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

dyn. xix. THE POEM OF PENTAUR 271

■of Thebes. He marched through the valley of the river Arunatha,
{with him) the first legion of Amen, who secures victory to the
king Eamses Meri-Amen. And when the king approached the
city, behold there was the miserable king of the hostile Kheta
(already) arrived. He had assembled with him all the peoples
from the uttermost ends of the sea to the people of the Kheta.
They had arrived in great numbers : the people of Naharain, the
people of Arathu, of the Dardani, the Masu, the Pidasa, the Ma-
lunna, the Karkish (or Kashkish), the Leka, Qazuadana, Kirkamish,
Akarith, Kati, the whole people of Anaugas every one of them,
Mushanath, and Kadesh. He had left no people on his road
■without bringing them with him. Their number was endless ;
nothing like it had ever been before. They covered mountains and
"valleys like grasshoppers for their number. He had not left silver
nor gold with his people ; he had taken away all their goods and
possessions, to give it to the people who accompanied him to the
war.

Now had the miserable king of the hostile Kheta and the many
peoples which were with him hidden themselves in an ambush
"to the north-west of the city of Kadesh, while Pharaoh was alone,
no other was with him. The legion of Amen advanced behind
him. The legion of Phra went into the ditch on the territory
which lies to the west of the town of Shaba tuna, divided by a long
interval from the legion of Ptah, in the midst, [in the direction]
towards the town of Arnama. The legion of Sutekh marched on by
their roads. And the king called together all the chief men of his
warriors. Behold, they were at the lake of the land of the
Amorites. At the same time the miserable king of Kheta was in
"the midst of his warriors, which were with him. But his hand
was not so bold as to venture on battle with Pharaoh. Therefore
he drew away the horsemen and the chariots, which were numerous
as the sand. And they stood three men in each war-chariot, and
there were assembled in one spot the best heroes of the army of
Kheta, well appointed with all weapons for the fight. They did not
dare to advance. They stood in ambush to the north-west of the
town of Kadesh. Then they went out from Kadesh, on the side of
"the south, and threw themselves into the midst of the legion of
Phra-Horemkhu, which gave way, and was not prepared for the
fight. There Pharaoh's warriors and chariots gave way before them.
And Pharaoh had placed himself to the north of the town of Kadesh,
on the west side of the river Arunatha. Then they came to tell
the king. Then the king arose, like his father Mentu; he
grasped his weapons and put on his armour, just like Baal in his
time. And the noble pair of horses which carried Pharaoh, and