Papyrus Lansing

Papyrus Lansing is ancient Egyptian writing made during the time of the reign of the pharaoh called Senusret III.[1]

Specific Content of Papyrus

Thus translated by Caminos " You are worse than a bubalis on the desert that lives on running; it spends no midday ploughing and has never yet trodden the threshing-platform at all.It lives on the oxen's output,though it shares not (in their labour) [2]

See also

References

  1. Encyclopedia History article referenced from The Ancient World: Readings in Social and Cultural History by D. Brendan Nagle, Stanley M. Burstein retrieved approximately 21:24GMT 29.9.11
  2. Goedicke, Hans (1968). "Papyrus Lansing 3,9–3,10". Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. 7: 128–130. doi:10.2307/40000641. JSTOR 40000641.

(Papyrus Lansing:Translation with notes by A.M.Blackman & T.Eric Peet JSTOR 3854153, retrieved 20:25GMT 29.9.11 facsimiles-of-egyptian-hieratic-papyri-in-the-british-museum at WorldCat retrieved 20:28GMT 29.9.11)

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