Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
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Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
Egyptian literature -- Translations into English
26 B.—A list of presents. On the back, at the bottom of the left hand
column, is the statement, “These are the things carried by the female
slaves, all those things which _Dusratta_ King of _Mitani_ gave to
_Amenophis III_ his brother, his kinsman, when he sent his daughter
_Tadukhipa_ to the land of Egypt, to Amenophis III for marriage, he gave
all these that day.”
The list is a very long and difficult one. It begins with two horses, and
a chariot plated with gold and silver, and adorned with precious stones.
The harness of the horses was adorned in like manner. Two camel litters
appear to be next noticed, and apparently variegated garments worked with
gold, and embroidered zones and shawls. These are followed by lists of
precious stones, and a horse’s saddle adorned with gold eagles.(405) A
necklace of solid gold and gems, a bracelet of iron gilt,(406) an anklet
of solid gold, and other gold objects follow; and apparently cloths, and
silver objects, and vases of copper or bronze. An object of jade or jasper
(_Yaspu_), and leaves of gold, are noticed (both jade and leaves of gold
have actually been found in the oldest ruins at Troy), the former being
perhaps noticed as coming from _Elam_, by trade with central Asia, where
jade was found. Five gems of “stone of the great light” (perhaps diamonds)
follow, with ornaments for the head and feet, and a number of bronze
objects, and harness for chariots. Boxes of strong wood to contain
treasures follow next, and apparently a collar with disks and carved
lions, objects of silver and gold and strong wood, bronze ornaments for
horses. The last noticed objects may be written tablets, including some on
the ritual of the gods.
25 B.—A list similar to the last, perhaps part of the same inventory, as
it includes women’s ornaments. The tablet is much injured. The objects
noticed include an earring with gems, and others of gold, with a large
number of precious stones, a necklace with 122 gems set in gold, including
“green stones”; bracelets and anklets of solid gold with jewels: an
umbrella adorned with gold: boxes to hold treasures, and numerous objects
of silver: horns of the wild bull, and wooden objects adorned with gold:
cups of gold adorned with gems: other bracelets and anklets of gold with
pendants and stars of jewels: a pair of gold earrings with pendants and
stars of precious stones: silver anklets for women, and earrings with gold
pendants. In each case the weight of gold and the numbers of the gems are
stated.
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