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Sentences of Text VTCRPIX3KFG4HKMEVBRXFYJPHM

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  (41)
(One of 2 reading variants of this sentence: >> #1 <<, #2)

wn bj(ꜣ).t nfr.t n.t z(j) ⸢n⸣ =⸢f⸣ r ḏḏ ḫꜣ.PL m jri̯.t

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The good character of a man is for him more than thousands of gifts indeed (?).
  (42)
(One of 4 reading variants of this sentence: >> #1 <<, #2, #3, #4)

jw ⸮sḏm-rʾ? n(.j) r(m)ṯ.PL 16 m ṯꜣz pf ḥr(.j) rʾ ⸮nḏs?.PL

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The testimony of the people is in that utterance, which is in (lit.: on) the mouth of the commoners / great ones (?):
  (43)

mn.w pw n(.j) z(j) nfr.PL =f

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"The monument of a man is his goodness;
  (44)

smḫ pw bjn bj(ꜣ.t)

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he whose character is evil will be forgotten."
  (45)
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jr wn ḫpr mj ḏ⸢d⸣(.w) ⸢w⸣nn rn =(j) nfr mn(.w) m nʾ.t =(j) n wꜣsi̯ mn.w =(j) n ḏ.t Ende des Textes

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If it happens as one says, my name shall be good and lasting in (my) city, and my monument shall not perish forever.
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Dating (time frame):
Sesostris I. Cheperkare
Author(s): Renata Landgrafova & Peter Dils; with contributions by: Altägyptisches Wörterbuch, Peter Dils, Johannes Jüngling, Daniel A. Werning (Text file created: before June 2015 (1992–2015), latest changes: 10/14/2024)

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(Full citation)
Renata Landgrafova & Peter Dils, with contributions by Altägyptisches Wörterbuch, Peter Dils, Johannes Jüngling, Daniel A. Werning, Sentences of Text "Stele des Mentuhotep (London UC 14333)" (Text ID VTCRPIX3KFG4HKMEVBRXFYJPHM) , in: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae, Corpus issue 19, Web app version 2.2.1.1, 3/6/2025, ed. by Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning on behalf of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils on behalf of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig (accessed: 4/2/2025)
(Short citation)
https://thesaurus-linguae-aegyptiae.de/text/VTCRPIX3KFG4HKMEVBRXFYJPHM/sentences, in: Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae (accessed: 4/2/2025)