A nameless harper
harper · Thebes, ancient Egypt · c. 21st century BC
The singer of a banquet song said to have been written in the tomb of King Intef. No name has come down.
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c. 21st century BC · On the tombs of famous men who lived before
Consider what hath become of their tombs!
Their walls have been thrown down;
Their places are no more;
They are just as if they had never existed."The Song of the Harper" · in place of the original: the English translation by E. A. Wallis Budge (1914)
c. 21st century BC
Give comfort to thy heart,
And let thy heart forget these things;
What is best for thee to do is
To follow thy heart's desire as long as thou livest."The Song of the Harper" · in place of the original: the English translation by E. A. Wallis Budge (1914)
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