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Dm xvm. ROCK-SCULPTURES AT TELL-EL-AMARNA 223
Thereupon King Khu-n-aten swore an oath by his father thus :
' Sweet love fills my heart for the queen, for her young children.
'Grant a great age to the Queen Nefer-it-Thi in long years ; may she
keep the hand of Pharaoh ! G-rant a great age to the royal daughter
Meri-aten, and to the royal daughter Mak-aten, and to their
■children ; may they keep the hand of the queen, their mother,
eternally and for ever !
1 What I swear is a true avowal of that which my heart says to
TOe. Never is there falsehood in what I say.'
With regard to the southern memorial tablet, [of the] four
[memorial tablets] on the east of the city of Khu-aten, let this be
"the memorial tablet which I will have set up in the place which I
have chosen for it in the south, for ever and eternally.
This memorial tablet shall be set up in the south-west, towards
the middle, on the mountain of Khu-aten, in the midst of it.
With regard to the memorial tablet in the middle, on the
mountain to the east of the city of Khu-aten, let this be the
memorial tablet for Khu-aten. This I will have set up in its place
[which I have appointed for it in sight of] the city of Khu-aten, at
the place which I have appointed for it in the east, for ever and
■eternally.
This memorial tablet in the middle, on the mountain to the east
of the city of Khu-aten, let it be in the midst of it.
With regard to the memorial tablet to the north-east of Khu-
aten, I will have it set up in its place. Let that be the memorial
tablet on the north of Khu-aten. Let this be the place which I
have appointed for it.
[In such wise shall the memorial tablets be set up, according to
their directions] towards Khu-aten. From the memorial tablet in
the south to the memorial tablet in the north [the distance amounts
to] 1,000 [......]
The following lines are so much, destroyed, that
little more can be made out of them beyond the fact,
that the king also set up a similar memorial tablet to
the west of Khu-aten, on the opposite bank of the
river.
There is some difficulty about the conclusion, for a
postscript, added not quite two years afterwards, relates
as follows with respect to the tablets :•—
This memorial tablet, which was placed in the middle, had
fallen down. I will have it set up afresh, and placed again at the
Thereupon King Khu-n-aten swore an oath by his father thus :
' Sweet love fills my heart for the queen, for her young children.
'Grant a great age to the Queen Nefer-it-Thi in long years ; may she
keep the hand of Pharaoh ! G-rant a great age to the royal daughter
Meri-aten, and to the royal daughter Mak-aten, and to their
■children ; may they keep the hand of the queen, their mother,
eternally and for ever !
1 What I swear is a true avowal of that which my heart says to
TOe. Never is there falsehood in what I say.'
With regard to the southern memorial tablet, [of the] four
[memorial tablets] on the east of the city of Khu-aten, let this be
"the memorial tablet which I will have set up in the place which I
have chosen for it in the south, for ever and eternally.
This memorial tablet shall be set up in the south-west, towards
the middle, on the mountain of Khu-aten, in the midst of it.
With regard to the memorial tablet in the middle, on the
mountain to the east of the city of Khu-aten, let this be the
memorial tablet for Khu-aten. This I will have set up in its place
[which I have appointed for it in sight of] the city of Khu-aten, at
the place which I have appointed for it in the east, for ever and
■eternally.
This memorial tablet in the middle, on the mountain to the east
of the city of Khu-aten, let it be in the midst of it.
With regard to the memorial tablet to the north-east of Khu-
aten, I will have it set up in its place. Let that be the memorial
tablet on the north of Khu-aten. Let this be the place which I
have appointed for it.
[In such wise shall the memorial tablets be set up, according to
their directions] towards Khu-aten. From the memorial tablet in
the south to the memorial tablet in the north [the distance amounts
to] 1,000 [......]
The following lines are so much, destroyed, that
little more can be made out of them beyond the fact,
that the king also set up a similar memorial tablet to
the west of Khu-aten, on the opposite bank of the
river.
There is some difficulty about the conclusion, for a
postscript, added not quite two years afterwards, relates
as follows with respect to the tablets :•—
This memorial tablet, which was placed in the middle, had
fallen down. I will have it set up afresh, and placed again at the