Literally : my feet did not reach them

SPOLIATION OF TOMES

subject. Let my master bring forward those who got at the words of which

20 the Commandant of the city said : “The Scribes of the necro-

polis told them to me ; I will send a message on the subject before the King.' Thus spoke he. 1 1. i s a crime

21 for the two Scribes of the necropolis to hâve sought out the

Commandant of the city, in order to make a report to him, when their fathers had not made him any,

22 but brought in their statement to the Nomarch, when he was

in the South But when he was in the North, the Policeofficers, attendants of

23 his Majesty, of the necropolis, started for the place where the

Nomarch was, with their memoranda. I hâve procured evidence in the 16th year, the 20th day of Athyr,

24 concerning the words which had been heard from (the mouth

of) the Commandant of the city. I place them in writing before my master, that he may bave brought forward those who reached them, immediately the next morning.

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1 The 16th year, the 21 st day of Athyr. On that day, at the

great assemblyof the city, near the two tablets of Amen, at the entrance of the court of Amen, at the door of the adoration

2 of the Rekhi 1 ; Magistrates who were sitting in the great as-

sembly of the city on this day :

3 The Nomarch Kha-em-uas, the First Prophet of Amen-Ra,

King of the gods, Amen-hotep, the Prophet of Amen-Ra, King of the gods, the Scribe Nas-su-amen, of the temple of millions of years

4 of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Nefer ka-ra Sotep-

en-ra (Ramsès IX), the Royal Controller Nas-su-Amen. Scribe of the King, the Major-domo of the abode of the divine adorer of Amen-Ra, the King of the gods,

5 the royal Controller Nefer-ka-ra-em-pa-amen, Reporter of