Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1906-03-02 | Page 3 | First Story of Imagination

FIRST STORY OF imagination written by ennana of thebes fop foll egypt a crown prince tn in 1300 B C the tale of tva 0 brothers written 3 years ago by the theban scribe ennana librarian ot of the tha palace to king tho the supposed pharaoh of the exodus is tho the oldean work ct cf fiction extant the tale m was as m written ritten apparently tor for the of the crown who subsequently rel reigned gried as sett betl 11 II his name naine appears in two amo places on the man apt lpt proba pr obay y the only surviving autograph signatures ot of an egyptian king this piece of 0 antique fiction written on nineteen of papa rus in a bol belil d hieratic hant hanl was mas in italy by ame mme 4 orliney who sold it n 1857 to the ot of the gritl ah museum abele it Is BOW known as aa the dOr d orliney dorminey biney papyrus other ot of ancient egyptian fiction have since come to light which appear to prove that the nile allo nalley alley aas not only the birthplace 0 the arts and sciences but v its aa also thi thi cradle ot of romance stray stories