jri̯.n zꜣ-nswt Ḏḏ≡f-Ḥr r smj.t n ḥm n[,j] nswt-bj,tj Ḫ[w]fw mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

When he reached the Residence, the king's son Hordjedef went in to report to the Majesty of the Dual King Khufu, justified.

ḏd.jn zꜣ-nswt Ḏḏ≡f-Ḥr

Then the king's son Hordjedef said:

j [j]ty ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] nb =j jw jni̯.n =j Ḏdj

O Sovereign, life, prosperity, health, my lord, I have brought Djedi.

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

jzi̯ jni̯ n =j sw

Go, bring him to me!

wḏꜣ pw jri̯.n ḥm =f r wꜣḫj n[,j] pr-ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb]

His Majesty went to the columned hall of the palace, life, prosperity, health,

sṯꜣ.jn.tw n =f Ḏdj

and Djedi was ushered in to him.

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

ptj st Ḏdj tm rḏi̯ mꜣn =j tw

How is it, Djedi, that I have not been allowed to see you?

ḏd.jn Ḏdj

Then Djedi said:

njs.w pw jy.y j [j]ty ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb]

It is the one who is summoned who comes, O Sovereign, life, prosperity, health.

njs r =j m =k wj jy.kwj

Summon me, and see, I have come.

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

jn jw mꜣꜥ,t pw pꜣ ḏd jw =k rḫ.tj ṯ[ꜣ]s tp ḥsq

Is it true, what is said, that you know how to join a severed head?

ḏd.jn Ḏdj

Then Djedi said:

tjw jw =j rḫ.kwj j [j]ty ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] nb =j

Yes, I do know [how], O Sovereign, life, prosperity, health, my lord.

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

jmi̯ jnt.[t]w n =j ḫnrj n,tj m ḫnr,t wdi̯ nkn =f

Have brought to me a prisoner who is in the prison, whose punishment has been decreed.

ḏd.jn Ḏdj

Then Djedi said:

n-js n r[m]t.pl j [j]ty ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] nb =⸢j⸣

But not on people, O Sovereign, life, prosperity, health, my lord!

m =k n wḏ.tw jri̯.t mn,t jr,j n tꜣ ꜥw,t šps.t

See, it is not commanded that such a thing be done to the noble flock.

ꜥḥꜥ.n jni̯ n =f smn wḏꜥ tp =f

Then a goose was brought to him, its head cut off.

ꜥḥꜥ.n rḏi̯ pꜣ smn r gbꜣ jmn,tj n[,j] wꜣḫj ḏꜣḏꜣ =f r gbꜣ jꜣb,tj n[,j] wꜣḫj

Then the goose was put on the west side of the columned hall, and its head on the east side of the columned hall.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n Ḏdj ḏd.t.pl =f m ḥkꜣ.pl

Then Djedi said his sayings of magic.

wn.jn pꜣ smn ꜥḥꜥ ḥr ḥbꜣbꜣ ḏꜣḏꜣ =f m-mj,tt

And the goose stood up, waddling, and its head likewise.

ḫr-m-ḫt spr =f wꜥ r wꜥ ꜥḥꜥ.n pꜣ smn ꜥḥꜥ ḥr gꜣgꜣ

When the one had reached the other, the goose stood cackling.

ꜥḥꜥ.n rḏi̯.n =f jni̯[.t].tw n =f ḫt-ꜥꜣ

Then he had a khetaa-bird brought to him,

jri̯.n =tw r =f m-mj,tt

and the same was done to it.

ꜥḥꜥ.n rḏi̯.n ḥm =f jnt.[t]w n =f jwꜣ sḫr tp =f r tꜣ

Then His Majesty had an ox brought to him, its head felled to the ground.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n Ḏdj ḏd.t.n =f m ḥkꜣ.pl

Then Djedi said what he said by magic,

ꜥḥꜥ.n pꜣ jwꜣ ꜥḥꜥ ḥr-sꜣ =f sšd =f ḫr r tꜣ

and the ox stood up behind him, its tether fallen to the ground.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n pꜣ ⸢nswt⸣ Ḫ[w]fw mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

Then King Khufu, justified, said:

pꜣ jr(?) =f ḏd jw =k rḫ.tj tnw nꜣ n[,j] [j]p[,t].pl n.t ⸢wn⸣,t n.t [Ḏḥwtj]

And what of the saying that you know the number of the ipwt of the sanctuary of [Thoth]?

