. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . 1 The mutilated base of lb s statue is now preserved in the Egyptinn Museum at Berlin ( der JEgyptischen Altertiimer und Gipsabgwse, p. 34, No. 941). TEE FAMINE STELE. 241. THE STEl-IYUAMID )F BAQQARA. ■ in which the Nile is born? Who is the god or goddessconcealed there? What ishis likeness? The lord of Ele-phantine brought his reply in person. Hedescribed to the king, who was evidentlyignorant of it, the situation of the islandand the rocks of the cataract, the pheno-mena of the inundation, the gods whopresided over it, and w
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . 1 The mutilated base of lb s statue is now preserved in the Egyptinn Museum at Berlin ( der JEgyptischen Altertiimer und Gipsabgwse, p. 34, No. 941). TEE FAMINE STELE. 241. THE STEl-IYUAMID )F BAQQARA. ■ in which the Nile is born? Who is the god or goddessconcealed there? What ishis likeness? The lord of Ele-phantine brought his reply in person. Hedescribed to the king, who was evidentlyignorant of it, the situation of the islandand the rocks of the cataract, the pheno-mena of the inundation, the gods whopresided over it, and who alone couldrelieve Egypt from her disastrous repaired to the temple of the prin-cipality and offered the prescribed sacrifices; the god arose, opened hiseyes, panted and cried aloud, I am Khnûmû who created thee ! andpromised him a speedy return of a high Nile and the cessation of thefamine. Pharaoh was touched by the benevolence which his divine fatherhad shown him ; he forthwith made a decree by which he ceded to thetemple all his rights of suzerainty over the neighbouring nomes withina radius of twenty miles. Henceforward the entire population, tillersand vinedressers, fishermen and hunters, had to yield the
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