By William Kelley Simpson, Robert K. Ritner, Vincent A. Tobin, Jr. Edward Wente
An anthology of historical Egyptian literature, revised to provide clean translations of all of the texts in addition to a few 25 new entries, together with writings from the past due literature of the Demotic interval on the finish of classical Egyptian historical past. it is also an in depth bibliography.
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The reference is used as a symbol of the confusion of justice which the peasant laments. 17. Lit. ’’ 31 MIDDLE EGYPTIAN NARRATIVE TALES B1, 110 Then who is there to redress evil? He who should dispel crime commits transgressions? One is meticulous in perversity, And another gains respect because he commits crimes. Do you see herein anything referring to yourself? Punishment (now) is short, but iniquity is extensive. ’19 This is like thanking him for what he will do, It is like warding off something rather than attacking (it), It is like entrusting something to a skilled artisan.
See H. G. , Fragen an die altägyptische Literatur, Studien zum Gedenken an Eberhard Otto, (Wiesbaden, 1977), 161–65. 7. Evidently a proverb with the sense that she wants the full account of the same thing. See Wm. Spiegelberg, in ZÄS 64 (1929): 90–91. 8. This familiar form of address places Snefru in a good light. 17 MIDDLE EGYPTIAN NARRATIVE TALES 6,10 6,20 found the fish-shaped charm. Then he brought it back and it was given to its owner. Now as for the water, it was twelve cubits deep, and it amounted to twenty-four cubits after it was folded back.
9 Then the peasant replied, ‘‘You whip me, you take away my property, and you even take the very lament out of my mouth. By the Lord of Silence, give me back / my property! ’’ So the peasant spent a period of ten days pleading with Nemtynakhte, but he paid no attention to it. So the peasant made his way to Neni-nesut in order to petition the Chief Steward Rensi, the son of Meru. He met him just as he was coming out of the door / of his house to board his official barge. Then the peasant said, ‘‘I would like to be permitted to inform you about this situation of mine.