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
My father Amen, the lord of the gods, Rā, Tem, and Ptah of the Beautiful
Face made me to be crowned lord of the Two Lands in the place of my
begetter. I received the rank of my father with cries of joy. The land
had peace, being fed with offerings, and men rejoiced in seeing me,
Governor, life, strength, health [be to him!], of the Two Lands, like
Horus when he was made to be Governor of the Two Lands on the throne of
Osiris. I was crowned with the Atef crown with the serpents, I bound on
the crown with plumes, like Tatenn. I sat on the throne of Heru-Khuti
(Harmakhis). I was arrayed in the ornaments [of sovereignty] like Tem. I
made Ta-mera to possess many [different] kinds of men, the officers of
the palace, the great chiefs, large numbers of horse and chariot
soldiers, hundreds of thousands of them, the Shartanau and the Qehequ,
who were numberless, soldiers of the bodyguard in tens of thousands, and
the peasants belonging to Ta-mera.
I enlarged all the frontiers of Egypt, I conquered those who crossed
over them in their [own] lands. I slaughtered the Tanauna in their
islands; the Thakra and the Purastau were made into a holocaust. The
Shartanau and the Uasheshu of the sea were made non-existent; they were
seized [by me] at one time, and were brought as captives to Egypt, like
the sand in the furrows. I provided fortresses for them to dwell in, and
they were kept in check by my name. Their companies were very numerous,
like hundreds of thousands. I assessed every one of them for taxes
yearly, in apparel and wheat from the stores and granaries. I crushed
the Sāara and the tribes of the Shasu (nomad shepherds). I carried off
their tents from their men, and the equipment thereof, and their flocks
and herds likewise, which were without number. They were put in fetters
and brought along as captives, as offerings to Egypt, and I gave them to
the Nine Gods as slaves for their temples.
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