About 3.000 years Before de Christ, Mnfis already was a metropolis, capital of the Egyptian kingdom. To the edges of the river Nile agriculturists lived, throughout the coast of the Mediterranean meet fishing populations and field of the interior, villages of shepherds. Hanareb, the potter, lived under the government of the fourth Egyptian dynasty and liveed next to the capital, in a house constructed on a rise, where the full ones of the Nile did not reach. The son of it, Zer helped, it in the manufacture of odres, amphoras, vases and other utensils of adobe cooked to the oven that vendiam or changed for other merchandises in the market of the city. Hanareb was skillful with cinzel and with it sculptured beautiful figures in the vases that it manufactured. Zer if puted in charge to paint them.

As soon as the day clareou, Hanareb was arisen and waked up the son for plus one day of work. While it took milk of goat with honey and ate a bread piece, it said the son: – We go to finish plus some vases and tomorrow we will go to the market. – Necessary of new botinas, my father. – Your mother made it a pair makes little time! – Yes, but not disdaining the work of my mother, of Ozor they last more! – We need to buy oil, wheat and milk. I was thinking about acquiring a milk cow – He goes to be difficult. He knows you as the shepherds venerate its cows! – I go to speak with Huni, it has a great flock. Hanareb finished to eat and was arisen.

– We go. – And my botinas? It asked to Zer diving a bread piece in the honey pot. – Later people it deals with this, in the market. Leaving the house, Hanareb placed a hand in the shoulder of the youngster.