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Author: * Mirjam Nebet -
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Date: Apr 4, 2006 - 11:09
This is from the Teachings for Merikare, itīs from the First Intermediate Period, itīs written by the scribe Khaemwese, who copied it from another source, we donīt know which. Itīs a treatise on kingship, given to the kingīs son and successor Merikare. Unfortunately the papyrus is in bad condition and much is lost so we donīt know the name of the king. Here are a few lines:
Do justice, that you may live long upon eart. Calm the weeper, do not oppress the widow, do not degrade magnates from their seats. Beware of punishing wrongfully; do not kill, for it will not profit you, but punish with beatings and with imprisonment, for thus this land will be set in order....
Punish with beatings... now remember this was written for a king but... they did have an alternate look upon justice - or did they? How do the current societies on earth behave?
Food for thought.
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