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The noble Chief, First Prophet of Amen, Bak-en-Khonsu, [justified. He says] : I am he who possesseth truth, the virtuous slave of my god, who approacheth him in his turn, who giveth 1

Youth or married man who [art yet] in life, may the happinessof to-day surpass that of yesterday, and (the same) to-morrow ; may it increase more than mine. I was, from youth to old âge, within the temple of Amen, in the service (of my god), contemplating his face. May he bestow upon me a happy existence of one hundred and ten years.