Koptos river

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    I then cut him in two parts, and put sand between the parts, that he should not appear again.

    β€œNa.nefer.ka.ptah then went to the place where he found the box.

    I He uncovered a box of iron, and opened it; he found then a box of born and opened that; then he found a box of sycamore wood. And opened that; again, he found a box of ivory and ebony, and opened that; yet, he found a box of silver, and opened that; and then he found ` a box of gold; he opened that, and found the book in it. He took the book from the golden box, and read a page of spells from it.

    He enchanted the heaven and the earth, the abyss, the mountains, and the sea; he knew what the birds of the sky, the fish of the deep, and the beasts of the hills all said. He read another page of the spells, and saw I the sun shining in the sky, with all the gods, the full moon, and the stars I in their shapes; he saw the fishes of the deep, for a divine power was I present that brought them up from the water. He then read the spell I upon the workers that he had made, and taken from the haven and I said to them, `Work for me, back to the place from which I came.`

    And they toiled night and day, and so he came back to the place where I sat by the river of Koptos; I had not drums nor eaten anything, and I had done nothing on earth, but sat like one who is gone to the grave.

    See this book

    β€œI then told Na.nefer.ka.ptah that I wished to see this book, for E which we had taken so much trouble. He gave the book into my hands, and when I read a page of the spells in it, I also enchanted heaven and Kearth, the abyss, the mountains, and the sea. I also knew what the birds of the sky, the fishes of the deep, and the beasts of the hills all said.

    I read another page of the spells, and I saw the sun shining in the sky with all the gods, the full moon, and the stars in their shapes; I saw the fishes of the deep, for a divine power was present that brought them 1 Up from the water. As I could not write, I asked Na.nefer.ka.ptah, who was a good writer, and a very learned one; he called for a new piece of papyrus, and wrote on it all that was in the book before him. He dipped it in beer, and washed it off in the liquid; for he knew that if it were washed off, and he drank it, he would know all that there was in the writing.

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