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the King, the Captain Hora, of (the cavalry), the Fanbearer Hora,

6 of the Marine, the Commandant Pa sar, of the city . There the

Nomarch Kha-em-uas had brought forward the worker in métal Pai-khari, son of Kharui,

7 the worker in métal Tari, son of Kha km-apt, the worker in

métal Pa-kamen, son of Tari, of the temple of User-ma-ra Meri- Amen (Ramsès III) which is under the authority of the First Prophet of Amen.

8 The Nomarch said to the high Magistrates of the grand assem-

bly of the city : “The Commandant of the city said some words to the

9 examiners and workmen of the necropolis, in the 16th year,

the 19th day of Athyr, in presence of the royal Controller Nes-su-amen, Scribe of the King,

10 and slandered concerning the great places which are in the

abode of the perfected. Now, I, the Nomarch of the country, was there

11 with the royal Controller Nes-su-amen, Scribe of the King.

We examined the places of which the Commandant of the city said : “They hâve been penetrated by the workers in métal

12 of the temple of Ra-user-ma Meri-Amen.” We found them

intact, discovering everything he had said to be false. But behold !

13 the workers in métal are standing before you. Let them tell

ail that has happened.” They deliberated. It was found that the men

14 did not know any place in the abode of the .perfected, about

which the Commandant of the city had spoken. It was he who had been false in this.

15 The high Magistrates accorded the breath of life to the wor-

kers in métal, of the temple of User-ma-ra Meri-Amen, in Pa-amen, which (temple) is under the authority of the First Prophet of Amen-Ra, the King of the gods,

16 Amen-hotep. On this day a paper was signed for them, and

they went to the houseof the Scribe of the Nomarch-