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Ancient Egypt is well known for its towering monuments and magnificent statuary, but other aspects of its civilization are less well known, especially its written texts. Now Texts from the Pyramid Age provides ready access to new translations of a representative selection of texts ranging from the historically significant to the repetitive formulae of the tomb inscriptions from Old Kingdom Egypt...

The controller of a crew of recruits Abdu, Merynetjerizezi, Nyankhmin, Heru. The overseer of foreigners (name lost). The deputy overseer of foreigners Nykaiankh. The supervisor of officials Washka, Hetepni, Nysobek. plus illegible text of further, perhaps subordinate, officials. D. This text may just be associated with the previous one. The king of Upper and Lower Egypt Djedkare, son of Re, Izezi, may he live for ever. A royal commission carried out by the overseer of official Sedhetepi, son of the
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