ḏd.jn Ḏdj

Then Djedi said:

ḥsi̯.tj n rḫ =j tnw jr,j j [j]ty ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] nb =⸢j⸣

If you please, I do not know their number, O Sovereign, life, prosperity, health, my lord,

jw =j swt rḫ.kwj bw n,tj st jm

but I do know the place where it is.

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

jw jr =f tn

Where is it, then?

ḏd.j[n] Ḏdj pn

Then this Djedi said:

jw ꜥfd,t jm n.t ds m ꜥ,t sjp.tj rn =s m Jwn,w

There is a chest of flint there, in a room named 'Inventory', in Heliopolis.

[m] =[k] [st] m tꜣ ꜥfd,t

[See, it is] in that chest.

ḏd.jn Ḏdj

Then Djedi said:

j [j]ty ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] nb =j m =k nn jnk js jnn n =k s⸢j⸣

O Sovereign, life, prosperity, health, my lord, see, it is not I who will bring it to you.

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

jn-m ⸢j⸣r =f jni̯ =f n =j sj

Who, then, will bring it to me?

ḏd.jn Ḏdj

Then Djedi said:

jn smsw n[,j] pꜣ ẖrd.w.pl 3 n,tj m ẖ,t n[.t] R[w]d-ḏd,t jni̯ =f n =k sj

It is the eldest of the three children who are in the womb of Ruddjedet who will bring it to you.

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

mri̯ =j js st n⸢ꜣ⸣ ḏd.y =k

I do want it, this that you will tell [me]:

ptj sj tꜣ R[w]d-ḏd,t

who is she, this Ruddjedet?

ḏd.jn Ḏdj

Then Djedi said:

ḥm,t wꜥb pw n[,j] Rꜥ nb-Sꜣẖb,w jwr.tj m ẖrd.w.pl 3 n[,j] Rꜥ nb-Sꜣẖb,w

She is the wife of a wab [pure] priest of Ra, lord of Sakhebu, who is pregnant with three children of Ra, lord of Sakhebu.

j[w] ḏd.n =f r =s

He has said of her

jw =sn r jri̯.t jꜣ,t twy mnḫ.t m tꜣ pn r-ḏr =f

that they will exercise this excellent office in this entire land,

jw smsw n =sn jm,y r jri̯.t wr-mꜣ.pl m Jwn,w

and the eldest of them will be Greatest of Seers in Heliopolis.

wn.jn ḥm =f jb =f wꜣi̯ r ḏw,t ḥr =s

Then His Majesty's heart fell into sadness at this.

ḏd.jn Ḏdj

Then Djedi said:

ptj jr =f pꜣ jb j [j]ty ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb] nb =j

What is this mood, O Sovereign, life, prosperity, health, my lord?

jn jri̯.tw ḥr pꜣ ẖrd.w.pl 3 ḏd.n =j

Is it because of the three children I have spoken of?

kꜣ zꜣ =k kꜣ zꜣ =f kꜣ wꜥ jm =s

Then your son, then his son, then one of them.

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

msi̯ =s jr =f zj-nw R[w]d-ḏd,t

When will she give birth, then, Ruddjedet?

[ḏd.jn] [Ḏdj]

[Then Djedi said:]

msi̯ =s m ꜣbd 1 pr,t sw 15

She will give birth in the first month of Peret [Emergence], on day 15.

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

jw =s tj ṯs.w.pl n.w ꜥꜣḏ.du(?) ḥsq

But (?) the sandbanks of the Two Fishes (?) will be cut off.

bꜣk =j ꜣ n =st ḏs =j kꜣ mꜣn =j tꜣ ḥw,t-nṯr n.t Rꜥ nb-Sꜣẖb,w

I would myself labour (?) for it; then I would see the temple of Ra, lord of Sakhebu.

ḏd.jn Ḏdj

Then Djedi said:

kꜣ rḏi̯ =j ḫpr mw n.w mḥ 4 ḥr ṯs.w.pl n.w ꜥꜣḏ.du(?)

Then I will make there be four cubits of water on the sandbanks of the Two Fishes (?).

wḏꜣ pw jri̯.n ḥm =f r ꜥḥ =f

His Majesty went to his palace.

