Golden Goblet Book Summary
GOLDEN GOBLET SUMMARY
Chapter 1:
1.) Ranofer dreams of his father Thuthra, a great goldsmith who had died.
2.) Ranofer had hoped to become his father’s pupil one day but instead he now had to live with his half- brother Gebu who starves and beats him.
3.) He is forced to work-k as a porter, to sweep out the goldsmith shop instead of working as an apprentice.
4.) Ranofer makes friends with Heqet a new apprentice.
5.) Ibni, a Babylonian porter has Ranofer delivering wine to Gebu and Ranofer becomes suspicious that the wine is hiding stolen gold when the head goldsmith Rekh discovers gold has been stolen from the shop.
6.) He can’t expose the crime or he might be sold into slavery.
Chapter 2:
1.) Ranofer meets the Ancient an Old papyrus cutter and his donkey, Lotus.
2.) Ranofer confronts Gebu with the crime and warns him that Rekh is suspicious.
3.) Gebu threatens to make him an apprentice at the stonecutter’s shop unless he continues delivering the wineskins.
4.) Ranofer imagines running away and becoming an apprentice to Thutra.
Chapter 3:
1.) Ranofer decides to tell Ibni that Gebu doesn’t want his wine so he won’t have to carry home the stolen gold which he believes to be inside.
2.) On the way to work Ranofer recalls what symbols he had learned during his lessons with the scribe and practices writing in the sand.
3.) At work, Ranofer accepts a fig from his new friend Heqet, and then goes to his tasks of passing out the gold, and stocking the furnace. He overhears the scribe tell Rekh that the tally of weightings shows that there is missing gold again. Ranofer feels better knowing he will refuse to transport the wineskin with the stolen gold inside.
4.) Ranofer shows Heqet how to make coals then shows Meryra how to pound a bowl. When Rekh oversees, he allows Ranofer to make 50 leaves of gold for a necklace ordered by Lady Irenma’at.
5.) Jubilant, Ranofer leaves work with his friend Heqet and when Ibni approaches with the wineskin, he
Chapter 1:
1.) Ranofer dreams of his father Thuthra, a great goldsmith who had died.
2.) Ranofer had hoped to become his father’s pupil one day but instead he now had to live with his half- brother Gebu who starves and beats him.
3.) He is forced to work-k as a porter, to sweep out the goldsmith shop instead of working as an apprentice.
4.) Ranofer makes friends with Heqet a new apprentice.
5.) Ibni, a Babylonian porter has Ranofer delivering wine to Gebu and Ranofer becomes suspicious that the wine is hiding stolen gold when the head goldsmith Rekh discovers gold has been stolen from the shop.
6.) He can’t expose the crime or he might be sold into slavery.
Chapter 2:
1.) Ranofer meets the Ancient an Old papyrus cutter and his donkey, Lotus.
2.) Ranofer confronts Gebu with the crime and warns him that Rekh is suspicious.
3.) Gebu threatens to make him an apprentice at the stonecutter’s shop unless he continues delivering the wineskins.
4.) Ranofer imagines running away and becoming an apprentice to Thutra.
Chapter 3:
1.) Ranofer decides to tell Ibni that Gebu doesn’t want his wine so he won’t have to carry home the stolen gold which he believes to be inside.
2.) On the way to work Ranofer recalls what symbols he had learned during his lessons with the scribe and practices writing in the sand.
3.) At work, Ranofer accepts a fig from his new friend Heqet, and then goes to his tasks of passing out the gold, and stocking the furnace. He overhears the scribe tell Rekh that the tally of weightings shows that there is missing gold again. Ranofer feels better knowing he will refuse to transport the wineskin with the stolen gold inside.
4.) Ranofer shows Heqet how to make coals then shows Meryra how to pound a bowl. When Rekh oversees, he allows Ranofer to make 50 leaves of gold for a necklace ordered by Lady Irenma’at.
5.) Jubilant, Ranofer leaves work with his friend Heqet and when Ibni approaches with the wineskin, he