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EGYPTIAN PUBLICATIONS OF MARIETTE
Abstain from the works of weakness !—The son who obeys is
sinless; — There is no lack (?) of wisdom about him."
The séries of astronomical observations recorded on the
stone No. 5635, pl. xx, have been studied by Birch him-
self, in Lepsius' Zeitschrift for 1868, with so much care ând
success that there is nothing to alter in his translation.
No. 5637, pl. xviii, gives a mémorandum of some robberies
" perpetrated by the workmen of Nâxù-m-Mciût. They went into
my house, stole two large loaves and three cakes, spilt my oil,
opened my bin containing the corn, stole Northern dehû-com. They
went to the thouse in the wharf, stole half the kyllesteis (a kind of
acid bread) yesterday [baked], spilt the oil. In the third month of
the Shemû-season, the 12th day, during the crown-feast of king
Amen-hotep, 1. h. s., they went to the granary, stole three great
loaves, eight sà&ù-cakes of Roh'ùsû berries..... They drew a
bottle of beer which was [cooling] in water, while I was staying
in my father's room. My Lord, let whatsoever has been stolen be
given back unto me. "
The only means of conveying into the ncw-Egyptian
reader's mind an exact idea of the contents of this volume
would be to translate almost ail the pièces in it. As for the
small class of persons to whom the Egyptian publications
are addressed, they have reason to be truly grateful to the
British Muséum for the new contribution thus made to our
science. May the Trustées complète their work by giving
us at last the continuation and the end of their precious
Select Papy ri.
EGYPTIAN PUBLICATIONS OF MARIETTE
Abstain from the works of weakness !—The son who obeys is
sinless; — There is no lack (?) of wisdom about him."
The séries of astronomical observations recorded on the
stone No. 5635, pl. xx, have been studied by Birch him-
self, in Lepsius' Zeitschrift for 1868, with so much care ând
success that there is nothing to alter in his translation.
No. 5637, pl. xviii, gives a mémorandum of some robberies
" perpetrated by the workmen of Nâxù-m-Mciût. They went into
my house, stole two large loaves and three cakes, spilt my oil,
opened my bin containing the corn, stole Northern dehû-com. They
went to the thouse in the wharf, stole half the kyllesteis (a kind of
acid bread) yesterday [baked], spilt the oil. In the third month of
the Shemû-season, the 12th day, during the crown-feast of king
Amen-hotep, 1. h. s., they went to the granary, stole three great
loaves, eight sà&ù-cakes of Roh'ùsû berries..... They drew a
bottle of beer which was [cooling] in water, while I was staying
in my father's room. My Lord, let whatsoever has been stolen be
given back unto me. "
The only means of conveying into the ncw-Egyptian
reader's mind an exact idea of the contents of this volume
would be to translate almost ail the pièces in it. As for the
small class of persons to whom the Egyptian publications
are addressed, they have reason to be truly grateful to the
British Muséum for the new contribution thus made to our
science. May the Trustées complète their work by giving
us at last the continuation and the end of their precious
Select Papy ri.