. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . pyrus n 2 (Maspero, Les Contes populaires,2nd edit., p. 48) ; the king made him an allowance of a loaf and two pots of beer per day. 3 See the list of persons, in hierarchical order, on the second page of the Rood Papyrus (Maspero,Études Égyptiennes, vol. ii. pp. 10, 11, 61, 63 ; of. Brugsch, Die Mgyptologie, pp. 219-221). 4 M. de Rougé believes this to have been so in the case of Ti, whose tomb is still famous(Recherches sur les monuments, p. 96), and in the case of Snozmûhît, surnamed Mihi (id., pp. 103,104). 5 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a p
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . pyrus n 2 (Maspero, Les Contes populaires,2nd edit., p. 48) ; the king made him an allowance of a loaf and two pots of beer per day. 3 See the list of persons, in hierarchical order, on the second page of the Rood Papyrus (Maspero,Études Égyptiennes, vol. ii. pp. 10, 11, 61, 63 ; of. Brugsch, Die Mgyptologie, pp. 219-221). 4 M. de Rougé believes this to have been so in the case of Ti, whose tomb is still famous(Recherches sur les monuments, p. 96), and in the case of Snozmûhît, surnamed Mihi (id., pp. 103,104). 5 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a photograph by Emil Brugsch-Bey ; the original is at Gizeh. 6 It was the former who, I believe, formed the class of rokhû sûton so often mentioned on themonuments. This title is generally supposed to have been a mark of relationship with the royalfamily (Erman, Mgypten, p. 118). M. de Rougé proved long ago that this was not so (Becherches,p. 90), and that functionaries might bear this title even though they were not blood relations of the. THE DWARF KHNUMHOTPU, SUPERINTENDENTOF THE ROYAL THE CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD. 281 grown up with them and had kept them about his person as his sole friends and He lavished titles and offices upon them by the dozen, accord-ing to the confidence he felt in their capacity or to the amount of faithfulnesswith which he credited them. A few of the most favoured were called Mastersof the Secret of the Royal House ; they knew all the innermost recesses ofthe palace, all the passwords needed in going from one part of it to another,the place where the royal treasures were kept, and the modes of access to of them were Masters of the Secret of all the Royal Words, and hadauthority over the high courtiers of the palace, which gave them the power ofbanishing whom they pleased from the person of the Upon othersdevolved the task of arranging his amusements ; they rejoiced the heart of hisMajes
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