简介:TheautobiographicalinscriptionofKhnumhotpeⅡ,whichiscarvedonthewallsofthechapelchamberofhistombatBeniHasan,haslongbeenrecognizedasanimportantresourceforthestudyoftherelationshipbetweenthelocalpowerandtheroyalfamilyduringtheMiddleKingdominEgypt.SomehistoricalaspectsofthetexthavebeendiscussedbyscholarsincludingKees,James,Montet,Gardiner,Franke,andRedford;also,Fosterhasusedthistextasanexampleof"inscriptionalprose"ascontrastedwith"narrativeverse".However,althoughthe