What was the purpose of these statements?
For thy sake I have rejected wickedness. I have done no
hurt unto man, nor have I wrought harm unto beasts. I
have committed no crime in the place of Right and Truth.
I have had no knowledge of evil; nor have I acted
wickedly. Each day have I laboured more than was
required of me...I have caused no wrong to be done to the
servant by his master. I have caused none to feel pain. I
have made [no man] to weep. I have not committed
murder; nor have I ever bidden any man to slay on my
behalf. I have not wronged the people.
O to determine whether a person has behaved well
enough to enter the afterlife
O to judge a pharaoh on his suitability to remain
immortal
to determine which god a person was most suited
to serve
O
to give rules that Egyptians must swear to live by