The Eloquent Peasant (4)

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Carrington(R)
(6.2)
Sm (N40)
m (G17)
t (X1)
D54
p (Q3)
Z7
ir (D4)
n (N35)
sxt (M20)
t (X1)
y (Z4)
A1
p (Q3)
n (N35)
m (G17)
W17
n (N35)
t (X1)
i (M17)
i (M17)
t (X1)
P1

Wong(R) (6.2) Smt pw ir.n sxty pn m xntjt

Wong(R) (6.2) this peasant walked southwards

Carrington(R) (6.2) Sm.t pw iri.n sxty pn m xnty.t

Carrington(R) (6.2) It was a going forth this peasant made upstream 1

Colburn(R) (6.2) Sm.t pw ir.n sx.ty pn m xnty.t

Colburn(R) (6.2) 'Twas a going that this rustic did, on the way upstream

1 A trader rather than a farmer, but still a peasant.

 


Carrington(R)
(6.3)
r (D21)
sw (M23)
t (X1)
n (N35)
A17
n (N35)
n (N35)
O49
H_SPACE
F42
r (D21)
D54
p (Q3)
Z7
ir (D4)
n (N35)
f (I9)
r (D21)
Z7
N23
n (N35)
pr (O1)
Z1

Wong(R) (6.3) r Nnj-nsw spr pw ir.n.f r Wnffy?

Wong(R) (6.3) to Herakleopolis. Then he approached ?placename? 1

Carrington(R) (6.3) r nni-nsw spr pw iri.n=f r w n pr-

Carrington(R) (6.3) to Herakleopolis. It was an approach he made to the district of Per-fefi

Colburn(R) (6.3) r nn-nsw.t spr pw ir.n=f r w n pr-

Colburn(R) (6.3) to Heracleopolis, it was arriving that he did to the district of Per-

1 I'm lost here.

 


Carrington(R)
(6.4)
f (I9)
f (I9)
i (M17)
A50
O49
r (D21)
V22
t (X1)
y (Z4)
N23
m (G17)
d (D46)
n (N35)
i (M17)
t (X1)
V11
O49
H_SPACE
G28
m (G17)
n (N35)
f (I9)
z (O34)
A1
Z1
i (M17)
m (G17)

Carrington(R) (6.4) ffi r mH.ty mdni.t gm.n=f s im

Carrington(R) (6.4) to the north of Medinet. He found a man there 1

Colburn(R) (6.4)ffi r mH.ty mdni.t gm.n=f s im

Colburn(R) (6.4)Fefi to the north of Medne:. 2 He found a man there

1 Medinet is also mentioned in 'The Autobiography of Weni.' Line (33) m HAti-a imi-r Sma.w xnt m Abw mH.t m mdni.t as nomarch and overseer of Upper Egypt south as far as Abu, north as far as Medenyt
2 Montet Ge/ographie I 200 places these, "not without hesitation," in the 21st nome of Upper Egypt. "One has no other examples of these names."

 


Carrington(R)
(6.5)
aHa (P6)
a (D36)
D54
Hr (D2)
Z1
U7
r (D21)
i (M17)
i (M17)
t (X1)
N23
G7B (G7A)
t (X1)
y (Z4)
A24
A1
r (D21)
n (N35)
f (I9)
H_SPACE
G38
A1
z (O34)
A1
Z1
p (Q3)
Z7

Carrington(R) (6.5) aHa Hr mry.t nmty-nxt rn=f sA s pw

Carrington(R) (6.5) standing on the bank. Nemty-nakht was his name. He was the son of a man 1

Colburn(R) (6.5) aHa Hr mry.t nm.ty-nxt rn=f sA s pw

Colburn(R) (6.5) standing on the bank; his name was Nemtnakhte, 2 he was the son of a man

1 In hieratic the two signs G7 and G26 are very similar, however, according to O.Berlev, 'Vestnik Drevnei Isttorii', 1 (107) (1969), 3-30, G7 is the correct reading.
2 Thanks to Jenny Carrington for informing those of us using sources such as Gardiner EG and de Buck's Readingbook that the god in the man's name was nmty, represented by the hieroglyph of a falcon *in a boat* on a perch, as shown by O. Berlev in 1969. However, the software used to produce the hieroglyphic text does not support the G7B symbol.

 

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