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dot. xii. AMEN-EM-HAT II. 65
court, all executed in well-hewn limestone from the
quarries of Turah.
The inscription runs as follows :—
I was an intelligent servant, distinguished in my works,
pleasant as a palm-tree. My lord entrusted to me a commission
grandly conceived, to erect for him the lofty long-enduring place of
his sepulchre. It was to tower up conspicuous on all sides from
every place, corresponding to the excellency of the divine one (i.e.
the king). Pillars were cut to support the roof ; a canal was dug,
to let in the water of the river. The gates and all the Tehhenen (?)
of the roof were of bright shining stone of Turah.
We must here leave King Usertsen L, and turn to
his successor, whom the monuments call by the double
name of
Nub-kau-Ka I o "im*" uuu
AilEX-EM-HAT IT.
The second Amen-em-hat trod in the footsteps of his
predecessors, extending the southern boundaries of the
empire, and defending the inhabitants of the South
against the incursions of the negroes, by building well-
fortified places on that frontier. The possession of this
region was of importance to the Egyptian sovereigns,
because its mountains, besides many precious stones,
yielded gold.
A stone memorial discovered in Abydos has pre-
served to us some remarkable notices about the jour-
neys which were undertaken to explore the conquered
countries, and to urge on the obtaining of the precious
metal. Among these is one in which Se-Hathor, a most
distinguished official of the court, relates that he ' opened
a mine by the labour of the young men, and forced
the old to wash the gold. I brought back the produce.
I came as far as the further land (Nubia). The negro
inhabitants came to me subdued by the fear with
court, all executed in well-hewn limestone from the
quarries of Turah.
The inscription runs as follows :—
I was an intelligent servant, distinguished in my works,
pleasant as a palm-tree. My lord entrusted to me a commission
grandly conceived, to erect for him the lofty long-enduring place of
his sepulchre. It was to tower up conspicuous on all sides from
every place, corresponding to the excellency of the divine one (i.e.
the king). Pillars were cut to support the roof ; a canal was dug,
to let in the water of the river. The gates and all the Tehhenen (?)
of the roof were of bright shining stone of Turah.
We must here leave King Usertsen L, and turn to
his successor, whom the monuments call by the double
name of
Nub-kau-Ka I o "im*" uuu
AilEX-EM-HAT IT.
The second Amen-em-hat trod in the footsteps of his
predecessors, extending the southern boundaries of the
empire, and defending the inhabitants of the South
against the incursions of the negroes, by building well-
fortified places on that frontier. The possession of this
region was of importance to the Egyptian sovereigns,
because its mountains, besides many precious stones,
yielded gold.
A stone memorial discovered in Abydos has pre-
served to us some remarkable notices about the jour-
neys which were undertaken to explore the conquered
countries, and to urge on the obtaining of the precious
metal. Among these is one in which Se-Hathor, a most
distinguished official of the court, relates that he ' opened
a mine by the labour of the young men, and forced
the old to wash the gold. I brought back the produce.
I came as far as the further land (Nubia). The negro
inhabitants came to me subdued by the fear with