108 Lutz, Viticulture and Brewing. 



drunkenness. Sentences such as "A cup of water satisfies the 

 thirst" 1, or, "A short minute overpowers the heart" 2, or, "Do 

 not set thy heart on fig-wine"-*, show this conckisively. The 

 scribe Ani indulges in the following warning: "Do not pass 

 (thy time) in the beer-house and thou shalt not speak evil 

 about thy neighbor even in intoxication. Then (if) thou 

 fall est to the ground, and thou breakest the limbs, none 

 reacheth out the hand to help thee. Behold, th}' companions! 

 They drink and say: Go home, thou, who hast drunk enough!". 

 It is pretty certain that moderation in drinking was recom- 

 mended to the kings more than to any other class, in view 

 of the dietetic and other laws by which the priests have regu- 

 lated and assured the life of the king'*. 



Many references to drinking are found in the Egyptian 

 love poetry. The lover is even satisfied to go without his 

 accustomed beer, as long as he enjoys the pleasant company 

 of his sweetheart^. A beautiful lovesong, with a reference to 

 the sweetheart making her lover drunk with love as well as 

 beer or wine, is the following^: 



"The little sycomore 



which she has planted with her hand, 



commences to speak, 



and its (words are as) drops of hone}'. 



It is charming, its foliage is beautiful, 



more green than the (papyrus). 



It is laden with fruits 



redder than ruby. 



Its leaves are like malachite, 



their color is (transparent) like the glass; 



its stem is like the color of the (yellow) 72esmef-stone, 



i) Pap. Prisse, i, 5; cf. also i, 8 etc. 



2) Pap. Prisse, i, 4. 



3) See also Pap. Anast. I, 10, 3 ff. 



4) Died. I. Jo. Clemens Alexandr. Slromata, VI, p. 633 mentions tov 

 KXoYiffMov pamXiKoO (?iou. 



5) See Miiller, W. Max, Liebespoesie. 



6) Maspero, Turin pap. 79 83. Etud. Egypt., I, p. 217 ff. and Erman, A., 

 Agypten und dgyptisches Leben ivi Altertum, Tiibingen, 1885, pp. 272 and 273, 

 W. M. Miiller, Liebespoesie, pp. 39 and 40. 



