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Updated: June 29, 2025
Thus lying on the bags and packs in that squeaking car, with his face toward the earth, the unfortunate Eunana sang with a groaning voice the grievous lot of the inferior officer, "Why dost Thou say that the scribe's lot is worse than the officer's? Come and see my blue stripes and swollen body; meanwhile I will tell thee the tale of a downtrodden officer.
Let the vanguard at least have a leader." Then, looking at the suite which now surrounded him as if it had sprung from under the earth on a sudden, he added, "Bring my litter. I am as tired as a quarryman." "Can the gods grow tired?" whispered Eunana, still standing behind him. "Go to thy place!" said Ramses.
The deceitful Eunana, remaining on his knees, turned toward the favorite, and said, "Thou art the ear and eye of the land; Thou givest delight and life, hence I will answer thee as at the judgment of Osiris: I have served in the priests' regiment of the divine Isis ten years; I have fought six years on the eastern boundary. Men of my age are commanders of thousands, but I am only a centurion.
"His garrulousness irritated me," said Ramses. "I must teach Egyptian soldiers and officers to speak briefly, not like learned scribes." "May the gods grant that to be his only failing," whispered Tutmosis, on whom Eunana had made a bad impression. Ramses summoned Samentu. "Be at rest," said he to the priest. "That officer who came after thee was not following.
But remember, one thing: I myself ran naked once when I had drunk too much wine, and I gave a good reward to those who failed to see me. Common people, Eunana, and laborers always go naked; great persons only when it may please them. And if the wish should come to me or any of the officials to stand head downward, a wise and pious officer should not wonder at my action."
But his stiffened legs refused obedience, so he fell face downward on the sand; they had to take him to Memphis on a two-wheeled vehicle. While lying on this cart and smiling at the soldiers, Eunana considered that the wind does not change so quickly in Lower Egypt as fortune in the life of an inferior officer.
All the dignitaries inclined before Tutmosis. Queen Niort's fell at her son's feet. Tutmosis, in company with the generals, went out to the court. He commanded the first regiment of the guard to form, and said, "I need 'a few tens of men who are ready to die for the glory of our lord." More presented themselves, both men and officers, than were needed, and at the head of them Eunana.
"Away with this creature!" cried his worthiness, pushing back as before the bite of a reptile. The secretary, Pentuer, turned his head; his lean face had a grayish color. Eunana seized the man by the shoulders and pulled, but, unable to drag him away from the minister's feet, he summoned warriors.
"What dost Thou think of Eunana's adventure?" asked the adjutant. "And what thinkest Thou of the slave who hanged himself?" "It seems to me that this was his best day, and the rope around his neck the softest thing that has touched him in life. I think, too, that Eunana from this time on will watch the heir to the throne very closely." "Thou art mistaken," answered Pentuer.
Right at the palace one of the officers stood before him and said, "Tutmosis is dead; the traitor Eunana slew him." "Eunana?" repeated the pharaoh. "But what of the others?" "All, all the volunteers who went with Tutmosis were sold to the priests." "Well, I must finish this!" said Ramses. "Sound the trumpets for the Asiatic regiments."
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