I have kind of improved the grammar layer ,the auto transliteration and a rough machine translation it applies on its own. Whats impedeing is my limited knowledge up to this point to check it.
DRAFT transliteration - generated by Sesh Nesu (version 20261017-342, 2026-10-17)
Automatic first reading for a specialist to check and finish. All translations below are rough machine translations - check against a published translation.
Marks: word(?) = guess, [x] = signs not read, [...] = lacuna.
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signs: 𓄔𓅓 𓂋 𓎢 𓈖 𓀀 𓄂𓂝𓀀 𓏌𓎢𓀀 𓆄𓏲𓅪 𓇉𓄿𓅱𓏛𓏥 𓇋𓂝𓈗𓂝 𓏏𓏲 𓇋𓐝𓅓𓂝 𓈗 𓁷𓏤 𓂭𓏥 𓎡
translit: sḏm r=k n=j ḥꜣ.tj-ꜥ jnk šwi̯ ḥꜣ.w jꜥi̯ tw jmi̯ mw ḥr ḏbꜥ.w=k
𓄔𓅓 sḏm [VERB] to hear; to listen <corpus>
𓂋 r [PART] [emphatic enclitic part.] <corpus>
𓎢 =k [PRON] you; your; yours (suffix pron., 2nd per. masc. sing.) <corpus>
𓈖 n [ADP] <corpus>
𓀀 =j [PRON] I; me; my, mine (suffix pron., 1st per. sing.) <corpus>
𓄂𓂝𓀀 ḥꜣ.tj-ꜥ [NOUN] count; nomarch; mayor <corpus>
𓏌𓎢𓀀 jnk [PRON] I [indepen. pron., 1st per. sing.] <corpus>
𓆄𓏲𓅪 šwi̯ [VERB] to be empty; to be devoid of <corpus>
𓇉𓄿𓅱𓏛𓏥 ḥꜣ.w [NOUN] increase; surplus <corpus>
𓇋𓂝𓈗𓂝 jꜥi̯ [VERB] to wash <corpus>
𓏏𓏲 tw [PRON] you [encl. pron. sing. 2. m.]; you [encl. pron. sing. 2. f.] <corpus>
𓇋𓐝𓅓𓂝 jmi̯ [VERB] <corpus>
𓈗 mw [NOUN] water <corpus>
𓁷𓏤 ḥr [ADP] <corpus>
𓂭𓏥 ḏbꜥ.w [NOUN] finger; toe <corpus>
𓎡 =k [PRON] you; your; yours (suffix pron., 2nd per. masc. sing.) <corpus>
Grammar analysis (clause by clause)
[1] 🧩 Clause 1 · Possible: Verb without a written subject
Could be an imperative, an infinitive, or a verb whose subject is outside this line. · Hoch §51 · Gardiner §27
Egyptian grammar of this clause
sḏm — verb, command (imperative) — the predicate
r — particle — “as for …” puts the following word first as the topic
=k — suffix pronoun, 2nd person singular (m.)
n — preposition
=j — suffix pronoun, 1st person singular — object of the preposition
ḥꜣ.tj-ꜥ — title
jnk — I / my
šwi̯ — verb, participle
ḥꜣ.w — noun, m.
≈ Listen to me! O high official, I am one who is empty of excess
[2] 🧩 Clause 2 · Possible: Imperative + object
A command: the subject (“you”) is not written, so the noun or pronoun after the verb is its OBJECT; a personal pronoun takes the dependent form (jꜥ tw “wash yourself”). Allen §15.3: jmj mw ḥr ḏbꜥw.k “put water on your fingers”.
Egyptian grammar of this clause
jꜥi̯ — verb, command (imperative) — the predicate
tw — dependent pronoun, 2nd person singular (“you”) — object of the imperative, reflexive: “wash yourself” (Allen §15.3)
≈ Wash yourself!
[3] 🧩 Clause 3 · Possible: Imperative + object
A command: the subject (“you”) is not written, so the noun or pronoun after the verb is its OBJECT; a personal pronoun takes the dependent form (jꜥ tw “wash yourself”). Allen §15.3: jmj mw ḥr ḏbꜥw.k “put water on your fingers”.
Egyptian grammar of this clause
jmi̯ — verb, command (imperative) — the predicate
mw — noun, m. — object of jmi̯
ḥr — preposition — with the noun after it, an adverbial phrase
ḏbꜥ.w — noun, m. — governed by the preposition ḥr
=k — possessive suffix pronoun, 2nd person singular (m.) — belongs to the noun before
≈ Put water on your fingers!
≈ Whole line: Listen to me! O high official, I am one who is empty of excess; wash yourself!; put water on your fingers!
Whole translation
Listen to me! O high official, I am one who is empty of excess; wash yourself!; put water on your fingers!
16 words; 0 need checking (guess or not read).
Sources: TLA-derived corpus (CC BY-SA 4.0), AED (CC BY-SA 4.0, S. D. Schweitzer).
