...Never have I done aught of violence toward any person."* Another, perhaps a private citizen, says, "Never was I beaten in the presence of any official...never did I take the property of any man by violence ; I was doer of that which pleased all men."3 Nor was it always negative virtues which they claimed;...

...men on the bow are designated as: Overseer of ten; [naval] commander; overseer of r — '• (sb D); while one in the stern is called "captain." The sarcophagus...280. This nomarch, with his brother, was ruler of the Cerastes- Mountain nome, the twelfth nome of Upper Egypt, opposite the Lycopolite, or thirteenth, nome....

...Son's Inscription 277. The son Senezemib, called Mehi, left in his father's tomb a short inscription3 stating that he placed the above records on the walls...(but) I was a doer of that which pleased all men. "Lepsius, Denkmdler, II, 78, b; Sethe, Urkunden, I, 67. bCairo, 1732; published by Mariette, Mastabas,...

...violence toward any person.” Another, perhaps a I)rivate citizen, says, “Xever was I beaten in time presence of any official since my birth; never did I take the property of any man by violence; I was (10cr of that which ileased all men.” 3 Nor was it always negative virtues which thiey claimed;...

...bastinado. • Gardiner, 480. • A private citizen of the 5th Dynasty is pleased with himself because " Never was I beaten in the presence of any official since my birth " (Breasted, i. 126). 7 See incidents in the story of the Eloquent Peasant (Gardiner, hit Klage des...

...probably of the middle class, in the Fifth Dynasty is found to have made the following proud assertion: " Never was I beaten in the presence of any official since my birth." 137 This would lead us to believe that the average citizen of early Egypt was as virile as the nobles...

...necessities of life. Thus Nezemib of the period of the Vth dynasty intreats : "O ye living who are still upon earth, who pass by this tomb; let water be poured...; but I was a doer of that which pleased all men." 60 Pious descendants record that they fulfilled these filial obligations. Thus the son of a royal favourite...

...conditions. Of a private citizen, Nezemib, it is written : "I was a master of secret things. . . . Never was I beaten in the presence of any official...never did I take the property of any man by violence ; I was a doer of that which pleased all men."1 Of the Nomarch Henku we are told more : " O all ye...