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ANASTABI V. 135
" The captain and territorial governor Hes-n-
Amen (see Amen-m-Heb's list)., to the captain of
the captains in the palace, at the chaunting to
Amen-Ra, king of the gods, by gift of Seti II.
I pray the Ra-Horus of the two horizons to
strengthen the great royal double house of our
good royal lord. May he perform millions of fes-
tivals. Do thou sing him daily."
But before proceeding further, the dramatis
persona, and the situation of our theatre, must be
enlarged upon.
The plot of the two papyri we have hitherto
noticed was of the simplest kind, and the papyri
themselves were but short ones. The writer was
in both cases also the agent celebrated. Penta-
Hor wrote the papyrus, and is himself the sup-
posed correspondent of Amen-m-Aant; so, doubt-
less, would the correspondent Pinebsa have ap-
peared as the writer of Anastasi III., if the
beginning of the papyrus had been perfect. This
was all very well for provincial representations,
at the theatres of humble Thoth. The weekly
journal, the monthly magazine, was good enough
for Eshmoun; and the editor would be a small
enough man to desire to push his own little name
into local notice. But the panegyries of Amen
were daily ones. The expense, we are here told,
was defrayed by his majesty. The captain of the
captains saw to them himself. A larger audience
would support, in fact, a daily paper of superior
pretensions. The very handwriting of these longer
" The captain and territorial governor Hes-n-
Amen (see Amen-m-Heb's list)., to the captain of
the captains in the palace, at the chaunting to
Amen-Ra, king of the gods, by gift of Seti II.
I pray the Ra-Horus of the two horizons to
strengthen the great royal double house of our
good royal lord. May he perform millions of fes-
tivals. Do thou sing him daily."
But before proceeding further, the dramatis
persona, and the situation of our theatre, must be
enlarged upon.
The plot of the two papyri we have hitherto
noticed was of the simplest kind, and the papyri
themselves were but short ones. The writer was
in both cases also the agent celebrated. Penta-
Hor wrote the papyrus, and is himself the sup-
posed correspondent of Amen-m-Aant; so, doubt-
less, would the correspondent Pinebsa have ap-
peared as the writer of Anastasi III., if the
beginning of the papyrus had been perfect. This
was all very well for provincial representations,
at the theatres of humble Thoth. The weekly
journal, the monthly magazine, was good enough
for Eshmoun; and the editor would be a small
enough man to desire to push his own little name
into local notice. But the panegyries of Amen
were daily ones. The expense, we are here told,
was defrayed by his majesty. The captain of the
captains saw to them himself. A larger audience
would support, in fact, a daily paper of superior
pretensions. The very handwriting of these longer