ḏd.jn ḥm =f

Then His Majesty said:

jmi̯ ḏi̯.tw m ḥr n Ḏdj r pr zꜣ-nswt Ḏḏ≡f-Ḥr ḥmsi̯ =f ḥnꜥ =f

Let Djedi be assigned to the house of the king's son Hordjedef, to live with him.

jri̯ ꜥq,w =f m tʾ 1000 ḥ[n]q,t ds 100 jwꜣ 1 jꜣq,t ḫrš 100

Make his rations 1,000 loaves, 100 jugs of beer, one ox and 100 bunches of leeks.

jri̯.jn =tw mj wḏ.t.pl nb.t ḥm =f

And it was done according to all that His Majesty commanded.

wꜥ m nn hrw ḫpr wn.jn R[w]d-ḏd,t ḥr šni̯.t =s

One of those days it happened that Ruddjedet was in labour pains,

qsn mss =s

and her giving birth was difficult.

ḏd.jn ḥm n[,j] Rꜥ nb-Sꜣẖbw n ꜣs,t Nb,t-ḥw,t Msḫn,t Ḥq,t H̱nm,w

Then the Majesty of Ra, lord of Sakhebu, said to Isis, Nephthys, Meskhenet, Heqet and Khnum:

ḥwj ꜣ šꜣs =tn smsi̯.y =tn R[w]d-ḏd,t m pꜣ ẖrd.w.pl 3 n,tj m ẖ,t =s n,tj r jri̯.t jꜣ,t twy mnḫ.t m tꜣ pn r-ḏr =f qd =sn rʾ.pl-pr.pl =tn sḏfꜣ.y =sn ḫꜣw,t.pl =tn swꜣḏ =sn wḏḥw.pl =tn sꜥꜣi̯.y =sn ḥtp,w-nṯr =tn

Please go and deliver Ruddjedet of the three children who are in her womb, who will exercise this excellent office in this entire land. They will build your temples, they will provision your altars, they will make your offering tables flourish, they will increase your divine offerings.

wḏꜣ pw jri̯.n nn nṯr.pl jri̯.n =sn ḫpr,w.pl =sn […] m ḫ[n],yt.pl

These gods set out, having taken their forms [...] as musicians,

H̱nm,w ḥnꜥ =sn ⸢ẖr⸣ qnj

Khnum with them carrying the baggage.

spr pw jri̯.n =sn r pr ⸢Rꜥ⸣-wsr

They arrived at the house of Rawoser

gmi̯.n =sn ⸢sw⸣ ꜥḥꜥ dꜣjw sḫd

and found him standing with his kilt upside down.

wn.jn =sn ḥr mz n =f mnj,t[.pl] =sn sḫm.pl

And they held out to him their menat-necklaces and sistra.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =f n =sn

Then he said to them:

ḥnw,t.pl =j m =[t]n z,t pw n,t{j}[t] ḥr mn =s

My ladies, see, it is a woman who is in pain,

qsn ms[s] =s

and her giving birth is difficult.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =sn

Then they said:

ḏi̯ =k mꜣ[n] =⸢n⸣ sj

Let us see her;

m =k n rḫ.wjn smsi̯

see, we know how to deliver.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =f n =sn

Then he said to them:

wḏꜣ.pl

Go in!

ꜥq pw jri̯.n =sn tp-m R[w]d-ḏd,t

They went in before Ruddjedet.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḫtm.n =sn ꜥ,t ḥr =s ḥnꜥ =s[n] […] [pr]-ḥr[,j] =s ḥnꜥ =s

Then they shut the room upon her and themselves [...] her [upper house] (?) with her.

ꜥḥꜥ.n rḏi̯.n sj ꜣs,t ḫft-ḥr =s Nb,t-ḥw,t ḥꜣ =s Ḥq,t ḥr sḫꜣḫ ms,wt

Then Isis placed herself in front of her, Nephthys behind her, and Heqet hastened the birth.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n ꜣs,t

Then Isis said:

jmi̯ =k wsr m ẖ,t =s m rn =k pwy n[,j] Wsr-r≡f

Do not be strong in her womb, in this your name of Userref.

wꜥr.jn ẖrd pn tp ꜥ.wj =sj m ẖrd n[,j] mḥ 1

Then this child slid out onto her hands, a child of one cubit,

r[w]d qs.pl =f

his bones firm,

nḫb,t ꜥ,t.pl =f m nbw

the covering (?) of his limbs of gold,

ꜥfn,t =f m ḫsbd mꜣꜥ

his headcloth of true lapis lazuli.

jꜥi̯.jn =sn sw šꜥd ẖpꜣ =f rḏi̯ ḥr jfdj m ḏb,t

They washed him, his navel cord was cut, and he was laid on a cloth upon a brick.

