A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca
A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca
14 Egypt /TJraeui Jraeus, snake-symbol of divinity or royalty, worn on headdress. He is not sculptured in stone, in the statues crowned with the uraeus serpent, '^ , ^^ ^ 1
Tombs; Precepts 15 Come and prosper, come, O Nile, come and prosper! This work has been successfully finished and dedicated to the scribe of the treasury Qaqabu (by the scribe Ennana). VIII. Spoliation of Tombs This extract is a single clause in an extensive report made by a commission for examining into the condition of cemeteries appointed by Rameses IX (about iioo). From this and other sources we learn that tomb robbery was an oft-committed crime. xii. 107. Records of the Past, Sepulchres and chapels in which repose the chanters and mourners, the women and men of the country, in the west-quarter of the city. It was found that the thieves had violated them all, that they had torn their occupants away from their coffins and "cases, had thrown them into the dust and had stolen all the funeral objects which had been given to them, as well as the gold and silver and the ornaments which were in their coffins. IX. Egyptian Precepts The following precepts are taken from the "oldest book in the world," written on papyrus. It was discovered in the necropolis of Thebes and first published in 1847. It is now in the National Library in Paris. The first part, in which we find some precepts concerning manners The third and and morals, was composed in the reign of Senoferu (third dynastv). ^.^^^.I^y"^^' , , 1 f T^ 1 1 -1 • t^iss lie within The last part was composed by the prefect Ptah-hotep in the reign 2900-2540. of Assa (fifth dynasty). (American) Records of the Past, i. 311-320. If thou sittest down to eat with a number, despise the dishes which thou lovest; it is but a short time to restram thyself; and voracity is something degrading, for there is bestiality in it. As a glass of water quenches thirst, as a Or. eating in company,
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14 Egypt<br />
/TJraeui Jraeus,<br />
snake-symbol<br />
<strong>of</strong> divinity or<br />
royalty, worn<br />
on headdress.<br />
He is not sculptured in stone, in the statues crowned with the uraeus<br />
serpent,<br />
'^<br />
,<br />
^^<br />
^ 1
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