BIOGRAPHY, TRAVEL, AND ROMANCE
THE INSCRIPTION OF UNI
Count, governor of the South, chamber-attendant, attached to Nekhen, lord of Nekheb, sole companion, revered before Osiris, First of the Westerners, Uni. He says:
I was a child who fastened on the girdle under the Majesty of Teti; my office was that of supervisor of ... and I filled the office of inferior custodian of the domain of Pharaoh.
... I was eldest of the ... chamber under the Majesty of Pepi. His Majesty appointed me to the rank of companion and inferior prophet of his pyramid-city. While my office was ... his Majesty made me judge attached to Nekhen. He loved me[1] more than any servant of his. I "heard,"[2] being alone with only the chief judge and vizier,[3] in every private matter ... in the name of the King, of the royal harem and of the six courts of justice; because the King loved me more than any official of his, more than any noble of his, more than any servant of his.
Then I besought the Majesty of the King[4] that there be brought for me a limestone sarcophagus from Troja.[5] The King had the treasurer of the god ferry over, together with a troop of sailors under his hand, in order to bring for me this sarcophagus from Troja; and he arrived with it, in a large ship belonging to the court, together with its lid, the false door; the setting, two ... and one offering-tablet. Never was the like done for any servant, for I was excellent to the heart of his Majesty, for I was pleasant to the heart of his Majesty, for his Majesty loved me.
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