ꜥḥꜥ.n mz.n sj Msḫn,t r =f

Then Meskhenet presented herself to him

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =s

and said:

nswt jri̯.t[j] =fj nsw,yt m tꜣ pn r-ḏr =f

A king who will exercise kingship in this entire land!

H̱nm,w ḥr swḏꜣ ḥꜥ.pl =f

Khnum gave health to his body.

rḏi̯.jn sj ꜣs,t ḫft-ḥr =s Nb,t-ḥw,t ḥꜣ =s Ḥq,t ḥr sḫꜣḫ ms,wt

Then Isis placed herself in front of her, Nephthys behind her, and Heqet hastened the birth.

ḏd.jn ꜣs,t

Then Isis said:

jmi̯ =k sꜣḥ m ẖ,t =s m rn =k pwy n[,j] Sꜣḥ-Rꜥ

Do not kick in her womb, in this your name of Sahra.

wꜥr.jn ẖrd pn tp ꜥ.wj =sj m ẖrd n[,j] mḥ 1

Then this child slid out onto her hands, a child of one cubit,

r[w]d qs.pl =f

his bones firm,

nḫb,t ꜥ,t.pl =f [m] [nbw]

the covering (?) of his limbs [of gold],

ꜥfn,t =f m ḫsbd mꜣꜥ

his headcloth of true lapis lazuli.

jꜥi̯.jn =sn sw šꜥd ẖpꜣ =f rḏi̯ ḥr jfdj m ḏb,t

They washed him, his navel cord was cut, and he was laid on a cloth upon a brick.

ꜥḥꜥ.n mz.n sj Msḫn,t r =f

Then Meskhenet presented herself to him

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =s

and said:

nswt jri̯.t[j] =fj nsw,yt m tꜣ pn r-ḏr =f

A king who will exercise kingship in this entire land!

wn.jn H̱nm,w ḥr swḏꜣ ꜥ,t.pl =f

And Khnum gave health to his limbs.

rḏi̯.jn sj ꜣs,t ḫft-ḥr =s Nb,t-ḥw,t ḥꜣ =s Ḥq,t ḥr sḫꜣḫ ms,wt

Then Isis placed herself in front of her, Nephthys behind her, and Heqet hastened the birth.

ḏd.jn ꜣs,t

Then Isis said:

jmi̯ =k kkw m ẖ,t =s m rn =k pwy n[,j] Kkw

Do not be dark in her womb, in this your name of Keku.

wꜥr.jn ẖrd pn tp ꜥ.wj =sj m ẖrd n[,j] mḥ 1

Then this child slid out onto her hands, a child of one cubit,

r[w]d qs.pl =f

his bones firm,

nḫb,t ꜥ,t.pl =f m nbw

the covering (?) of his limbs of gold,

ꜥfn,t =f m ḫsbd mꜣꜥ

his headcloth of true lapis lazuli.

ꜥḥꜥ.n mz.n sj Msḫn,t r =f

Then Meskhenet presented herself to him

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =s

and said:

nswt jri̯.t[j] =fj nsw,yt m tꜣ pn r-ḏr =f

A king who will exercise kingship in this entire land!

wn.jn H̱nm,w ḥr swḏꜣ ꜥ,t.pl =f

And Khnum gave health to his limbs.

jꜥi̯.jn =sn sw šꜥd ẖpꜣ =f rḏi̯ ḥr jfdj m ḏb,t

They washed him, his navel cord was cut, and he was laid on a cloth upon a brick.

pri̯.t pw jri̯.n nn nṯr.pl smsi̯.n =sn R[w]d-ḏd,t m pꜣ ẖrd.pl 3

These gods came out, having delivered Ruddjedet of the three children.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =sn

Then they said:

nḏm jb =k Rꜥ-wsr

Let your heart be glad, Rawoser!

m =k msi̯ n =k ẖrd.w.pl 3

See, three children have been born to you.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =f n =sn

Then he said to them:

ḥnw,t.pl =j ptj jri̯.t =j n =tn

My ladies, what can I do for you?

