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220 A PRAYER TO THE SUN'S DISK ch. x.
thou such, according to thy wish, for thou wast my servant, who
wast obedient to the (new) teaching. Besides thee, none has done
this. My heart is full of contentment because of this ; therefore I
give thee this office, saying, Eat of the nourishment of Pharaoh thy
lord in the temple of the Sun.
The king then called his treasurer before him, and
spoke to him thus :—
Thou treasurer of the chamber of silver and gold ! Beware! the
chief seer of the disk of the Sun in the city of Khu-aten. Place a
golden necklace round his neck, and join it behind ; place gold at
at his feet; for he was obedient to the (new) teaching of Pharaoh
in everything that has been spoken in relation to these beautiful
places, which Pharaoh caused to be erected in the chamber of the
obelisk in the temple of the Sun, of the disk of the Sun in the city
of Khu-aten. The altar of the disk of the Sun is filled with all
good things, with much corn and spelt.
As the chief official who was set over the king's
house, there lived at the court of Pharaoh a certain
Aahmes, who also had the superintendence of the
store-houses of the temple. Next to Meri-Ba, he was
one of the most zealous adherents of the new teachinp;.
His prayer to the Sun, which is preserved to us among
the sepulchral inscriptions at Tell-el-Amarna, confirms
this :—
Beautiful is thy setting, thou Sun's disk of life, thou lord of
lords, and king of the worlds. When thou unitest thyself with
the heaven at thy setting, mortals rejoice before thy countenance,
and give honour to him who has created them, and pray before
him who has formed them, before the glance of thy son, who loves
thee, the king Khu-n-aten. The whole land of Egypt and all
peoples repeat all thy names at thy rising, to magnify thy rising in
like manner as thy setting. Thou, 0 God, who art in truth the
living one, standest before the two eyes. Thou art he who
createst what never was, who formest everything that is in the
universe. We also have come into being through the word of thy
mouth.
Give me favour before the king every day ; let there not be
wanting to me a good burial after attaining old age in the terri-
tory of Khu-n-aten, when I shall have finished my course of life
peaceably.
thou such, according to thy wish, for thou wast my servant, who
wast obedient to the (new) teaching. Besides thee, none has done
this. My heart is full of contentment because of this ; therefore I
give thee this office, saying, Eat of the nourishment of Pharaoh thy
lord in the temple of the Sun.
The king then called his treasurer before him, and
spoke to him thus :—
Thou treasurer of the chamber of silver and gold ! Beware! the
chief seer of the disk of the Sun in the city of Khu-aten. Place a
golden necklace round his neck, and join it behind ; place gold at
at his feet; for he was obedient to the (new) teaching of Pharaoh
in everything that has been spoken in relation to these beautiful
places, which Pharaoh caused to be erected in the chamber of the
obelisk in the temple of the Sun, of the disk of the Sun in the city
of Khu-aten. The altar of the disk of the Sun is filled with all
good things, with much corn and spelt.
As the chief official who was set over the king's
house, there lived at the court of Pharaoh a certain
Aahmes, who also had the superintendence of the
store-houses of the temple. Next to Meri-Ba, he was
one of the most zealous adherents of the new teachinp;.
His prayer to the Sun, which is preserved to us among
the sepulchral inscriptions at Tell-el-Amarna, confirms
this :—
Beautiful is thy setting, thou Sun's disk of life, thou lord of
lords, and king of the worlds. When thou unitest thyself with
the heaven at thy setting, mortals rejoice before thy countenance,
and give honour to him who has created them, and pray before
him who has formed them, before the glance of thy son, who loves
thee, the king Khu-n-aten. The whole land of Egypt and all
peoples repeat all thy names at thy rising, to magnify thy rising in
like manner as thy setting. Thou, 0 God, who art in truth the
living one, standest before the two eyes. Thou art he who
createst what never was, who formest everything that is in the
universe. We also have come into being through the word of thy
mouth.
Give me favour before the king every day ; let there not be
wanting to me a good burial after attaining old age in the terri-
tory of Khu-n-aten, when I shall have finished my course of life
peaceably.