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 BIOGRAPHY, TRAVEL, AND ROMANCE

THE INSCRIPTION OF UNI

Count, governor of the South, chamber-attendant, attached to Nekhen, lord of Nekheb, sole companion, revered before Osiris, First of the Westerners, Uni. He says:

I was a child who fastened on the girdle under the Majesty of Teti; my office was that of supervisor of ... and I filled the office of inferior custodian of the domain of Pharaoh.

... I was eldest of the ... chamber under the Majesty of Pepi. His Majesty appointed me to the rank of companion and inferior prophet of his pyramid-city. While my office was ... his Majesty made me judge attached to Nekhen. He loved me more than any servant of his. I "heard," being alone with only the chief judge and vizier, in every private matter ... in the name of the King, of the royal harem and of the six courts of justice; because the King loved me more than any official of his, more than any noble of his, more than any servant of his.

Then I besought the Majesty of the King that there be brought for me a limestone sarcophagus from Troja. The King had the treasurer of the god ferry over, together with a troop of sailors under his hand, in order to bring for me this sarcophagus from Troja; and he arrived with it, in a large ship belonging to the court, together with its lid, the false door; the setting, two ... and one offering-tablet. Never was the like done for any servant, for I was excellent to the heart of his Majesty, for I was pleasant to the heart of his Majesty, for his Majesty loved me.