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THE INSTALLATION OF A VIZIER

with ^ is expected. Cf. however 1. 24 and four examples-from Pap. Ebers (Sethk,
Verbum, II, §706).

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i K2 KSI' Ci

"Behold, the Vizier, he is not mild. Behold, he is stern (1) when he [calleth
upon (2) (men) to speak (?)]. He is bronze (3), a bulwark (4) of gold to the house of
his [lord]. Behold, lie is one who doth not turn his face toward officiais and coun-
cillors, nor maketh [favourites (5)] among any people. Behold, [when] a man [is] in
the household of lus lord, he [doeth] that which is good to him, behold, [he] doeth
not [that which is good (?)] to another (6)."

The character of the idéal Vizier. The paragraph closes with a sentence, the
meaning of which is somewhat obscure. If the restorations here proposed are correct»
the sensé must be :— The Vizier should not show favour to individuals in exercising
his office; to do so would be to serve two masters, not merely his real master, the king.

— (1) Bnr and dhr are similarly contrasted : Erman, Mutter a. Kind, II, 1. 4,

is sweet to men, and bitter to those yonder (i. e., the dead)". Dhr accordingly means
"bitter", "sour" and metaphorically "stern".

(2) Read Q \>['^=^i,^~^^^Ê- Some such expression as .["<

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may

have stood at the end of the line. — ^ must here express simultaneity and be équi-
valent to jN^"when" : just so, mi and m interchange in the formula 2(01'^^)^^

etc

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1. Half-destroyed.