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Brugsch, Heinrich
Egypt under the pharaohs: a history derived entirely from the monuments — London, 1891

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368 RECALL OF THE RAMESSIDES oh. xv-

the great god gave full assent to him. Then went in the captain of
the army again to the great god, speaking thus : ' 0 thou, my good
lord ! Since thou hast assented] to their return, let it be published
abroad, that thou [art] friendly [disposed] to [the banished ones.'J
Then the great god gave full assent to him. Then went he in
again (17) to the great god, and spake thus :'0 thou, my good
lord ! Give forth a valid command in thy name, that no inhabitant
of the land shall be banished to the far distance of the Oasis, that
no one .... from this very day for ever.' (18) Then the great
god gave full assent to him. Then he spake again to him : ' Speak
that it may be done thus according to thy command, which shall [be-
written down] on a memorial stone [in writing], and set up in thy
cities, to last and to remain for ever.' Then the great god gave full
assent to him.

Then spake again the chief priest (19) of Amen, Men-kheper-Ea :
' O thou, my good lord ! Now am I contented (?) a hundred thou-
sand times ; this was my intention, that all families should hear it.
All (their) words express contentment with me. I am thy servant
in truth, [for I am thy likeness] (20) in youthful form for thy city..
I was created as originator of all riches according to thy [word],
when I was yet in my mother's womb. Thou didst fashion me in
the egg. Thou didst bring me to the light to the great joy of thy
people. Give me a beautiful duration of life (21) in the service of
thy [being], and purity and protection from all thy plagues (?). Let
my feet walk in thy ways, and make thy path straight for me. May
my heart be friendly towards (thy ?) house, to do [what thy com-
mands enjoin]. (22) Give me consideration with the great god, in
peace, that I may abide and live in thy glorious house. In like
manner may all reward be mine from . . .' (23) Then did the high
priest of Amen, Men-kheper-Ra, go in to the great god, and spake-
thus : ' If any one of the people should in thy presence contradict,
saying that he has done great things for the people, that the land
may gain life,—then destroy him, kill him.' Then the great god*
gave full assent to him.

The distracted state of the empire could not have-
been more clearly exhibited than in this inscription.
Even if we reject ' the 100,000 banished ones,' of whom
the high-priest speaks, the whole proceeding throws a
sad light on the state of things then prevailing in
Egypt. Persecutions and banishments form, in every
age, a measure of the internal condition of an empire.
That the recall of the exiles from the Oasis, proposed by
 
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