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
On the following morning I rose up, and I went to the place where the
prince of the country was, and I said unto him, "I have been robbed in
thy port. Since thou art the prince of this land, and the leader
thereof, thou must make search and find out what hath become of my
money. I swear unto thee that the money [once] belonged to Amen-Rā, King
of the Gods, the Lord of the Two Lands; it belonged to Nessubanebtet, it
belonged to my lord Her-Heru, and to the other great kings of Egypt, but
it now belongeth to Uartha, and to Makamāru, and to Tchakar-Bāl, Prince
of Kepuna (Byblos)." And he said unto me, "Be angry or be pleased, [as
thou likest], but, behold, I know absolutely nothing about the matter of
which thou speakest unto me. Had the thief been a man who was a subject
of mine, who had gone down into thy ship and stolen thy money, I would
in that case have made good thy loss from the moneys in my own treasury,
until such time as it had been found out who it was that robbed thee,
and what his name was, but the thief who hath robbed thee belongeth to
thine own ship. Yet tarry here for a few days, and stay with me, so that
I may seek him out." So I tarried there for nine days, and my ship lay
at anchor in his port. And I went to him and I said unto him, "Verily
thou hast not found my money, [but I must depart] with the captain of
the ship and with those who are travelling with him." ... [The text here
is mutilated, but from the fragments of the lines that remain it seems
clear that Unu-Amen left the port of Dhir, and proceeded in his ship to
Tyre. After a short stay there he left Tyre very early one morning and
sailed to Kepuna (Byblos), so that he might have an interview with the
governor of that town, who was called Tchakar-Bāl. During his interview
with Tchakar-Bāl the governor of Tyre produced a bag containing thirty
_teben_ of silver, and Unu-Amen promptly seized it, and declared that he
intended to keep it until his own money which had been stolen was
returned to him. Whilst Unu-Amen was at Byblos he buried in some secret
place the image of the god Amen and the amulets belonging to it, which
he had brought with him to protect him and to guide him on his way. The
name of this image was "Amen-ta-mat." The text then proceeds in a
connected form thus:]
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