The treasury of ancient Egypt; miscellaneous chapters on ancient Egyptian history and archæology (1911)
Weigall, Arthur Edward Pearse Brome, 1880-1934 · Edinburgh London, W. Blackwood and sons · leaf 162
n had detected the robbery thesailor had disappeared for ever amidst the housesof Dor. That evening the distracted envoy,seated upon the floor of his cabin, was obligedto chronicle the list of stolen money, which listwas afterwards incorporated in his report in thefollowing manner :— One vessel… … H c y. b/. Pl. xii. The Misfortunes of Wenamon. 119 A deben weighed about 100 grammes, and thusthe robber was richer by 500 grammes of gold,which in those days would have the purchasingvalue of about £600 in our money, and 3100grammes of silver, equal to about £2200.^ Wenamon must have slept little…
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