Sunday, October 30, 2022
Honor Thy Mother
"The Instruction of Any," tr. Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, Vol. II: The New Kingdom (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973), pp. 135-146 (at 141):
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Double the food your mother gave you,Hat tip: Mrs. Laudator.
Support her as she supported you;
She had a heavy load in you,
But she did not abandon you.
When you were born after your months,
She was yet yoked (to you),
Her breast in your mouth for three years.
As you grew and your excrement disgusted,
She was not disgusted, saying: "What shall I do!"
When she sent you to school,
And you were taught to write,
She kept watching over you daily,
With bread (8, 1) and beer in her house.
