Fan Casting Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor

The tale is a Middle Kingdom story of an Ancient Kemetic voyage to The King's mines. The tale begins with a sailor (šmśw = a companion, a servant, used as a title 'a companion of pharaoh')[10] announcing or stating his return from a voyage at sea.[11][12] He is returning from an apparently failed expedition and is anxious about how the king will receive him. An attendant reassures him,[13] advising him on how to behave before the king, and repeating the proverb, "The mouth of a man saves him."[14] To encourage his master, he tells a tale of a previous voyage of his in which he overcame disaster, including meeting with a god and the king.