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Adore the king, Nematre (Amenemhet III), living forever, in the

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He is the Sun, seeing with his rays;b

He illuminates the Two Lands more than the sun-disk.

He makes the Two Lands green 13more than a great Nile;

He hath filled the Two Lands with strength.

(He is) life, cooling the nostrils;

When he begins 14to rage, he is satisfied to —1.

The treasures which he gives are food for those who are in his

following;

He feeds those who tread 15his path.

The king is food (k3),

His mouth is increase.

He is the one creating that which is;

He is the Khnume of 16all limbs;

The Begetter, who causes the people to be.

He is Bast protecting the Two Lands.

He who adores him shall 'escape1 his arm,

He is Sekhmetf toward him who transgresses his command.

He is 'gentle toward him who has [-]

748. Fight for his name,

18 Purify yourselves by his oath.

And ye shall be free from trouble.

The beloved of the king shall be blessed;
There is no tomb for one hostile to his majesty;
But his body shall be throwng to the waters.
Do ye this, and your limbs shall be sound;

Ye shall be glorious - forever.h

aGod of wisdom and knowledge. The argument is: honor the king in your

innermost hearts, for he knows your hearts.

bOr: "by whose rays there is seeing" (passive participle).

cOr: "He is far from raging, he is satisfied, etc."

dRead chew "heaps;" but it possibly belongs to preceding.

eOne of the gods, who created man. fGoddess of war and terror.

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8Ķm n, see § 512, l. 18.

hAnother mortuary prayer follows.

REIGN OF AMENEMHET IV

KUMMEH INSCRIPTIONa

749. All of the few dated records of Amenemhet IV are beyond the borders of Egypt. The earliest is the rock inscription of Kummeh, recording the height of the Nile there.

Height (r) of the Nile of the year 5, under the majesty of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Makhrure (M-hrw-R, Amenemhet IV), living forever and ever.

SINAI INSCRIPTIONS

750. Amenemhet IV continued the exploitation of the Sinaitic mines at least as late as his sixth year. At Wadi Maghara his officials have left two records, the first containing only the date and the leader's titles, as follows:

Year 6 under the majesty of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Makhrure (Amenemhet IV), given life forever, beloved of Soped, [lord of the East] and Hathor, mistress of malachite.

- desire, treading the way of him (the king) who favors him; whom the soldiers love, - his designs, giving attention, г— — --, storeroom-keeper of the palace, Kheye (Hy), [born of] Henut (Ḥnw[t]).

A further inscriptiond also bears the same date, but contains only a mortuary prayer.

At Sarbût el-Khadem two inscriptions contain only the Pharaoh's name.

a Engraved on the rocks above the river at Kummeh; Lepsius, Denkmäler, II, 152 f.

Lepsius, Denkmäler, II, 137, d; Weill, Sinai, 145.

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eLepsius, Denkmäler, II, 140, 0. p.; Weill, Sinai, 171, 172.

FROM THE THIRTEENTH DYNASTY TO

THE HYKSOS

REIGN OF SEKHEMRE-KHUTOWE

RECORDS OF NILE-LEVELSa

751. These four inscriptions are the latest of the wellknown records on the rocks at Semneh, above the second cataract, which mark the maximum level of the river. They begin under Amenemhet III, and continue into the reign of Sekhemre-Khutowe, when they abruptly cease with these four, here discussed, which thus possess a certain importance. These Nile records are indeed our only historical inscriptions from the reign of this obscure king, and the first ray of light after the fall of the Twelfth Dynasty. They continue uninterruptedly from the year 1 to the year 4, inclusive, but only that of the year 3° contains more than the words, "Height of the Nile of the year -;" it is as follows:

752. Height of the Nile of the year 3, under the majesty of King Sekhemre-Khutowe (Shm-R-hw-t' wy), living forever; when the wearer of the royal seal, the commander of the army, Renseneb (Rn ŝnb), was commanding in the fortress: "Mighty-is-Khekure" (Sesostris III).d

a Inscribed on the rocks above Semneh; published by Lepsius, Denkmäler, II, 151, a-d.

bAdministrative documents from his first, and probably also his second and fifth years, are found in the Kahun Papyri (Griffith, Kahun Papyri, Pl. X, ll. 1, 3; and Pl. IX, 1. 9; see Griffith's remarks, p. 86). Blocks bearing his name were found also at Bubastis. There is no evidence connecting this king with the name Sebekhotep.

Lepsius, Denkmäler, II, 151, c.

dThis is evidently either the fortress of Semneh or that of Kummeh opposite.

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