hs, King of
Upper and Lower Egypt, Kheper-ka-ra, son of the Sun, Amen-em-hat, ever
living unto eternity. Order for the follower Sanehat. Behold this order of
the King is sent to thee to instruct thee of his will.

"Now, although thou hast gone through strange lands from Adim to Tenu, and
passed from one country to another at the wish of thy heart--behold, what
hast thou done, or what has been done against thee, that is amiss?
Moreover, thou reviledst not; but if thy word was denied, thou didst not
speak again in the assembly of the nobles, even if thou wast desired. Now,
therefore, that thou hast thought on this matter which has come to thy
mind, let thy heart not change again; for this thy Heaven (queen), who is
in the palace is fixed, she is flourishing, she is enjoying the best in
the kingdom of the land, and her children are in the chambers of the
palace.

"Leave all the riches that thou hast, and that are with thee, altogether.
When thou shalt come into Egypt behold the palace, and when thou shalt
enter the palace, bow thy face to the ground before the Great House; thou
shalt be chief among the companions. And day by day behold thou growest
old; thy vigor is lost, and thou thinkest on the day of burial. Thou shalt
see thyself come to the blessed state, they shall give thee the bandages
from the hand of Tait, the night of applying the oil of embalming. They
shall follow thy funeral, and visit the tomb on the day of burial, which
shall be in a gilded case, the head painted with blue, a canopy of cypress
wood above thee, and oxen shall draw thee, the singers going before thee,
and they shall dance the funeral dance. The weepers crouching at the door
of thy tomb shall cry aloud the prayers for offerings: they shall slay
victims for thee at the door of thy pit; and thy pyramid shall be carved
in white stone, in the company of the royal children. Thus thou shalt not
die in a strange land, nor be buried by the Amu; thou shalt not be laid in
a sheepskin when thou art buried; all people shall beat the earth, and
lament on thy body when thou goest to the tomb."

When this order came to me, I was in the midst of my tribe. When it was
read unto me, I threw me on the dust, I threw dust in my hair; I went
around my tent rejoicing and saying: "How may it be that such a thing is
done to the servant, who with a rebellious heart has fled to strange
lands? Now with an excellent deliverance, and mercy delivering me from
death, thou