Brugsch, Heinrich: Egypt under the pharaohs: a history derived entirely from the monuments (London, 1891)

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North and to conquer the South. Beneath lie
Ethiopians, some prostrate on the ground, others,
stretching forth their hands in prayer to an Egyptian
leader, who, according to the inscription, upbraids
them with having shut their hearts to wisdom, and with
refusing to hear when it was said to them, " Behold the-
lion who has fallen upon the land of Cush." '

The king is carried on a throne by his generals,,
accompanied by the fan-bearers. Servants clear the
road by which the procession is to pass; behind him
appear warriors, who lead with them hostile generals as.
prisoners; other armed men, with shields on their
shoulders, put themselves in motion, with the trumpeters
at their head. A troop of Egyptian officers, priests,
and other officials, receive the king, and do homage to-
him.

The hieroglyphs run as follows :—

The divine benefactor returns home after he has subdued the-
pnnces of all countries. His bow is in his hand, as if he were the
(god of war Mentu) the lord of Thebes. The powerful glorious
king leads the princes of the miserable land of Cush with him. The-
king comes back from Ethiopia with the booty which he has taken
oy force, as his father Amen had commanded him.

In the tomb of an official (at Gurnah) is a vivid
representation of the arrival of the booty from the
Sudan. The inscription above it says, in short and
pithy terms :—

Reception of the silver, gold, ivory, and ebony into the treasure-
house.

But Hor-em-heb was not only mindful of Amen;
Btah also received his full share. An inscription
found in Thebes says :—

_ In the first year, in the month Khoiakh, on the 22nd day, of
King Hor-em-heb, the day of the feast of the Memphite Ptah in.
Thebes, on his festival, [the sacrifices] were appointed [for this god
according to the command of the king].