The Tale of Two Brothers (pD'Orbiney, pBM EA 10183)

[j]r mntwf ḫru̯ =tw sn 2 n wꜥ mw,t{t} n wꜥ jt Jnp,w rn [n] pꜣ ꜥꜣ jw Bꜣ~tʾ rn [n] pꜣ šrjw

Now, it is told that there were two brothers of one mother and one father: Anubis was the name of the elder, and Bata the name of the younger.

hꜣw Bꜣ~tʾ kꜣ n tꜣ psḏ,t jn-jw =k dj wꜥi̯.tj jw ḫꜣꜥ =k nʾ,t =k r-ḥꜣ,t tꜣ ḥm,t n Jnp,w pꜣy =k sn ꜥꜣ

Ho, Bata, bull of the Ennead, are you here alone, having left your town because of the wife of Anubis, your elder brother?

jḫ qd =k wꜥ-n s,t-ḥm,t n Bꜣ~tʾ tm ={k}[f] ḥmsi̯ wꜥi̯

Please fashion a woman for Bata, so that he does not live alone.

wn.jn H̱nm,w ḥr jri̯.t n =f jr,j-[n-]ḥmsi̯ ={sw} jw =st nfr[.tj] m ḥꜥ,t =st r s,t-ḥm,t nb.t n,tj m pꜣ tꜣ [r-]ḏr =[f] jw nṯr nb{.t} jm =st

Then Khnum made a companion for him, she being more beautiful in her body than any woman in the whole land, for every god was in her.

wn.jn tꜣ 7 Ḥ,t-ḥr,t{p}.pl ḥr jy.t [r] ptrj =st

Then the Seven Hathors came [to] see her,

jw =sn ḥr ḏd [m] rʾ{.wj} wꜥ

and they said [with] one mouth:

j:jri̯{.t} =st mt [m] dm,t

She will die [by] the knife.

wn.jn =f ḥr ꜣbi̯ =st r-jqr zp-2

Then he desired her very, very much.

jw =st [ḥr] ḥmsi̯ ={t} m pꜣy =f pr jw wršu̯ =f ḥr bḥs jꜣw,t.pl n ḫꜣs,t ḥr jni̯ [ḥr] wꜣḥ m-bꜣḥ =st

She stayed in his house while he spent the day hunting the animals of the desert, bringing [them] and laying [them] before her.

ptrj jw =j [r] ḫpr m wꜥ-n kꜣ ꜥꜣ jw =f m j[w]n,w nb{.t} nfr jw nn rḫ =tw pꜣy =f sḫr mtw =k ḥmsi̯ ={kwj} ḥr psd =[j] j:jri̯.t⟦w⟧ pꜣ šw wbn jw =n m pꜣ n,tj tꜣy =j ḥm,t jm ꜥn =[j] n =j wšb{,t} mtw =k jṯꜣ =j r pꜣ n,tj tw≡tw jm pꜣ-wn jw =tw [r] jri̯.t n =k nkt nb{.t} nfr

Look, I will become a great bull with every beautiful colour, whose kind no one will know, and you shall sit on my back. When the sun rises we will be in the place where my wife is; I will get my answer for myself, and you shall take me to the place where they are, for you will be given every good thing.

jw =f [ḥr] [jri̯.t] 30 n rnp,t m nsw n{.w} Km,t

He spent 30 years as king of Egypt.