meruitensa

Updated: June 3, 2025

Then it will be fitting to beat this Hemti for a trifle of natron and a trifle of salt; if he is commanded to pay for it, he will pay for it." But the High Steward Meruitensa held his peace; for he would not reply unto these nobles, but would reply unto the Sekhti.

Sir W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders) Petrie - Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri : First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty

Then the Lord Steward Meruitensa accused Hemti unto the nobles who sat with him; and they said unto him, "By your leave: As to this Sekhti of yours, let him bring a witness. Behold thou it is our custom with our Sekhtis; witnesses come with them; behold, that is our custom.

Sir W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders) Petrie - Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri : First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty

The Lord Steward Meruitensa made two of his followers to go to the Sekhet Hemat, and bring a list of the household of the Sekhti; and its amount was six persons, beside his oxen and his goats, his wheat and his barley, his asses and his dogs; and moreover he gave all that which belonged unto the Hemti to the Sekhti, even all his property and his offices, and the Sekhti was beloved of the king more than all his overseers, and ate of all the good things of the king, with all his household.

Sir W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders) Petrie - Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri : First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty

Moreover, I know unto whom this domain belongs, even unto the Lord Steward Meruitensa. He it is who smites every robber in this whole land; and shall I then be robbed in his domain?" Said Hemti, "This is the proverb which men speak: 'A poor man's name is only his own matter. I am he of whom you spake, even the Lord Steward of whom you think."

Sir W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders) Petrie - Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri : First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty