The literature of the ancient Egyptians . all the gods; andNephthys, the divine sister of Horus, the 2 avenger of hisfather, the great god in Raqetit; and Anubis, who is on hishill, the dweller in the chamber of embalmment, at the headof the divine hall; and all the gods and goddesses who dwellin the mountain of Amentet the beautiful of Hetkaptah(Memphis), give the offerings that come forth at the word,beer, and bread, and oxen, and geese, and incense, andunguents, and suits of apparel, and good things of all kindsupon their altars, to the Ka of 3 the Osiris, the great prin-cess, the one who i
The literature of the ancient Egyptians . all the gods; andNephthys, the divine sister of Horus, the 2 avenger of hisfather, the great god in Raqetit; and Anubis, who is on hishill, the dweller in the chamber of embalmment, at the headof the divine hall; and all the gods and goddesses who dwellin the mountain of Amentet the beautiful of Hetkaptah(Memphis), give the offerings that come forth at the word,beer, and bread, and oxen, and geese, and incense, andunguents, and suits of apparel, and good things of all kindsupon their altars, to the Ka of 3 the Osiris, the great prin-cess, the one who is adorned, the woman who is in the highestfavour, the possessor of pleasantness, beautiful of body,sweet of love in the mouth of every man, who is greatly ^ These words mean, * The king gives an offering, and the formula isas old at least as the fourth dynasty. It is obvious that the king could notmake a funerary gift to every one who died, but the words are always foundin funerary texts down to the latest times. 150 EGYPTIAN LITERATURE. :i:{r:ii-e=,3/.([oi€r^f=p^fifKfni ^:I^l^lv::lm\:f!^??J^m:m^^:omml^ nii\miimmwmi^tAmMM^^m:xn\^^^^^ i;m]m%mm^w\Qh^;^f^ur\^iv,mM m^^^ms^^m^^m&iz^ini^mmmkM. mmmmt%zi:^:^fmmmmtni![^{nfo \\^r^r:^%^^i\}t€T^.4i^ii::,iMirj^r[Amf^i $t::\^;k^Ki^s^fit^^^ir m^.^^PMi^hvic^M^^^kj. u mr.^hiVMi^i^^^^f^^^wmawM^mi r^B5^!i7^HEk5^¥ E^^if ^tf^^nsrozir^rii ii^gQ^ifii^^M^ii^^b^tr* !.t^ii;it^;^t?;^ise*^inf,e5^in!ii!^:.;? wmAt^^,mmj^i\mmm\mrs^~A iim^zmm^iitmnf-M^^mtm^^izm A~w^i[:idL~tr;u^c^5i2iu-r-!:^]ii^::^i iU:gHEi?^;=«^ii:iS*^;/l7T!i;e;illl^^X/^:i mB i^^^E t!!^:£5^!imfiiiE HP^r.^>i 2T^^r5^.^Er^iiii^a^gi:!i[^r?ti^^:4fTtrw^ imzi^:£marr3mst:^\]m*mz^: tir.^yri5.°r^Tifrjil^:i^t52E§rc,»siS2K^/ri^ The Autobiography of Thaiemhetep, the daughter of Herankh. AUTOBiOGRAPHiCAL LITERATURE t5f praised by her kinsfolk, the youthful one, excellent of disposi-tion, always ready to speak her words of sweetness, w
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