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

262 EAMSES II. ch. xii..

He repeated what he had done for his honour in Thebes, in Onr
and in Memphis, where his statues rested in their places, and in all
the places of the granaries.

These are the words of King Ramses II., [to sing] what he did
for his father, the Osiris-king Seti. He speaks thus :

' Awake, raise thy face to heaven, behold the sun, my father'
Meneptah, thou who art like God. Here am I, who make thy
name to live. I am thy guardian, and my care is directed to thy
temple and to thy altars, which are raised up again. Thou restest
in the deep like Osiris, while I rule like Ra among men (and
possess) the great throne of Tmu, like Horus, the son of Isis, the
guardian of his father. Beautiful is that which I have done for
thee.—

' Thou enterest on a second existence. I caused thee to be
fashioned, I built thy house which thou didst love, in which thy image
stands, in the necropolis of Abydos for ever. I set apart revenues
for thee for thy worship daily, to be just towards thee. If anything
is in my power, which seems to be wanting to thee, I do it for thee.
Thy heart shall be satisfied, that the best shall be done for thy
name. I appoint for thee the priests of the vessel of holy water,
provided with everything for sprinkling the water on the ground,,
besides meat and drink. I myself, I myself am come here to be-
hold thy temple near that of Unnefer, the eternal king. I urged
on the building of it, I clothed [the walls], I did that which thou
didst wish, that it may be done for thy whole house. I established
thy name therein to all eternity. May it be done in truth, may it
succeed according to my intention. I dedicated to thee the lands of
the South for the service of thy temple, and the lands of the North,-
they bring to thee their gifts before thy beautiful countenance.
I gathered together the people of thy service one and all, assigning
them to the prophet of thy temple. All thy property shall remain
in one great whole, to keep up thy temple for all time. I made
presents to thy silver chamber; it is rich in treasures which are-
well pleasing to the heart, and I apportioned to thee the tributes
at the same time. I dedicated to thee ships with their freight on
the great sea, which should bring to thee [the wonderful produc-
tions] of the holy land. The merchants carry on their commerce
with their wares, and their productions of gold and silver and bronze..
I fixed for thee the number of the fields according to the propor-
tion of the claims [of thy temple]. Great is their number according
to their valuation in acres. I provided thee with land-surveyors
and husbandmen, to deliver the corn for thy revenues. I dedicated
to thee barks with their crews, and labourers for the felling of.
wood, for the purpose of building what is wanting in ships for thy