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STOR Y OF SANEHA.
in the right, O my lord the king!' But Am^n-
emhat, as we know, was not one to be thwarted
or turned aside from his purpose ;x and he only
replies, ' He is in the right,' and proceeds forth-
with to lavish tokens of reconciliation and favour
upon Saneha. He gives him precedence in the
palace, and appoints him one of the king's inti-
mate councillors. He is clothed in fine linen, the
attire of a prince, and is anointed with fragrant
oil. A princely habitation is assigned for his
use whilst the labourers are busily employed
erecting for him a house 'befittinga councillor.'
No sooner is it completed than Saneha's
thoughts turn to that other house which
he must prepare for himself in the western
land—to the day of burial and the ' passage to
Amenti' of which the royal letter had spoken.
He built himself a tomb of stone. The king
selected the spot, the chief painter designed
and the sculptors carved it; all the decorations
were of hewn stone. The field in which it was
situated was made over to him as his own
possession, and he adds : ' My image was
1 At least he says of himself in his Instructions, ' I never faltered
since the day I was born.'
STOR Y OF SANEHA.
in the right, O my lord the king!' But Am^n-
emhat, as we know, was not one to be thwarted
or turned aside from his purpose ;x and he only
replies, ' He is in the right,' and proceeds forth-
with to lavish tokens of reconciliation and favour
upon Saneha. He gives him precedence in the
palace, and appoints him one of the king's inti-
mate councillors. He is clothed in fine linen, the
attire of a prince, and is anointed with fragrant
oil. A princely habitation is assigned for his
use whilst the labourers are busily employed
erecting for him a house 'befittinga councillor.'
No sooner is it completed than Saneha's
thoughts turn to that other house which
he must prepare for himself in the western
land—to the day of burial and the ' passage to
Amenti' of which the royal letter had spoken.
He built himself a tomb of stone. The king
selected the spot, the chief painter designed
and the sculptors carved it; all the decorations
were of hewn stone. The field in which it was
situated was made over to him as his own
possession, and he adds : ' My image was
1 At least he says of himself in his Instructions, ' I never faltered
since the day I was born.'