ereign, who is stillthe greatest landowner in the country. The shepherds, the fishermen and boatmen of the Nile, theartisans and shopkeepers of the cities were in a similar condition.They lived upon their gains in the same way as the peasant uponthe share of the harvest which custom reserved for… … Fig. 22.—Boatmen, Tomb of Ra-ka-pou, 5h dyna>ty. (Doulak, l6 inches high. Drawn by Bourgoin.) asfriculturists, althouoh leral riohts were the same in both cases.The burden of forced labour must have pressed less heavily uponthe latter class, and they must have had better opportunities ofescaping…
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![An illustration from Catalogue des monuments et inscriptions de l'Égypte antique / publié sous les auspices de S.A. Abbas II Helmi par la direction générale du Service des antiquités [de l'Égypte] ; par J. de Morgan, U. Bouriant, G. Legrain, G. Jéquier, A. Barsanti (1894)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-cataloguedesmonu21egyp-372-722.webp)
