Cf. le mémoire lui-même, p. 135-151 du présent volume

» for eoerf May Lands ail, strange Countries ail be » coUected under ihij two Sandals! »

Tlie fîrst year, the second month of Per, tlie fifteenth, under the Majesty of the Horus. Splendeur of the rising (sun), Lord of Northern and Southern Countries, Splendour of the rising (sun), the strong-hearted one, King of both Lands, Lord of both Worlds CRàmerka^ij, son of the Sun, Lord of Diadems CAspalut]^, beloved by Amen-râ, Lord of the Seats of both Worlds, in Dù-uàb !

Lo! there was the whole host of His Majesty in the town called Dù-uàb, — the God wlio dwells in it, Dudûn Khenti-nowert^ is the God of Kush, — after the Hawk' had been laid into his place' ; and lo ! there were officers after the heart of HisMajesty's host, six men; and there were officers after the heart of the Chancelier, six men ; and lo ! there were wisemen* after the lieart(of the Head wise-man), six men ; and lo ! there were Magistrates and Chiefs of the Signet-bearers of the Royal House, six men ; and they said unto the whole host: « Letus go, tliat we may raise a Lord for us, who be » like unto a young buU whom no men dare to withstand ! » So this host mourned very much, very much, saying : (( There is a Lord standing amongst us, without our know- » ing it ! 0 may we know him ! may we go under him' ! » may we serve unto him,even like both Lands served unto » Horus, son of Lsis, after lie sat on the Seat of his father » Osiris ! may we worship the two Urœi of his crown ! » Then said each of them unto his mate : « There is nobody )) knows him but Râ himself, may lie keep ail evil from him

1. Dadù.ncii oi" Diidàii residing in the land Nowert, viz, in Middle Nubia.

2. The Hawk of Horus, the Emblem of the deity and thereforc of sovereignty.