The Literature of the Ancient EgyptiansBudge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir
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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir
Egyptian literature -- History and criticism; Egyptian literature -- Translations into English
"I came this day from my town. I descended from my nome. I builded a
house and set up doors. I dug a lake and I planted sycamore trees. The
King praised me. My father made a will in my favour. I am perfect.... [I
am a person] who is beloved by his father, praised by his mother, whom
all his brethren loved. I gave bread to the hungry man, raiment to the
naked, and him who had no boat I ferried over the river. O ye living men
and women who are on the earth, who shall pass by this tomb in sailing
down or up the river, and who shall say, 'A thousand bread-cakes and a
thousand vessels of beer to the lord of this tomb,' I will offer them
for you in Khert Nefer (the Other World). I am a perfect spirit,
equipped [with spells], and a Kher-heb priest whose mouth hath
knowledge. If any young man shall come into this tomb as if it were his
own property I will seize him like a goose, and the Great God shall pass
judgment on him for it. I was a man who spoke what was good, and
repeated what was loved. I never uttered any evil word concerning
servants to a man of power, for I wished that I might stand well with
the Great God. I never gave a decision in a dispute between brothers
which had the effect of robbing a son of the property of his father."
Herkhuf, the Duke, the _smer uat_, the chamberlain, the Judge belonging
to Nekhen, the Lord of Nekheb, bearer of the royal seal, the _smer uat_,
the Kher-heb priest, the governor of the caravans, the member of council
for the affairs of the South, the beloved of his Lord, Herkhuf,[1] who
bringeth the things of every desert to his Lord, who bringeth the
offering of royal apparel, governor of the countries of the South, who
setteth the fear of Horus in the lands, who doeth what his lord
applaudeth, the vassal of Ptah-seker, saith:
[Footnote 1: Some titles are here repeated.]
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