The name of this king lias been completcly destroyed

fist ; His Majesty threw himself upon his belly before tliis God, aiid sinelt tlie eartli very much, very miich, saying : « Come to me, Amen-ià, Lord of the Seats of )) both Worlds, in Dû-uâb! Grant me Life, Stability and » Power ail, Health and Joy ail, even like iinto Kâ for ever; )) a good old âge may lie give it unto me. » The end of the royal speech is lost. The Kinrj prayed for victory ocer ail hisfoes : « (Grant me) that tliey (may come to me) bowing. )) Grant that I may be loved throughoiit the Land of Kush. » To ichich prayer the God answered : « (I give thee) ail the » foreiiïn Lands, the whole of tliein. Thou shalt even not » hâve to say : « 0 ! that I may get that » for ever and 1) ever. » When (His Majesty) went ont (of) the Temple to his host, like a (destroyer), bis whole host rejoiced very much, very much, shouting (and exulting, for) their heart (was) happy for his sake, and they worshipped him, saying : (( Come and put ail foreign Countries (before thees) ! » To comrnemorate his Coronation, Kitig Aspalutfoiuided annual festivals, the description of lohich filled tlie last tico Unes. After varions items of loaces and offerings, lie granted Amen or his priests one hundred and forty barrels of béer.

§ m. — Stèle of the Excommunication^

This tablet was found at Gebel-Barkal, and was analvsed by Mariette in the Bévue archéologique, 1865, t. II, p. 161. It was published in the Monuments divers, pi. 10, by the same, and translated by G. Alaspero in the Revue archéologique, 1871, t. I, p. 8'. Under the two-winged Disk at the top of the Tablet, Hout, tlie great God, t/ie Gioer ofLife, a King, whose head and names hâve been carefuUv defaced, entitled the Good God, Lord of both Lands everliving,

1. Publié en 187.5 dans les Rocords of the Past, 1" Ser., p. 93-96.