I have not done what the gods abominate. I have not turned the servant against his master. I have not caused hunger. I have not caused weeping. I have not murdered. I have not commanded murder. I have not caused suffering to men. I have not cut short the rations of the temples. I have not diminished the offerings of the gods. I have not taken the provisions of the blessed dead. I have not committed fornication nor impurity in what was sacred to the god of my city. I have not added to nor diminished the measures of grain. I have not diminished the palm measure. I have not falsified the cubit of land. I have not added to the weights of the balance. I have not nullified the plummet of the scales. I have not taken milk from the mouth of babes. I have not driven cattle from their herbage.[241] I have not trapped birds, the bones of the gods. I have not caught fish in their pools.[?] I have not stopped water in its season. I have not dammed running water. I have not quenched fire when burning.[242] I have not disturbed the cycle of gods when at their choice meats. I have not driven off the cattle of the sacred estate. I have not stopped a god in his comings forth. SECOND CONFESSION I have not done injustice. I have not robbed. I have not coveted.[?] I have not stolen. I have not slain men. I have not diminished the corn measure. I have not acted crookedly. I have not stolen the property of the gods. I have not spoken falsehood. I have not taken food away. I have not been lazy.[?] I have not trespassed. I have not slain a sacred animal. I have not been niggardly in grain. I have not stolen.... I have not been a pilferer. My mouth hath not run on. I have not been a talebearer in business not mine own. I have not committed adultery with another man's wife. I have not been impure. I have not made disturbance. I have not transgressed. My mouth hath not been hot.[243] I have not been deaf to the words of truth. I have not made confusion. I have not caused weeping. I am not given to unnatural lust. I have not borne a grudge. I have not quarreled. I am not of aggressive hand. I am not of inconstant mind. I have not spoiled the color of him who washeth the god. [??] My voice has not been too voluble in my speech. I have not deceived nor done ill. I have not cursed the king. * * * * * My voice is not loud. I have not cursed God. I have not made bubbles.[?] I have not made [unjust] preferences. I have not acted the rich man except in my own things. I have not offended the god of my city. Translation of F. Ll. Griffith. THE TEACHING OF AMENEMHAT