The Contendings of Horus and Seth (pChester Beatty I)

jw Jni̯-ḥr[,t] [ḥr] ꜥš sgꜣ~bw ꜥꜣ r-ḥr-n tꜣ psd[,t] r-ḏd

And Onuris let out a great cry before the Ennead, saying:

wn.jn =tw [ḥr] jni̯ Bꜣ-nb-Ḏd[,t] nṯr-ꜥꜣ ḥr,j-jb [Sṯ,t] m-bꜣḥ Tm ḥnꜥ Ptḥ-Tꜣ-tnn

Then Banebdjedet, the great god who dwells in [Setjet], was brought before Atum, together with Ptah-Tatenen.

ḫr tꜣj jꜣw,t ꜥꜣi̯.ṱ r =k pꜣ ꜥḏd bjn dp,t rʾ =f

and this office is too great for you, you boy whose breath is bad.

ꜥḥꜥ.n Jni̯-ḥr[,t] [ḥr] qnd.t m ḥḥ.pl n sp m-mj,tt tꜣ psd[,t] r-ḏr =st m 30,yt

Then Onuris raged a million times over, and so did the whole Ennead, the Thirty.

jw Bꜣ~bꜣ pꜣ nṯr ḥr dwnj =f

And the god Baba stood up,

jw =f ḥr ḏd n Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du

and he said to Ra-Horakhty:

kꜣrj =k šwj

Your shrine is empty!

ꜥḥꜥ.n Pꜣ-Rꜥ-Ḥr,w-ꜣḫ,tj.du [ḥr] šnn tꜣ wšb,y[t] j:ḏd.y[t] n =f

Then Ra-Horakhty was hurt by the answer that had been said to him,

jw =f [ḥr] nmꜥ =f ḥr psd =f jw jb =f ḏww ꜥꜣ wr

and he lay down on his back, his heart very sore indeed.

ꜥḥꜥ.n pꜣ nṯr-ꜥꜣ [ḥr] sbjꜣ jm =st

Then the great god laughed at her.

wn.jn =f ḥr dwnj =f

Then he got up

jw =f [ḥr] ḥmsi̯ r-ḥnꜥ tꜣ psd[,t]-ꜥꜣ.t

and sat down with the Great Ennead,

jw =f ḥr ḏd n Ḥr,w ḥnꜥ Stẖ

and he said to Horus and Seth:

j:ḏd r-rʾ =tn

Speak for yourselves!

ḫr tw≡j [ḥr] smꜣm pꜣ ḫft{.pl}-n-Pꜣ-Rꜥ m-mn,t jw =j m ḥꜣ,t n wjꜣ-n-ḥḥ.pl jw nn rḫ nṯr nb jri̯ =f

Now I kill the enemy of Ra every day, being at the prow of the Bark of Millions, and no other god is able to do it.

wn.jn Jni̯-ḥr[,t] ḥnꜥ Ḏḥw,tj [ḥr] ꜥš sgꜣ~bw ꜥꜣ r-ḏd

Then Onuris and Thoth let out a great cry, saying:

ḏꜣy =tn r pꜣ jw ḥr,j-jb mtw =tn wpw.ṱ =w jm mtw =tn ḏd n Nmt,j pꜣ mꜥ~ẖn,[t]j

Cross over to the Island in the Middle and judge them there, and say to Nemty the ferryman:

jw =st [ḥr] spr r Nm,tj pꜣ mꜥ~ẖn,[t]j jw =f ḥmsi̯ [ḥr(?)] spr r pꜣy =f jmw jw jry =st ḫpr,pl =st m wꜥ-n jꜣw,t n r[m]ṯ[,t]{.pl} jw j:šmi̯{.t} =s[t] m kꜣ~sꜣ{~kꜣ~sꜣ} jw wꜥ ḫtm,w šrjw n nbw [m] ḏr,t =st

She reached Nemty the ferryman as he sat close by his boat; she had changed her form into an old woman, who walked bent over(?), with a small gold signet-ring on her hand.

zẖꜣ n =k Ḏḥw,tj ḥbsj.pl r-gs Nb-r-ḏr nsw-nṯr,pl

Thoth writes for you jubilees(?) beside the Lord of All, the king of the gods.

pꜣ jwꜥ n wr-nṯr,pl Jmn Kꜣ-mw,t≡f pꜣ sḫpr tj ḏi̯ =f n =k [tꜣ,pl] nb.w.pl m qnj n ḫpš =⸢f⸣ jw =k ḥmsi̯.ṱ ḥr jsbw,t [n] pꜣ-Rꜥ

The heir of the greatest of the gods, Amun Kamutef, who brought you into being: he gives you all [lands] in the embrace of his strong arm, while you sit on the throne of Ra.

Wr,t-ḥkꜣ[.pl] ḥr dp =k

Great-of-Magic is upon your head.

Rꜥ-mss-Jmn-[ḥr-]ḫpš≡f-mri̯-Jmn [ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ]-s[nb] pꜣ-ḥqꜣ sksk pḏ,t-9 jt =[k] Mn[w]{,tj} [ḥr] ḏi̯.t n =k kꜣ =f

Ramesses-Amenherkhepeshef-Meryamun, [may he live, prosper] and be healthy, the ruler who destroys the Nine Bows: [your] father Min gives you his ka.

Bꜥ~jrʾ [ḥr] ḏi̯.t n =k pḥ,tjj pꜣ nsw nṯr,j mry,tj jṯt tꜣ,du [m] pḥ,tjj =f

Baal gives you strength, O divine king, beloved one, who seized the Two Lands [by] his strength.