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Sentence ID IBUBd1ji2vpy5kY1sc4OBL51vS0

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x+6 n qr =(j) z n ḥr(.j)-tp =f n {f}〈ḏ〉ꜥr =j n sḫm-jri̯=f

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    n
    particle
    de [Negationswort]
    (unspecified)
    PTCL
    qr
    verb
    de demütigen (?)
    SC.act.ngem.1sg_Neg.n
    V\tam.act:stpr
    =(j)
    personal_pronoun
    de [Suffix Pron. sg.1.c.]
    (unspecified)
    -1sg
    z
    substantive_masc
    de Mann
    (unspecified)
    N.m:sg
    n
    preposition
    de [Präposition]
    (unspecified)
    PREP
    ḥr(.j)-tp
    substantive_masc
    de Vorgesetzter
    Noun.sg.stpr.3sgm
    N.m:sg:stpr
    =f
    personal_pronoun
    de [Suffix Pron. sg.3.m.]
    (unspecified)
    -3sg.m
    n
    preposition
    de weil (Konjunktion, mit folg. Verbform)
    (unspecified)
    PREP
    {f}〈ḏ〉ꜥr
    verb_3-lit
    de suchen
    SC.act.ngem.1sg
    V\tam.act:stpr
    =j
    personal_pronoun
    de [Suffix Pron. sg.1.c.]
    (unspecified)
    -1sg
    n
    preposition
    de [Präposition]
    (unspecified)
    PREP
    sḫm-jri̯=f
    substantive_masc
    de Machthaber
    (unspecified)
    N.m:sg

en I did not blacken(?) a man to his superior in order to seek favour with a potentate.

Dating (time frame): Sesostris I. Cheperkare
Author(s): Renata Landgrafova & Peter Dils; with contributions by: Altägyptisches Wörterbuch, Peter Dils, Johannes Jüngling (Text file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015), latest changes: 10/17/2023)
Comments

  • - qr: The meaning of the verb qr, spelled without determinative, is unknown, but the phrase is very likely a parallel to phrases like n s:ḏw(=j) zj n ḥqꜣ (stela of Heny, Pushkin Museum I.i.a. 1137 a, b, line 3). Janssen, Traditioneele autobiografie, II, 192 suggests the verb is derived from qrr: "to burn, brand, fire" and means "to blacken". Lichtheim folgt Janssen: "I blackened (?) no man to his master". Hannig, Ägyptisches Wörterbuch. II. Mittleres Reich und Zweite Zwischenzeit, Bd. II, 2527 {48990} setzt auf der Grundlage unseres Textes ein Lemma qr: "demütigen(?)" an. Vgl. auch n ḏws=(j) z n ḥr.j-tp=f: "Ich habe niemanden bei seinem Vorgesetzten verleumdet" auf Stele BM 558, Zl. 5.
    - ḏꜥr is erroneously written with the horned viper hieroglyph instead of the intended flattened cobra (sign I9A) (as suggested by Lichtheim, Autobiographies, 109, note 4).
    - n ḏꜥr: Lichtheim übersetzt n mit "in order to seek favor". Janssen, TEA, II, 192, der keine Übersetzung anbieten konnte, vermutete, daß die Wasserlinie n für die Negation stehen könnte, wie bei n qr=j.

    Commentary author: Renata Landgrafova & Peter Dils; with contributions by: Altägyptisches Wörterbuch, Peter Dils; Data file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015), latest revision: 03/10/2016

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