The Literature of the Ancient EgyptiansBudge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir
History
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, when it was day, the King proclaimed a great
feast, and he ordered the bull to be offered up as an offering, and one
of the chief royal slaughterers of His Majesty was brought to slay the
bull. And after the knife had been driven into him, and whilst he was
still on the shoulders of the men, the bull shook his neck, and two
drops of blood from it fell by the jambs of the doorway of His Majesty,
one by one jamb of Pharaoh's door, and the other by the other, and they
became immediately two mighty acacia trees, and each was of the greatest
magnificence. Then one went and reported to His Majesty, saying, "Two
mighty acacia trees, whereat His Majesty will marvel exceedingly, have
sprung up during the night by the Great Door of His Majesty." And men
and women rejoiced in them everywhere in the country, and the King made
offerings unto them. And many days after this His Majesty put on his
tiara of lapis-lazuli, and hung a wreath of flowers of every kind about
his neck, and he mounted his chariot of silver-gold, and went forth from
the Palace to see the two acacia trees. And the August Lady came
following after Pharaoh [in a chariot drawn by] horses, and His Majesty
sat down under one acacia, and the August Lady sat under the other. And
when she had seated herself the Acacia spake unto his wife, saying, "O
woman, who art full of guile, I am Bata, and I am alive even though thou
hast entreated me evilly. Well didst thou know when thou didst make
Pharaoh to cut down the Acacia that held my heart that thou wouldst kill
me, and when I transformed myself into a bull thou didst cause me to be
slain."
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