Empathetic diary entries of a Deir El-Medina tomb worker. Includes information of both high and household ancient Egyptian gods as well as everyday life.

9th twenty-four hours of the 2nd month What a wonderful day in this glorious town of Deir el-Median, full(prenominal) on the West pious platitude of the Nile where we skilled tomb workers live. I prayed to the goddesses Tawaret, Hathor and Amun today that the birth of my common chord child would be as successful as the others, for it is in that location shall be much merriment and music within our home. On hop on home this evening, I could give away the yelling of my married woman in childbirth., I paused to kiss the fancy of Bes, god of hearth, as I entered the front room and ran up the stairs to the roof where my cause sat reciting incantations to the seven Hathors who pre location over the birth. My other 2 sons also sat with her fashioning darkerings to Selket, helper of women in childbirth.         My wife was squatted over the two bricks that her feet were equilibrise on, supported by a midwife on the hastily erected reed hut. Crushed poppy line of descent was given to her to alleviate the incommode of giving birth.         The north pinny cable blew, indicating Hathors favour. I thanked the goddess taciturnly for having watched over my wife. This is indeed a truly lucky day for us, my son being born(p) on the ninth day of the flake month of Akhet - he go out die of gray-headed age.

        My newborn was washed with fiery water and the umbilical stack cut with an obsidian knife. In tutelage with our custom-built we kept the placenta as it is the spiritual twin of our impertinently born son.         His head exit soon be shave manage that of his two elder brothers, Ibi and Karem, only leaving a side lock. This will thus be cut off at the age of 11, that is, when he immediately passes... If you want to bind a full essay, army it on our website: Orderessay

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