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dm. xviu. PRINCES SUBJECT TO AMEN-HOTEP II. 197
position, according to the command of his father, the sun-god Ra,
the Theban Amen.
' Thus has he done, the king Amen-hotep II. May he have for
his portion a stable, bright, and healthy life, and joy of heart to-day
and for ever !'
The statements of the memorial stone of Amada are
confirmed b)^ the inscriptions, bearing the name of
Amen-hotep II., which cover one of the southern pro-
Pjdaea of the great temple of Amen at Karnak, and by
pictures with explanatory inscriptions in the sepulchral
chambers of the king's contemporaries. In a tomb at
■Abd-el-Gurnah, among other pictures, the king appears
•as a little child, on the lap of his deceased nurse. The
heads and backs of five negroes and of four Asiatics
serve him for a footstool. In another representation
he is seated in the attire of a Pharaoh on his throne,
the lower part of which is ornamented with the names
'°f the nations and countries which were regarded at
"that time as subjects of the empire. The inscriptions
ftarue the land of the South, the inhabitants of the
'Oases, the land of the North, the Arabian Shasu, the
Marmaridae (Thuhen), the Nubian nomad tribes, the
Asiatic husbandmen, Naharain, Phoenicia, the Cilician
coast, and Upper Kuthen—in short, neither more nor
less than what Tehuti-mes HI. had already con-
quered.
The building and extension of the temples in Egypt
and Nubia were continued by Amen-hotep II. as far
as his means allowed. The temples at Amada and
Kummeh (opposite to Semneh) bear witness to this.
If the newly added works within the precincts of the
great temple at Apet may be taken as a measure of the
power of the government for the time being, Amen-
hotep II. hardly kept up to the usual standard of his
predecessors. The temple erected by him is in no way
remarkable either for the beauty of its building, for the
position, according to the command of his father, the sun-god Ra,
the Theban Amen.
' Thus has he done, the king Amen-hotep II. May he have for
his portion a stable, bright, and healthy life, and joy of heart to-day
and for ever !'
The statements of the memorial stone of Amada are
confirmed b)^ the inscriptions, bearing the name of
Amen-hotep II., which cover one of the southern pro-
Pjdaea of the great temple of Amen at Karnak, and by
pictures with explanatory inscriptions in the sepulchral
chambers of the king's contemporaries. In a tomb at
■Abd-el-Gurnah, among other pictures, the king appears
•as a little child, on the lap of his deceased nurse. The
heads and backs of five negroes and of four Asiatics
serve him for a footstool. In another representation
he is seated in the attire of a Pharaoh on his throne,
the lower part of which is ornamented with the names
'°f the nations and countries which were regarded at
"that time as subjects of the empire. The inscriptions
ftarue the land of the South, the inhabitants of the
'Oases, the land of the North, the Arabian Shasu, the
Marmaridae (Thuhen), the Nubian nomad tribes, the
Asiatic husbandmen, Naharain, Phoenicia, the Cilician
coast, and Upper Kuthen—in short, neither more nor
less than what Tehuti-mes HI. had already con-
quered.
The building and extension of the temples in Egypt
and Nubia were continued by Amen-hotep II. as far
as his means allowed. The temples at Amada and
Kummeh (opposite to Semneh) bear witness to this.
If the newly added works within the precincts of the
great temple at Apet may be taken as a measure of the
power of the government for the time being, Amen-
hotep II. hardly kept up to the usual standard of his
predecessors. The temple erected by him is in no way
remarkable either for the beauty of its building, for the