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A history of art in ancient Egypt (1883)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 115

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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, 5th dyna^y. (Boulak, 16 inches high. Drawn by Bourgoin.) agriculturists, although legal rights 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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