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Token ID ICUANhnSWkWyh0q4ibXhgoO0QGA

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35.2 sꜣꜣ jb =f pw mdw.PL =f nb(.w) r tp-ḥsb ⸮jws[.w]? ca. 20Q


    35.2
     
     
     
     

    sꜣꜣ
    verb_3-inf
    de
    bewachen
    Partcp.act.gem.sgm
    V~ptcp.distr.act.m.sg

    jb
    substantive_masc
    de
    Herz
    Noun.sg.stpr.3sgm
    N.m:sg:stpr

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

    pw
    demonstrative_pronoun
    de
    [Zweitnomen (zweigliedriger NS)]
    (unspecified)
    dem

    mdw.PL
    substantive_masc
    de
    Wort
    Noun.pl.stpr.3sgm
    N.m:pl:stpr

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

    nb(.w)
    adjective
    de
    jeder
    Adj.plm
    ADJ:m.pl

    r
    preposition
    de
    gemäß
    (unspecified)
    PREP

    tp-ḥsb
    substantive_masc
    de
    Richtigkeit
    (unspecified)
    N.m:sg

    ⸮jws[.w]?
    substantive_masc
    de
    Waage
    (unspecified)
    N.m:sg

    ca. 20Q
     
     
     
     
With commentary
en
he was one who guards his heart,
all of whose words were exact,
the balance [... ... ...]
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

  • - tp-ḥsb and jws.w: The 19th dynasty tomb biography of Anhurmose from Mashayikh (Ockinga and al-Masri, Two Ramesside tombs at el Mashayikh, 1988) provides parallels for this phraseology, further supporting Osing’s separation of the clauses, although the passage is partly lost in Anhurmose’s text (Osing, Grab des Nefersecheru, 46, 48 n. b with refs.). The metaphor of the individual as balance, also occurring in Anhurmose’s biography, is suggested by Fischer-Elfert (in: GM 143, 1994, 45–6) to be an allusion to the Teaching of Ptahhotep which begins by stating the intention for the words ‘to be the standard of perfect speech (r-tp-ḥsb n-mdt-nfrt)’. He also suggests that jwsw may evoke the Eloquent Peasant: ‘It is the standard of God’s word. If it is scales, it tilts not (tp-ḥsb pw n mdw nṯr jwsw pw n gsꜣ.n=f)’ (Parkinson, The Tale of Sinuhe and other ancient Egyptian poems, 1997, 73).

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

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