The trees were ruined, the leaves died, they no longer bore fruit, the land no longer produced crops, and there were no sources of livelihood. The palaces were empty of wheat, barley, birds, and fish. There is nothing here. No fruits, no grass, nothing but hunger.. And here are the children of the princes thrown in the streets and the prisons are ruined, and everyone here is as great as it was. Or a tramp who wishes to die. Will life on Earth cease and the noise stop?
From the text of the Ebur Papyrus, which describes the condition of Egypt during the First Age of Decay.
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