Tlie quarries of Tourah, opposite the .site of Memphis

2. F'or tlie exact sensé of the Egyptian words see Maspero, De quelf/acs tenues, in the Proeeeclings, May 1889 [; cf. t. IV, p. 333-349 de ces Études].

M. The class of vessel namcd satu is repre.scnted in Lcpsius, II., 76, where the satu Apahti of king Assi is secn transporting tiie sarcophagus of this prince aiong with its lid. It is a pontoon without a mast, whose bridge is so strengthened as not to yield under the weight of the blocks of stone with which it is loaded.

4. [Pu-diàa, literaliy « tlie two great iiouses » or « palaces ». Compare the désignation of the Sublime Porte.— Ed.]

and (when I liad) to settle tlie royal itinerary, or to arrange tlie peers, and I acted in ail this to the satisfaction of His Majosty ahove evcrylhing. When moreover onc went to the royal harem to inforin against the great royal wife Amitsi secretly , His Majesty made me alone descend into it in (jrder to listen to business, no Sâbu cleri< of tlie Porte being thore, nor any peer except myself alone, because of (my) wisdoin and my zeal w hich pleased His Majesty, because the heart of His Majesty was satistied with me ; it vvas I who wrote everything down, I alone with a Sâbu guardian of Nekhni. Now my employment was that of superintendent of the irrigated lands of Pharaoh, and there never had b(.'en any of this rank who had hcard the secrets of the royal harom, in former days, excepting me, when His Majesty made me hear (them), because my wisdom pleased His Majesty more than any other of his peers, more than any other of his mameluks, more than any other of his servants.

» When His Majesty carried war to the district of the nomad Hirushâu, and when His Majesty formed an army of several myriads, Icvied throughout the entire South, southward starting from Elephantiné, northward starting from the Letopolitan nome', in the country of the north, in the two confines in their entirety, in each station between the fortified stations of the désert, in Arotit a country of the Negroes, in Zamu a country of the Negroes, in Amamu a country of the Negroes, in Uauait a country of the Ni:groes, in Qaau a country of the Negroes, in To- TAM a country of the Negroes', His Majesty sent me at the head of this army. There were gênerais in it, there were mameluks of the king of Lower Egypt in it, there

1. Aait; the synibol of tlie les is badly drawn, but perfectly rccognisable in the original, as Rougé saw from the boginning.

2. On thèse populations of Xubia see the article of Brugsch, Die \c- (fcrstdininc der Una-Inschrift, in Le[m\is'ii ZcUschri/t, 1882, pp. 30-36.

were sole Friends of the Pharaoh in it, there were in it dictators :ind princes of the south and of the land of tiie north'. Golden Fiiends and superintendents of the prophets of the south and of the hmd of the north, prefects of the confines at the head of the militia of the south and of the h\nd of tiie north, cities and boroughs wliich they governed, as well as negroes from the régions mentioned (above), and nevertheless it was I wlio laid down the law for thein — although my cmployment was that of superintendent of the irrigated hmds of Pharaoh with the title belonging to my office' — so that each of them obeyed like ail the rest\ and each of them took with him what he needed as regards bread and sandals for the journey, and each of them took béer from every town, and each of them took every kind of small cattle from every individual. I led them to Amihit, Sibrinîhotpu, Uârit of Horu nibmàït'; then being in this locality [I marshalled them, I regulated] everything and I counted the number of this army wliich no servant had ever counted (before). This army marched prosperously''; it shattered" the country of

1. The term hi-top wliich I render by « dictator » or « podestà » is pofuliar to tlie ijovernors aiid fcudal lords of the nomes of Upper Etcypt, that of //i'/K-I/àU. or « prince » being reserved for the governors and feiidal lords of I.owcr Egypt. The titles which foilow— « Friends », « superintendents of the prophets » — are UMially attached to the above, and confor on those who bear them religions authority over the priests of the nome which they govern.

2. Litorally a by the right (ni iniiti) of my place ». The phrase following is not yet so clear as one could wish. It seems to enumerate what Uni did to « make the law » (iri sohhrru) for those who were above himself in rank and whom nevertheless he commanded.

:}. Literally « to put the one of them likc ail his seconds ».

4. Three localities on the eastern f routier of the Delta, whose sites are unknown.

T). Literally «in peace» {m hotpou), answering of the salutation of the modem Egyptian fellahin, bi-ssalâmah.