ḥꜣ ḏi̯ =tn pꜣ jt n pꜣy =tn ẖr[,j]-qnj

Please give this barley to your porter,

jṯi̯ =tn n =tn sw r swn,t t(?)nm,w […] r(?) nm.w.pl

and take it for yourselves as payment for tenemu-beer (?) [...] for (?) nemu (?).

jwh.jn sw H̱nm,w m pꜣ jt

Then Khnum loaded himself with the barley.

wḏꜣ pw jri̯.n =sn r b⸢w⸣ jyi̯.n =sn jm

They set off for the place they had come from.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n ꜣs,t n nn nṯr.pl

Then Isis said to these gods:

ptj nꜣ n,tt =n jyi̯.wjn r =s nn jri̯.t bj[ꜣ],yt n nꜣ n[,j] ẖrd.w.pl smj =n n pꜣy =sn jt rḏi̯ jwi̯,t =n

What is this, that we have come here without working a wonder for these children, which we might report to their father who sent us?

ꜥḥꜥ.n msi̯.n =sn ḫꜥ,w.pl 3 n nb ꜥnḫ-[w]ḏꜣ-s[nb]

Then they fashioned three crowns of the lord, may he live, prosper and be healthy,

rḏi̯.jn =sn st m pꜣ jt

and they put them in the barley.

ꜥḥꜥ.n rḏi̯.n =sn jwi̯,t p,t m ḏꜥ ḥr ḥw,yt

Then they made the sky turn to storm and rain,

ꜥḥꜥ.n ꜥn.n =sn st r pꜣ pr

and they turned back to the house.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =sn

Then they said:

ḥꜣ ḏi̯ =tn pꜣ jt ꜥꜣ m ꜥ,t ḫtm.tj r jwi̯.t =n ḥr ḫni̯.t mḥ,tj

Please put the barley here in a sealed room until we come back from making music in the north.

ꜥḥꜥ.n rḏi̯.n =sn pꜣ [jt] m ꜥ,t ḫtm.tj

Then they put the [barley] in a sealed room.

ꜥḥꜥ.n R[w]d-ḏd,t wꜥb.n =s m ⸢wꜥb⸣ n[,j] hrw 14

Then Ruddjedet purified herself with a purification of fourteen days.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =s n wbꜣ,[y]t =s

Then she said to her maidservant:

jn jw pꜣ pr sspd

Is the house provided for?

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =s

And she said:

jw =f sspd m bw-nb-nfr wpw-ḥr hnw.pl n jni̯.tw

It is provided with every good thing except jars: they have not been brought.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n R[w]d-ḏd,t

Then Ruddjedet said:

tm.tw ms jni̯ hnw ḥr-m

Why, then, have jars not been brought?

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n tꜣ wbꜣ,[y]t

Then the maidservant said:

nfr-pw smnḫ ꜥꜣ wpw-ḥr pꜣ jt n[,j] nn ḫn,yt.pl

There is nothing here to make use of except the barley of these musicians,

jw =f m ꜥ,t ḥr ḫtm =sn

and it is in a room under their seal.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n R[w]d-ḏd,t

Then Ruddjedet said:

hꜣi̯ jni̯ jm =f

Go down and bring some of it.

kꜣ jn Rꜥ-wsr rḏi̯ =f n =sn ḏbꜣ jr,j m-ḫt jwi̯ =f

Rawoser will give them its replacement when he comes back.

šꜣs pw jri̯.n tꜣ wbꜣ,[y]t wn.n =s tꜣ ꜥ,t

The maidservant went and opened the room,

ꜥḥꜥ.n sḏm.n =s ḫrw ḥsj šmꜥ ḫbi̯.t wꜣg jrr.t nb.t n nswt m tꜣ ꜥ,t

and she heard the sound of singing, music, dancing and jubilation, everything that is done for a king, in the room.

šꜣs pw jri̯.n =s

She went

wn.jn =s ḥr wḥm sḏm.t.n =s nb.t n R[w]d-ḏd,t

and repeated all she had heard to Ruddjedet.

wn.jn =s ḥr dbn tꜣ ꜥ,t

And she went round the room,

n gmi̯.n =s bw jrr.w st jm

but she did not find the place where it was being done.

ꜥḥꜥ.n rḏi̯.n =s mꜣꜥ =s r pꜣ ẖꜣr gmi̯.n =s jri̯.tw m-ẖnw =f

Then she put her temple to the sack and found that it was being done inside it.

ꜥḥꜥ.n rḏi̯.n =s [sw] r pds rḏi̯ m-ẖnw ky ḫtm jstn m dḥr

Then she put [it] in a chest, which was put inside another, sealed and bound with leather.

rḏi̯.n =s st r ꜥ,t wnn.t ẖr ḥn,w.pl =s ḫtm.n =s ḥr =f

She put it in a room that held her belongings, and sealed it.

jwi̯.t pw jri̯.n Rꜥ-wsr m jyi̯ m šꜣ

Rawoser came, returning from the fields,

wn.jn R[w]d-ḏd,t ḥr wḥm n =f mdw,t tn

and Ruddjedet repeated this matter to him,

wn.jn jb =f nfr r ḫ,t nb.t

and his heart was happier than anything.

