Kheti's Monuments 409. I was one rich in monuments of the temple, 15 La [who 'increased] that which he found, who repeated offerings. I was a favor 410. I was one strong with the bow, mighty with his sword, "great in fear among his neighbors. I made a troop of soldiers 18as commander of Middle Egypt. 411. I had goodly ships, he sailed up-river.d His Fleet a favorite of the king 1when His Tomb 412. I was one 'vigilant in that which he said; with a 'determined1 heart on the evil [day]]. I had a lofty 2otomb with a wide stair before the chamber. Kheti's Childhood 413. I was a favorite of the king, a confidant of his princes, his 'exalted ones111before Middle Egypt. He caused that I should rule as a child of a cubite (in height); he advanced my seat as a 'youth11. 22 He had me instructed in swimming along with the royal children. I was one correct of 'speech1, 23free from 'opposition to his lord, who brought him up as a child. Siut was satisfied with 24my administration; Heracleopolis praised god for me. Middle Egypt and the Northland (Delta) said: "It is the instruction of a king." aAbout one-half line. bAbout two-thirds line. The title (bpy) was also borne by Kheti, son of Tefibi (§ 398), but with the addition "of the whole land." dFrom Heracleopolis to Siut. eSee note, § 395, l. 13. The phrase is literally "as a hairy one," and the parallelism demands a word like "child" or "youth." It is possibly a reference to the lock of childhood. The description of Kheti's childhood is now continued in the fragmentary lower ends (mostly less than half the height) of sixteen columns on the south wall (Griffith, p. 11; but on the west wall according to Pl. 15). Originally there were twenty-four columns. The numbering of the lines on Pl. 15 (ll. 25–40) must be reversed, but I have retained it for convenience, beginning with 40 and going back to 25. The probable connection between the fragments is indicated as usual in brackets, but without pretense to even approximate restoration for which the basis is lost. For the interpretation of these lines, see § 405. Death of Kheti's Grandfather 414. 40Saith [Kheti] night watch 37. 36 [Then mourned1] the king himself, all Middle Egypt and the Northland (Delta) 35 The king himself and the counts were gathered together 34 [for the burial. He was interred in his tomb of the] highlands. Regency of Kheti's Mother The son of his daughter made his name to live and glorified 33[him]. ['His daughter ruled in1 Sijut, the worthy stock of her father beloved of Upwawet, rejoicing in 32[Treigned in the city]] doing good to her cityl 31. e 30 belovedf of the king, his favorite. The city was satisfied with that which she said. 29. strong-armeds 28 [She acted as1] lord, until her son became 25... h aThe Kheti who appears with an unidentified Intef offering homage to Nibkhru-Re=Mentuhotep at Shatt er - Regâl (cf. § 425) is elsewhere an official of the same king (§ 426), and his mother's name is Sitre. This renders it possible that he is the same as the Siut Kheti of our text whose mother was "Si[t]." Our Kheti II may therefore have become an official of the Theban Mentuhotep II after the subjugation of the North. His tomb and inscriptions would then have been made before the union of North and South, and show no trace of it. bThe deceased is the grandfather of Kheti. cWith a feminine determinative. dFeminine ending. eThis obscure phrase occurs also, Griffith, Siut, III, 7. f Feminine. 8See Sethe, Verbum, § 366, 2. The remaining fragments are apparently the usual encomium, but too disconnected for translation. |