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Sentence ID ICUAOPgKPCHWpUVeoGEIAnvnJiQ

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wnn wꜥ 35.23 sti̯ =f mw n sꜥḥ.PL ky mj ꜥ wn nn n =f ⸮šꜣy?


    wnn
    verb_2-gem
    de
    [Hilfsverb]
    SC.act.gem.nom.subj
    V\tam.act

    wꜥ
    substantive_masc
    de
    Einer
    (unspecified)
    N.m:sg

    35.23
     
     
     
     

    sti̯
    verb_3-inf
    de
    ausgießen
    SC.act.ngem.3sgm_Aux.wnn
    V\tam.act:stpr

    =f
    personal_pronoun
    de
    [Suffix Pron. sg.3.m.]
    (unspecified)
    -3sg.m

    mw
    substantive_masc
    de
    Wasser
    (unspecified)
    N.m:sg

    n
    preposition
    de
    für (jmd.)
    (unspecified)
    PREP

    sꜥḥ.PL
    substantive_masc
    de
    Würde
    Noun.sg.stc
    N.m:sg:stc

    ky
    substantive_masc
    de
    der Andere
    (unspecified)
    N.m:sg

    mj
    preposition
    de
    wie
    (unspecified)
    PREP

    ꜥ
    substantive_masc
    de
    Zustand
    (unspecified)
    N.m:sg

    wn
    verb_2-gem
    de
    existieren
    Partcp.act.ngem.sgm
    V\ptcp.act.m.sg

    nn
    particle
    de
    [Negationswort, systematisch unterschieden von n]
    (unspecified)
    PTCL

    n
    preposition
    de
    für (jmd.)
    Prep.stpr.3sgm
    PREP:stpr

    =f
    personal_pronoun
    de
    [Suffix Pron. sg.3.m.]
    (unspecified)
    -3sg.m

    ⸮šꜣy?
    substantive
    de
    Schicksal
    (unspecified)
    N:sg
With commentary
en
If one pours water for the honour of another, in accordance with the state of one who was there(?), he has no (evil) fate.
Dating (time frame):
Sethos I. Menmaatre
 – 
Ramses II. Usermaatre-Setepenre
Author(s): Elizabeth Frood; with contributions by: Peter Dils (Text file created: 02/05/2025, latest changes: 03/12/2025)
Comments

  • - šꜣj: I follow here Osing (Das Grab des Nefersecheru, 1992, 53 n. bd), who reads the snake hieroglyph as šꜣy ‘fate’. As he observes, this writing is attested in Graeco-Roman texts and is appropriate to the context of Nefersekheru’s speech. A reading as ḥfꜣw might also be possible: ‘there will be no snake (ḥfꜣw) for (i.e. against) him’. A comparable concept is found in Old Kingdom threat-formulae: ‘May the crocodile be against him in water, the snake (ḥfꜣw) against him on land – (i.e.) the one who will do anything against this tomb’ (Urk. I, 23, 11–13; 226, 12–5). Nefersekheru may be alluding to the language of these ancient curses.

    Commentary author: Elizabeth Frood (Data file created: 02/09/2025, latest revision: 02/09/2025)

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