[36] The expression is borrowed from a letter of the _Papyrus Anastasis_, No. 3. Its position in the Egyptian context leads me to believe that it was an often-quoted proverb. The idea is repeated in different forms in the scribes’ correspondence: “Work, or you will be beaten.” “When the scribe reaches the age of manhood, his back is broken by the blows he has received.” [37] Mariette, “Notice des principaux monuments du Musée de Boulaq,” 6th edition, 1876, p. 235, No. 769: “Memphis. Saqqarah--limestone II, 1 foot 2 inches--kneeling figure. His hands crossed on his legs. His eyes are of mosaic work and formed of several stones curiously combined.” The statue of the kneeling scribe figures in a group in Plate XX of Mariette’s work, “Album du Musée de Boulaq,” containing 40 plates, photographed by MM. Délié and Béchard, with explanatory text edited by Auguste Mariette-Bey. Cairo, Mourès et Cie, 1871, fol. [38] Mariette, “Notice des principaux monuments du Musée de Boulaq,” 6th edition, 1876, p. 216, No. 582. The Boulaq Museum possesses a second statue of the same person (_ibid._, p. 93, No. 28), but of a less fine execution than the statue No. 582. Cf. what is said of the two statues on pp. 70–73 of this volume. [39] Mariette, “Notice,” p. 217: “The sum of the qualities, and study of the inscriptions on the base of the monument, leave no doubt as to the epoch to which it belongs. Rânofir evidently lived under the Ancient Empire. His titles bring him near the Vth Dynasty.” The study of the inscriptions leads me to be more certain than Mariette was. Rânofir undoubtedly lived at the end of the Vth Dynasty. [40] See pp. 60–65. [41] He is a cook, as I mentioned on p. 61, note 27. [42] See p. 51. [43] See p. 61. [44] See the curious study of Dr. Parrot, “Sur l’origine d’une des formes du dieu Phtah,” in the “Recueil de travaux relatifs à la philologie et à l’archéologie égyptiennes et assyriennes,” vol. ii., pp. 129–33. [45] Published in the _Revue de l’Art ancien et moderne_, 1906, vol. xx., pp. 247–52, 337–48. [46] See pp. 50–51. [47] See, _e.g._, the stelæ described or referred to in Maspero, “Guide to the Cairo Museum,” 1903, pp. 73–5, 94–5, 96, etc. [48] Already published in the _Musée Egyptien_, vol. ii., Pl. IX-X, pp. 25–30. [49] The head was reproduced by Rougé-Banville, “Album photographique,” Nos. 111–12; cf. Mariette, “Monuments divers,” Pl. XXI, _a_, _b_, _c_, and p. 299; the whole is reproduced in the _Musée Egyptien_, vol. ii., Pl. XIII, and pp. 34–5. [50] See article on this group by Legrain in the _Musée Egyptien_, vol. ii., pp. 1–14 and Pl. I-IV. [51] The head of the Pharaoh, which was stolen at the moment of discovery, has been found since this article appeared, and purchased by the Cairo Museum, 1912. [52] Published in the _Revue de l’Art ancien et moderne_, 1907, vol. xxii., pp. 5–18. [53] She is noted in the “Livre d’entrée” under No. 38575 and the chapel under No. 38576.