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Title: Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916 Runkle, Lucia Isabella (Gilbert), 1844-
Subjects: Literature Literature
Publisher: New York : J.A. Hill & Company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives

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s of passages. I know that thesuccessor will seek its beauties, for he knoweth it not with-out thee. But thou art (?) my son Usertesen, as my feet walk;thou art my own heart as my eyes see, born in a good hour,with mortals who give thee praise. 1 Elephantine and Natho are often named as the extreme north andsouth points of Egypt; compare the Biblical «from Dan even unto Beersheba.» 2 Or perhaps <^ ^ I. e., <> or perhaps « reached the boundaries.» *The kings of the Xllth dynasty paid much attention to agriculture andirrigation. Barley was the representative cereal, Nepra was the Com goddess.In the following clause the Nile is represented as a prisoner in the Kingspower: or possibly as begging him ^^for every hollow^^ to enter and inun-date it. ^ I. e., << obedient to his commands,» a common figure. The Wawat andMezay were in Nubia, the Setiu in the Northeast to Syria. * The rendering of this section is very doubtful.
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EGYPTIAN LITERATURE 5327 15. (Amenemhat leaves Usertesen with the prospect of a brill-iant reign.) ^* Behold, what I have done at the beginning thou hast arrangedfinally. Thou art the haven of what was in my heart. All col-lectively offer the white crown to (thee), the Seed of God, sealedto its right place. Begin for thee greetings in the bark of Ra. 1Then a reign cometh of the first order, not of what I did inworking to the extent of my powers. Set up monuments andmake good thy tomb.^^ . . . This is its arrival. THE PRISSE PAPYRUS (The so-called Prisse Papyrus was obtained at Thebes by the Frenchartist and Egyptologist who gave it the name by which it is now known. Itis a celebrated document, though as yet but little understood. The languagebeing difficult and the text in many places corrupt, it is useless to offer acomplete translation. In the following, several passages are omitted altogether,and the most uncertain portions are italicized, and even of what remains verylittle can be

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