ترجمة بردية وستكار

مجموعة بردية وستكار

by Unknown, يوسف طيبه, عبد الله سالم (Translator)

Westcar Papyrus (P. Berlin 3033) is a fragmentary ancient Egyptian text containing a cycle of five stories about marvels performed by priests and magicians. Each of these tales is being told at the court of the Pharaoh Khufu (r. 2589-2566 B.C) by his sons. The story in the papyrus is usually rendered in English as "King Cheops and the Magicians" and "The Tale of King Cheops' Court,"'Cheops' being the Greek variation of 'Khufu'.

The surviving copy of the Westcar Papyrus consists of twelve rolls. It was, written in the Hyksos period (18th to 16th century BC), but the tales appear to have originated some time in the 12th dynasty of the Middle Kingdom (ca. 20th century BC).It has been used by historians as a literary resource for reconstituting the history of the 4th dynasty.

In 1839 Henry Westcar, who had acquired the papyrus rolls in 1824 or 1825, gave them to the Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius, who was however unable to decipher the text. The text was finally edited by Adolf Erman in 1890.

The papyrus is on display in low-light conditions in the Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin.

A translation can be found: https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/west...

Genres: Ancient, Fantasy, Classics

Paperback

First published January 1, 1701

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Reviews

[Vaishali · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phenomenal! One of the more famous works discovered on papyri. Three ancient tales whose authors mastered the art of story-telling : shocking and titillating, they're a surprise peek into dynastic Egypt... and how modern it was! Who knew porters were tipped 5,000 years ago ?

Notable Quotes :
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"Then the majesty of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt Nebka, justified, had the wife of Ubainer taken away to a plot of land north of the residence, and he burnt her..."

"Let me be brought twenty women, who have beautiful bodies, who have well-developed bosoms, who have braided hair, and who have not been opened by childbirth. And let me be brought twenty nets and let these nets be given to these women after their clothes have been taken off."

"He is a commoner (who is) a hundred and ten years old..."

"He knows how to mend a severed head..."

"... May your soul know the roads that lead to the portal of him who shelters the dead."

"And His Majesty fell into a bad mood at this. Then Djedi said: 'What's this mood, sovereign, my lord?' "

"'She will give birth on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Season of Growing.'

"Then these gods proceeded, after they had changed their appearance into that of musicians, and Khnum was with them carrying luggage... 'Please give this barley to your bearer, and accept it as a tip'... Then Khnum loaded himself with the barley..."



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[Eduardo Laborde · Rating 2 out of 5]

Muy recomendable. En lo personal el del adulterio y del nacimiento de reyes fueron los que más disfruté.

[Arno Mosikyan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Westcar Papyrus, dated to the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt (1782 - c.1570 BCE), but most likely written during the Middle Kingdom (2040-1782 BCE), contains some of the most interesting tales from ancient Egypt. The papyrus takes its name from the man who first acquired it, Henry Westcar, who purchased the piece c. 1824 CE.

The scroll was later purchased or otherwise acquired by the Egyptologist Karl Lepsius c. 1839 CE, who understood only parts of it, and then was finally translated into German in 1890 CE by Adolf Erman. Erman's translation then became the standard on which later scholars would rely.

There were originally five stories in the manuscript but the first is missing:
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2. THE WAX CROCODILE
3. SNEFERU & THE GREEN JEWEL
4. KHUFU & THE MAGICIAN
5. THE BIRTH OF THE KINGS

More @ Ancient History Encyclopedia @https://www.ancient.eu/article/1039/s...

The magnificent parallel translation with hieroglyphs: http://rhbarnhart.net/westcar-nederho...

[Leah Markum · Rating 3 out of 5]

Also sometimes referred to as The Tales from the Westcar Papyrus, this papyrus is a collection of five Egyptian stories. Four survive, the first missing. The second is "The Wax Crocodile", the third "The Story of the Green Jewel", the forth "Djedi the Magician", and the fifth "The Birth of the Royal Children". The second is about a creative method to pay the price of adultery, the third is frivolous and about retrieving a jewel from a lake, the fourth is about snapping off heads and kind of dreary, and the fifth is generically about the sacred birth of future kings. The transliterations are easy to read, erasing a common barrier that makes it hard to like ancient stories. Other than the stereotypical last story, I moderately liked all of them.

[Enrico · Rating 3 out of 5]

It contains 5 Egyptian tales, the first of which is missing, but the others are pretty well known. In the most interesting story the king is depicted as very kind and helpful to his subject by getting her lost necklace from the bottom of the Nile.

[Tanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating short stories of ancient Egypt from the court of King Khufu.

[Lukas]

الترجمة جميلة خالص و حفظت عدد من الكلمات
لكن حاسس ان الكتاب كان ممكن يكون أكثر سلاسة من كده
يعنى ليه القصة مكتوبة ٣ مرات
مره باللغه الأصلية
و مره جملة اصلى و جملة ترجمة
و مره ترجمة

[Carlo Angelo · Rating 3 out of 5]

ok