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144 ARRIVAL OF THE EGYPTIAN FLEET oh. tii
A royal ambassador accompanied the expedition,,
with many noble princes and lords. How long the
voyage lasted the inscriptions do not state. When the
fleet had reached its destination, a landing was made
on the coast of the ' incense terraced-mountain ' near
Cape Guardafui. Then
Each of the princes of the land of Punt approached, with rich
and costly gifts as offerings to the holiness of ITathor, the lady of
Punt, of whom the Egyptian queen is the living image.
The inhabitants apparently lived on pile-buildings,
in little dome-shaped huts, the entrance to which was.
effected by a ladder, under the shade of cocoa-nut-
palms laden with fruit, and splendid incense-trees, on
whose boughs strange birds rocked themselves, and at
whose feet stately herds of cattle peacefully reposed.
The picture shows the royal ambassador, accom-
panied by his warriors, as in the act of receiving a.
number of chains, rings, hatchets, and daggers, the pre-
sents of' the prince of Punt, Parihu,' who, accompanied
by his wife Ari . . . , his two sons, and his daughter,
greets the royal ambassador with uplifted arms. An ass
serves to carry his enormously fat wife. The appended
words run thus :—
The princes of the land of Punt have arrived, bowing them-
selves in greeting, to receive these warriors of the queen. They
praise and exalt the King of the Gods, Amen-Ra.
As appears from the continuation of the inscription,
they express their natural astonishment that it was
possible for foreign men to reach such a distant and
unknown country, and they add the prayer, that the
queen, the mighty ruler of Egypt, would grant them
peace and freedom.
The royal ambassador, ready to take into account
the peaceful desires of the princes of Punt, on his side
puts forward the condition that the country of Punt
A royal ambassador accompanied the expedition,,
with many noble princes and lords. How long the
voyage lasted the inscriptions do not state. When the
fleet had reached its destination, a landing was made
on the coast of the ' incense terraced-mountain ' near
Cape Guardafui. Then
Each of the princes of the land of Punt approached, with rich
and costly gifts as offerings to the holiness of ITathor, the lady of
Punt, of whom the Egyptian queen is the living image.
The inhabitants apparently lived on pile-buildings,
in little dome-shaped huts, the entrance to which was.
effected by a ladder, under the shade of cocoa-nut-
palms laden with fruit, and splendid incense-trees, on
whose boughs strange birds rocked themselves, and at
whose feet stately herds of cattle peacefully reposed.
The picture shows the royal ambassador, accom-
panied by his warriors, as in the act of receiving a.
number of chains, rings, hatchets, and daggers, the pre-
sents of' the prince of Punt, Parihu,' who, accompanied
by his wife Ari . . . , his two sons, and his daughter,
greets the royal ambassador with uplifted arms. An ass
serves to carry his enormously fat wife. The appended
words run thus :—
The princes of the land of Punt have arrived, bowing them-
selves in greeting, to receive these warriors of the queen. They
praise and exalt the King of the Gods, Amen-Ra.
As appears from the continuation of the inscription,
they express their natural astonishment that it was
possible for foreign men to reach such a distant and
unknown country, and they add the prayer, that the
queen, the mighty ruler of Egypt, would grant them
peace and freedom.
The royal ambassador, ready to take into account
the peaceful desires of the princes of Punt, on his side
puts forward the condition that the country of Punt