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(Lost) Commandments of Akhenaten
15 Cheat not with your pen
| 1 | Do the good and You will prosper as I ! |
| 2 | Do not dip your pen to injure a man, for |
| 3 | the finger of the scribe is the beak of the Ibis, |
| 4 | beware of brushing it aside ! |
| 5 | The Ape dwells in the House of Khmun, |
| 6 | his eye encircles the Two Lands. |
| 7 | When he sees one who cheats with his finger, |
| 8 | he carries his livelihood off in the flood. |
| 9 | The scribe who cheats with his finger, |
| 10 | his son will not be enrolled. |
| 11 | If You make your life with these words in your heart, |
| 12 | your children will observe them. |
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