Katherine Osgood Translations
Arabic-English Translation and Proofreading
"Be a scribe and place this in your heart so that your name has the same destiny: a book is more useful than an engraved stele or a solid wall. It is comparable to a temple or a pyramid, so that the name be proclaimed. Man perishes, his body turns to dust, all his family returns to the earth, but a book will ensure that his memory is transmitted from mouth to mouth."
Ancient Egyptian inscription, Old Kingdom
