The town of Méroé

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(hispeople),! made a great slaughter amongst them, I beat liim backj lie rose (to flee). I made a slaughter amongst the people of Shaikara % avIio came (to his aid), having made an alliance withliim. Tliy good fear, thy two thiglis struck

the Chief ' ; (he fled before) my bowmen and my

horseraen.

The year thirty-three, the first month of Pert, the 15"', (in the reign of) the Son of Râ, Horsiatef, everliving, I sent to him, Amen of Napata, my gracions Father. to say : « Must I send my bowmen against the land Makheti ? » He sent to me, Amen of Napata, saying: a Let him send! » I sent spies to the number of fifty, with horsemen. The (men of the) four lands of Makheti that were (collected) in Takat, my people smote them! No one remained from amongst them, no one escaped from amongst them; no one from amongst them took his feet away, no one from amongst them proceeded further! My men took their chiefs\

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They began by telling me, saying : « Goes to the ruin » the Temple of the third month of Pert, (at which time) » there is the feast of Ptah. » I built it for thee again. I built thee a golden Temple, one house oflife in gold, six houses in wood, four pillars of stone.

And again, they began telling me, saying : « The Royal » House goes to ruin (so much so) that people cannot enter )) in (it). » I built a Royal House, four houses- in Napata, and fifty houses which I caused to be surrounded by their

walls. And again I built a , each side of which had fifty

cubits, making for the four sides two hundred cubits (in