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

OTN. six. WAR 'WITH THE KHETA 265

or Dandani (Dardanians in Kurdistan), of the Masu (the
inhabitants of Mount Masius), of Kerkesh (the Gir-
.gesites?) or Keshkesh, of Qirqimosh (Carchemish), of
Akerith, of Anau-gas (Jenysus), of Mushanath, all
peoples from the extremest end of the sea to the land
°f the Kheta.'

It was a slaughter of peoples, in the fullest sense of
the word, that was prepared at Kadesh, out of which
■harases came but as a doubtful conqueror, and had to
thank his own personal bravery for his life and pre-
servation, since 'he was all alone and no other was
■with him.'

This heroic feat was the theme of the celebrated
eVlc poem of Pentaur the scribe, of which we not only
Possess a papyrus copy but its words cover the whole
•surface of walls in the temples at Abydos, Luqsor,
Karnak, the Kamesseum, and Abu Simbel. An un-
known painter has chiselled in deep work on the wall
°f the temple at Karnak a vivid representation of the
battle of Kadesh—the storming of the fortress, the over-
throw of the enemy, and the details of the camp life of
the Egyptians. The tent of Pharaoh is seen in the
nfiddle of the camp, and near it the movable shrine of
the divinities of Egypt. Above the picture is the
inscription,' This is the first legion of Amen, who bestows
Victory on Eamses II.; Eharaoh is with it. It is occupied
m pitching its camp.' Not far off sits the king, enthroned,
receiving the reports of his generals, while the soldiers
-are dragging forward two foreigners about whom the
inscription says, 'This is the arrival of the spies of
Pharaoh; they bring two spies of the people of the
Kheta before Pharaoh. They are beating them to make
them declare where the kincr of the Kheta is.' The
■war-chariots and legions of Amen, Ptah, Phrah, and
Sutekh are seen passing in good order before the king.