...avenger of those whom a more powerful one had deprived of property. He was the husband of the widow, the refuge of the orphan."1 It is said of another2...1 Tablet of Antuf, Louvre, c. 26. I quote from M. de EougiS's Notice des Monuments, p. 88. 2 British Museum, 581. This text, of which a copy is given...

...avenger of those whom a more powerful one had deprived of property. He was the husband of the widow, the refuge of the orphan."1 It is said of another2...1 Tablet of Antuf, Louvre, c. 26. I quote from M. de Rough's Notice des Monuments, p. 88. 2 British Museum, 581. This text, of which a copy is given...

...Inscriptions," Vol. II. p. 83, is a difficult one, and would repay a careful study. The tablet of Beka,1 now at Turin, thus describes the deceased: "I was...evil, but have taken pleasure in speaking the truth, for I well know the glory there is in doing this upon earth from the first action (of life) even to...

...passage implies that his wisdom was at the service of those who were ignorant. The tablet of Beka, now at Turin, thus describes the deceased : — "I...evil, but have taken pleasure in speaking the truth. There is no lowly person whom I have oppressed ; I have done no injury to men who honored their gods....

...passage implies that his wisdom was at the service of those who were ignorant. The tablet of Beka, now at Turin, thus describes the deceased: — «'...evil, but have taken pleasure in speaking the truth. There is no lowly person whom I have oppressed ; I have done no injury to men who honored their gods....

...passage implies that his wisdom was at the service of those who were ignorant. The tablet of Beka, now at Turin, thus describes the deceased : — "...evil, but have taken pleasure in speaking the truth. There is no lowly person whom I have oppressed ; I have done no injury to men who honored their gods....

...of those who were ignorant. The tablet of Beka, now at Turin, thus describes the deceased : — " 1 was just and true without malice, placing God in my...evil, but have taken pleasure in speaking the truth. There is no lowly person whom I have oppressed ; I have done no injury to men who honored their gods....

...translated by M. Chabas, is eloquent in its expression of what the early Egyptians knew of morality. "I was just and true without malice, placing God in...discerning his will. I have come to the city of those who d\vell in eternity. I have done good upon earth ; I have done no wrong; I have done no crime ; I have...

...myself was just and true, having put God in my heart, and having been quick to discern his will. I reach the city of those who dwell in eternity. I have done good upon the earth. I have harbored no prejudice. I have not been wicked. I have not countenanced any offence...

...hear thy glory.' The Turin tablet of Beka is another most instructive ancient record. It runs : — ' I was just and true without malice, placing god in...discerning his will. I have come to the city of those that dwell in eternity,' &c., &c. A papyrus in the British Museum says : — ' The great god, lord...