Hemti

Sekhti journeyed to the south unto Henenseten; and when he came to the lands of the house of Fefa, north of Denat, he found a man there standing on the bank, a man called Hemti -- the workman -- son of a man called Asri, who was a serf of the High Steward Meruitensa.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty 1897

And this Sekhti journeyed to the south unto Henenseten; and when he came to the lands of the house of Fefa, north of Denat, he found a man there standing on the bank, a man called Hemti — the workman — son of a man called Asri, who was a serf of the high-steward Meruitensa.

Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings Epiphanius Wilson 1880

Hemti, or workman -- the _fellah_ and the client of the noble; and the impossibility of getting justice against a client, unless by some extraordinary means of attracting his patron's attention, is the basis of the action.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty 1897

Sekhti stayed the whole day petitioning Hemti, but he would not give ear unto him.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty 1897

This being the case, Hemti therefore seizes on the property, and drives the asses into his own pasture field.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty 1897

But Hemti said, "Go you over my corn, instead of the path?"

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty 1897

Hemti, "Look you, I shall take away your ass, Sekhti, for eating my corn; behold it will have to pay according to the amount of the injury."

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty 1897

In this case the Hemti had taken in as much of the path as he could, and left it but a narrow strip along the top of the canal bank.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty 1897

Hemti said then to his servant, "Hasten I bring me a shawl from the house," and it was brought instantly.

Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty 1897

Sekhti stayed the whole day petitioning Hemti, but he would not give ear unto him.

Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings Epiphanius Wilson 1880