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" I never oppressed one in possession of his property so that he complained of me because of it to the god of my city; [but] I spake and told that which was good. Never was there one fearing because of one stronger than he, so that he complained because... "
Ancient Records of Egypt: The first to the seventeenth dynasties - Page 125
edited by - 1906
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A History of Egypt from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest

James Henry Breasted - 1905 - 878 pages
...ftlr Aegyptische Sprache, XXXI, 76-77. 2 I, 252. » I, 279. 5 I clothed him who was naked therein. ... I never oppressed one in possession of his property,...complained of me because of it to the god of my city; never was there one fearing because of one stronger than he, so that he complained because of it to...
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A History of Egypt from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest

James Henry Breasted - 1905 - 828 pages
...one in possession of his property, so that he complained of me because of it to the god of my city; never was there one fearing because of one stronger...than he, so that he complained because of it to the god."1 Into these early beliefs, with which Osiris originally had nothing to do, the myth which told...
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Ancient Records of Egypt: The first to the seventeenth dynasties

James Henry Breasted - 1906 - 410 pages
...11. 9, 10). "those who had been peasant-serfs therein, I made their offices as officials (ir). "0I never oppressed one in possession of his property,...because of it to the god. I arose then "to be ruler (hk^) in the Cerastes-Mountain, together with my brother, the revered, the sole companion, ritual priest,...
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Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt: Lectures Delivered on ...

James Henry Breasted - 1912 - 412 pages
...cattle. I satisfied the wolves of the mountain and the fowl of the sky with ^flesh1 of small cattle. ... I never oppressed one in possession of his property...that he complained because of it to the god. ... I was a benefactor to it (his domain) in the folds of the cattle, in the settlements of the fowlers....
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Journal of the Society of Oriental Research, Volumes 1-2

Society of Oriental Research - 1917 - 236 pages
...individual, who brought his complaints before them for rectification. Henku, of the Fifth Dynasty, said: " I never oppressed one in possession of his property,...complained of me because of it to the god of my city," m and thereby shows his respect for the individual's right to appeal to the gods. Gods and goddesses...
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What's the World Coming To?

Rupert Hughes - 1920 - 424 pages
...the mountain and the fowl of the sky. I never oppressed one in possession of his property. I spoke and told that which was good. Never was there one fearing because of one stronger than he." A hundred years before that an Egyptian doctor said, "Never did I do anything evil toward any person."...
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Social Life in Ancient Egypt

William Matthew Flinders Petrie - 1923 - 236 pages
...hungry, I clothed him who was naked, I never oppressed one in possession of his property, I spake and I told that which was good. Never was there one fearing because of one stronger than he." All this may be said by many a rich man up and down the country, as well now as fifty centuries ago....
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Ancient Egypt from the Records

Mary Evelyn Monckton Jones - 1924 - 300 pages
...therein, I made their offices as officials. I never oppressed one in possession of his property, sc that he complained of me because of it to the god of my city ; I spake and told that which was good ; never was there one fearing because of one stronger than he,...
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The Evolution of Ethics: As Revealed in the Great ..., Volume 52; Volume 969

Elias Hershey Sneath - 1927 - 388 pages
...individual, who brought his complaints before them for rectification. Henku, of the Fifth Dynasty, said, "I never oppressed one in possession of his property,...complained of me because of it to the god of my city,'' and thereby shows his respect for the individual's right to appeal to the gods. Gods and goddesses...
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The Evolution of Ethics: As Revealed in the Great ..., Volume 52; Volume 969

Elias Hershey Sneath - 1927 - 388 pages
...hungry. ... I clothed him who was naked. ... I never oppressed one in possession of his property. ... I spake and told that which was good, never was there one fearing because of one stronger than he. ... I speak no lie, for I was one beloved of his father, praised of his mother, excellent in character...
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