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

Bra. xix. ADDEESS TO SETI I. 263

house. I gave thee herds of all kinds of cattle to increase thy
revenues, according to what is right. I fixed for thee the tribute
°i birds in the marshes for thy necessary sustenance. I [caused to
be delivered to thee] living geese, to keep up the breed of the birds.
■*■ gave to thee fishermen on the river and on all the lakes, to feed
the workmen who load the sea-going ships. I have provided thy
temple with all kinds of guilds of my handicraftsmen]. Thy
temple servants have been made up to their full number from the
best people, and the peasants pay their taxes in woven stuffs for thy
drapery. Thy men-servants and maid-servants work in the fields in
all the town districts. Each man thus performs his service, to fill
thy house.

'Thou hast entered into the realm of heaven. Thou accom-
Paniest the sun-god Ea. Thou art united with the stars and the
nioon. Thou restest in the deep, like those who dwell in it with
Unnefer, the eternal. Thy hands move the god Tmu in heaven
and on earth, like the wandering stars and the fixed stars. Thou
remainest in the forepart of the bark of millions. When the sun
rises in the tabernacle of heaven, thine eyes behold his splendour.
VV hen Tmu (the evening sun) goes to rest on the earth, thou art in
his train. Thou enterest the secret house before his lord. Thy foot
wanders in the deep. Thou remainest in the company of the gods
°f the under world.

' But I obtain by my prayers the breath (of life) at thy awaking,
thou glorious one ! and I praise thy numerous names day by day,
I 'who love my father.—I let myself be guided by thy virtue. So
long as I stay on earth, I will offer a sacrifice to thee. My hand
shall bring the libations for thy name to thy [remembrance] in all
thy abodes.

' Gome, speak to Ea [that he may grant long years] of life to his
son, and to Unnefer, with a heart full of love, that he may grant
length of time upon length of time, united to the thirty-years' feasts
01 jubilee, to King Eamses. Well will it be for thee that I should
he king for a long time, for thou wilt be honoured by a good son,
who remembers his father. I will be a [protector and] guardian for
thy temple day by day, to have regard to the wants of thy worship
m every way. If I should hear of any injury which threatens to
invade it, I will give the order immediately to remove it in every
way. Thou shalt be treated as if thou wert still alive. So long as
I shall reign, my attention shall be directed continually to thy
temple. My heart beats for thee ; I will be thy guardian for the
honour of thy name. If thou also remainest in the deep, the
hest, the very best shall be thy portion as long as I live, I, King
Ramses.'