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and He caused me to act, Amen of Napita, my gracions father.

And once more again, they upset (t) the things of Amen residing in Paqem-aten. I sent the multitude of my sol-

diers the prowess (?) of king, 1. h. s. Aspalut....

[I sent my bowmen] against the hostile land of Madi^ and it gave to them [ail] its things. My great prowess (?) which my gracions father, Amen of Napita had, given unto me, my gracions father, Amen of Paqem-aten, gave it unto me; He said unto me, my gracious father Amen of Paqemten, saying : « I give thee my bow and the strength which is in » it, and my valeur. I give thee ail hostile Lands in captivity, » under thy two sandals. »

And once more again, the foes of Madi (u) robbed the things of the estâtes of Bast residing in Ter, [which had been conquered] by the prowess (?) of King Aspalut. My prowess (?) came :-she granted it to me, Bast residing in Ter,

my gracious mother; she gave me her greatly gracious,

a happy old âge, the light of her excellent virtues, for, thy Majesty it is, thy great splendour it is that made me, 0 Amen of Napita, my gracious father, that made my prowess (?) excellent, and my khopesh^ crushing, truly, 0 Amen of Napita^ my gracious father, the being that

The tablet of Nastosenen is not written like Piânkhi's^ Nuat-Miamoun's and Aspalùt's texts, in the conventional style of Egyptian epigraphy : the inscription thereon is mixed from the beginning to the end with many forms peculiar to the Egyptian dialect of Ethiopia. Since the days of early colonisation by the great sovereigns of the Xir*" Dynasty, and even since the less remote times of