. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . ofKhnûmhotpû, where we see an Asiatic tribe bearing a present of Kohl to the prince of Beni-Hasan(Champollion, Monuments de lÉgypte, etc., pis. ccclxi., ccclxii., and vol. ii. pp. 410-412; Rosellini,Monumenti Storici, pis. ; Lepsitjs, Denkm., x. 131-133; Griffith-Newberrt, Beni-Hasan, vol. i. pis. xxx., xxxi. ; cf. pp. 468, 469 of the present work. This scene belongs to the XIIthdynasty—that is to say, a little earlier than the period of Gudea at Lagash. [For the esteem inwhich these goodly Babylonish garments were held by other na
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . ofKhnûmhotpû, where we see an Asiatic tribe bearing a present of Kohl to the prince of Beni-Hasan(Champollion, Monuments de lÉgypte, etc., pis. ccclxi., ccclxii., and vol. ii. pp. 410-412; Rosellini,Monumenti Storici, pis. ; Lepsitjs, Denkm., x. 131-133; Griffith-Newberrt, Beni-Hasan, vol. i. pis. xxx., xxxi. ; cf. pp. 468, 469 of the present work. This scene belongs to the XIIthdynasty—that is to say, a little earlier than the period of Gudea at Lagash. [For the esteem inwhich these goodly Babylonish garments were held by other nations, cf. Joshua vii. 21.—Tr.] * See pp. 311-315 of the present work for an account of the miseries of artisans in Egypt. Thisis taken from a source belonging to the XIIth or possibly the XIIIth dynasty. We may assume, fromthe fact that the two civilizations were about on the same level, that the information supplied in thisrespect by the Egyptian monuments is generally applicable to the condition of Chaldsean workmenof the same 7G0 CE ALB JE AN CIVILIZATION. of the gods of the city, or by the casual suspensions of work occasioned bythe triumphant return of the king from some warlike expedition, or by hisinauguration of a new temple. The gaiety of the people on such occasions wasthe more exuberant in proportion to the undisturbed monotony or misery ofthe days which preceded them. As soon, for instance, as Gudea had broughtto completion Ininnu, the house of his patron Ningirsu, he felt relieved fromthe strain and washed his hands. For seven days, no grain was bruised in thequern, the maid was the equal of her mistress, the servant walked in the samerank as his master, the strong and the weak rested side by side in the world seemed topsy-turvy as during the Roman Saturnalia ; the classesmingled together, and the inferiors were probably accustomed to abuse theunusual licence which they momentarily enjoyed : when the festival was over,social distinctions
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