P. Louvre E 7856 recto
See more information about P. Louvre E 7856 recto in Trismegistos’ Demotic and Hieratic Texts [TM 69409].
Recommended edition
K. Donker van Heel, ‘Papyrus Louvre E 7856: verso and recto: leasing land in the reign of Taharka’, RdÉ 49 (1998), 91-105.
Transcription
Transcription of P. Louvre 7856 recto in PDF
Transliteration
- Ḥꜣ.t-sp 19 ı͗bd-I šmw ꜥrḳy.
- ḏd Ḫꜣꜥ=w-sw-n-⸢Mw.t⸣ sꜣ Pn- I͗mn n wꜣḥ-mw R[rı͗ sꜣ]
- Wn-nfr ḥnꜥ ⸢Pꜣ⸣-dı͗-I͗mn-m-⸢I͗p⸣ ptr sw ı͗ […]
- tꜣ dnı͗.t 1/10 n pr I͗mn ⸢Pꜣ⸣-dı͗-I͗mn-m-⸢I͗p⸣ <sꜣ> Pꜣ-ṯnf ⸢pꜣ⸣ […]
- ı͗.dı͗ st n=n ⸢ı͗ wꜥ⸣ 5 dnı͗.t ı͗ ⸢pꜣ⸣ 2 pꜣ 1/10 […].
- ı͗.ı͗r nꜣ sẖ(.w) pr-I͗mn ḫꜣ⸢y⸣ pꜣ ꜣḥ ⸢rn⸣(=ı͗)
- ı͗w ⸢mn dı͗.t(=ı͗) md⸣ [nb ı͗ ḏd].ṱ⸢=s ı͗rm=k⸣.
- Pꜣ mtr-sẖ … [… …].
Translation
- Regnal year 19, month I of shemu, last day.
- Has said Khauesenmut son of Penamun to the choachyte Re[ry son of]
- Wennefer and Peteamunemip: “Look at [… As for (?)]
- the 1/10 share of the Domain of Amun, Peteamunemip <son of> Patjenef (is) the one […]
- who has given it to us against (each) one (of) 5 a share (?), against the 2 (sacks as (?)) the 1/10 […].
- The scribes of the Domain of Amun will measure the field in my name,
- whereas I have no issue at all to discuss with you.”
- The witness-scribe … [… …].
Notes
Line 2: The reconstruction of the name Rery was done based on the P. Louvre 7856 verso line 3. The traces would also allow a reading with Ḏd or Ḥr.
Line 3: Reading ptr sw by Archidona Ramírez.
Line 4:. Note the close similarity of Pꜣ-ṯnf to the name Pꜣ-mr-mšꜥ in P. Louvre E 7852 recto line 3 (Archidona Ramírez).
Line 8: The name of the witness-scribe contains at least the elements pn or pꜣ and ı͗wı͗w; see RdE 49 (1998), 101 n. z.
Questions about this manuscript
Question 1:
Can you recognise I͗mn in lines 2 and 3 without checking the transcription first?
Answer to Question 1
Check the hieroglyphic transcription.Question 2:
What seems to be the most characteristic element suggesting that we have to read the season as šmw and not pr.t?
Answer to Question 2
In šmw the first vertical stroke of the sign for š at the beginning – which is easily confused with the initial pr sign in pr.t – generally extends below the baseline.Question 3:
How can you tell that this is the recto of the papyrus?
Answer to Question 3
Near the right edge there is a clear sheet-join.Question 4:
Identify rn ‘name’ in line 6. What makes the determinative different from the same determinative in demotic?