Peihaps to be read Màshci

3. Publié dans les Transactions of the Societi/ of BibUcal Archœoloçiii, t. IV, part. 2, 1876, p. 203-22.5, reproduit dans les Records of the Past, 1" sér., 1878, t. X, p. 55-6j. Une traduction allemande en fut publiée plus tard par Brugsch, Stelc con Donjola, dans la Zcitschrift, 1877, p. 23-27.

240 ANNALES ÉTHIOPllïNNES

Pelkha, who shakes her sisiruni to thee; he qffers two necklaces to hisfathcr, the gocl Amex-Râ, Lord ofthe Seats ofbolh Worlds,residing in Thebes, the giver oflife.stabdity , power ail, like luito RÀ for ever. Bebind the queen is the

legend, She has given the crown of Napita,

The god says : « / give thee ail the countries, the Jbreign lands, the barbarians, collected uiider thrj two sandah, like urdo Rà, for ever. » In the second picture the same Kiiig ofïers t^^•o necklaces to Amen of Napita, residing in [Dû]uàb, the great god in the land Kens, tliat lie rnay give ail life and power for ever. The god says : « / giva thee life and power ail, ail stability, ail health, alljoij; I give thee the years oftinie, the rising upon thè seat ofHor,for ever. » Behind the King stands the royal sistcr, royal wife, queen of Egypt, Sekhmakh. In both scènes, the King is styled King ofUpper and Lower Régions, RâkaânkHj son of the Sun, Nastosenen.

Some parts of the inscription hâve been summarily analysed by H, Brugsch, in his Geograp/iische Inschriften, t. I, pp. 163-164.

OBVERSE OF THE TABLET

In the eigbth year, the 9'^'' of the hrst month of Per (a), iinder the Hor, the powerful bull, the lové of the cycle of Gods, risen in Napita, Lord of diadeins, Son of the Sun, Nastosenen ; the Hor, the bull who tramples his foes under his sandals (b), the great lion....', the thoughtful, the niaintainer of the whole earth, the Son of Amen, [victorious by] his great sword, [the conqueror] who widens his boun-

daries over ail lands \ the [true] seed of Gods, the

leveller of whatever is high, the worshipped by the [whole]