ḥmsi̯.t pw jri̯.n =sn ḥr hrw nfr

They sat down to a day of festivity.

ḫr-m-ḫt hrw.w swꜣ ḥr nn ꜥḥꜥ.n šnt R[w]d-ḏd,t ḫ,t n tꜣ wbꜣ,yt rḏi̯.n =s ḫsf =tw n =s m ḥwi̯.t

Some days after this, Ruddjedet quarrelled with the maidservant over something and had her punished with a beating.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n tꜣ wbꜣ,yt n nꜣ n[,j] r[m]t n,tj m pꜣ pr

Then the maidservant said to the people who were in the house:

jn jrr.t =s r(?) nꜣ zp-2(?)

Is she to do this, this (?) [to me]?

jw msi̯.n =s nsw.yw.pl 3

She has borne three kings!

jw =j r šm.t [r] ḏd st n ḥm n[,j] nswt-bj,tj Ḫ[w]fw mꜣꜥ-ḫrw

I will go [and] tell it to the Majesty of the Dual King Khufu, justified!

šꜣs pw jri̯.n =s gmi̯.n =s sn =s n[,j] mw,t =s smsw ḥr mr mḥj nw,t ḥr ḫtjw

She went and found her eldest brother by her mother tying flax yarn on the threshing floor.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =f n =s

Then he said to her:

jri̯ =t r-tn[j] jdy,t šr.t

Where are you off to, little girl?

wn.jn =s ḥr wḥm n =f mdw,t ⸢tn⸣

And she repeated this matter to him.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n n =s pꜣy =s sn

Then her brother said to her:

jri̯ js jrr.t =t p[ꜣ] jyi̯.t tp-jm =j jw =j ḥr snsn w[ṯs],t

Is this really what you should do, coming to me so that I join in a denunciation?

ꜥḥꜥ.n ṯꜣi̯.n =f mḥj šꜣj r =s

Then he took a length (?) of flax to her

ꜥḥ[ꜥ.n] jri̯.n =f r(?) =s sḫ,t [b]jn.t

and gave her a bad beating.

šꜣs pw jri̯.n tꜣ wbꜣ,yt r jni̯.t n =s jkn [n[,j]] mw

The maidservant went to fetch herself a scoop of water,

ꜥḥꜥ.n jṯi̯.n sj msḥ

and a crocodile took her.

šꜣs pw jri̯[.y] [r] ḏd st n R[w]d-ḏd,t jn pꜣy =s ⸢sn⸣

Her brother went [to] tell it to Ruddjedet.

gmi̯.n =f R[w]d-ḏd,t ḥmsi̯.tj tp =s ḥr mꜣs,t =s jb =s ḏwi̯ r ḫ,t nb.t

He found Ruddjedet sitting with her head on her knees, her heart sadder than anything.

ꜥḥꜥ.n ⸢ḏd.n⸣ =f n =s

Then he said to her:

ḥnw,t =j jrr =t pꜣ jb ḥr-m

My lady, why are you in this mood?

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =s

Then she said:

tꜣ pw kt,t ḫp[r.t] ⸢m⸣ pꜣ pr

It is that little one who grew up in the house!

m =k ms sj šm.tj r-ḏd

See, she has gone off, saying:

jw =j r šm.t wṯs =j

'I will go and denounce [her]!'

ꜥḥꜥ.n rḏi̯.n =f ⸢tp⸣ =f m-ẖr,w

Then he hung his head

ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n =f

and said:

ḥnw,t =j ḫn sj jyi̯.tj r ḏd n =j [___] =j(?) jri̯.y =s ꜣ r-gs =j

My lady, she came to tell me [...] my (?) [...], so that she might do [it] with me beside her (?),

ꜥḥꜥ.n jri̯.n =j n =s sḫ,t bjn,t

and I gave her a bad beating.

ꜥḥꜥ.n =[s] [š]m.tj r [j]k[n] n =s nhj n[,j] mw

Then [she] went to [draw] a little water for herself,

ꜥḥꜥ.n jṯi̯.n sj msḥ […]

and a crocodile took her [...]