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occursin the 1st Anastasi Papyrusaboutthe travels of an Egyptian

officerin Syria. At page 23, line 5 of the MS., the traveller or

Egyptianofficer(Mohar)seemsto ask for the flesh of the camel to

;at ; the words are —

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pa ta kamaair

mahair en amu
"(Give) the flesh of camel to the Mohar to eat."
Besidesthisexample M. Chabas (Etudessur Fantiquite historique,
p. 412) gives threeotherswhichhe identified moreor less with it.
Theanimalis here called^g^ijlj^>. In the Bologna Papyrusit
is said —

pa kari setem tet-u antu-f her KaS

" The camelhears the words, he is brought fromA'ush."

Thistextis of the Ramesside period.

In Anastasi iii, 4, 1, we are told —

-**? U*M -4HW - ZZTi

tutu her seba kaari er kenken

"One teaches (the) camel to dance."

TheProverbsof Ani (Boulaq Pap.,9, 4) say —

ta kaari faau

Z>Vfm

maqalau

au bu faau su mut n set

" The {young)female camel bears the burden, did not her

mother bearit?"

pa

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