294 INSCRIPTION AT THE SECOND CATARACT ch. xiii-
Some lines further on is the passage which is of
importance for us :—
The people of Kheta are subjects of thy palace. I have placed
it in their hearts to serve thee, while they humbly approach thy
person with their productions and the booty in prisoners of their
king. All their property is brought to thee. His eldest daughter
stands forward at their head, to soften the heart of King Ramses II.
—a great inconceivable, wonder. She herself knew not the
impression which her beauty made on thy heart. Thy name is
great and glorious for ever. Thou art the most complete example
of strength and power. He is inconceivably great, who orders and
does not obey. Since the times of the traditions of the gods, which
are hidden in the house of the rolls of writing, from the times of
the sun-god Ra down to thee, history had nothing to report about-
the Kheta people, but that they had one heart and one soul with
Egypt.
To which the Pharaoh replies :—
Thou hast committed to me what thou hast created. I do and
I will do again all good for thee, so long as I shall be sole king, just
as thou hast been. I have cared for the land, in order to create
for thee a new Egypt, just as it existed in the old time. I have
set up images of the gods, according to thy likeness, yea, according,
to their colour and form, which hold possession of Egypt according
to their desire. They have been formed by the hand of the artist
in the temples. Thy sanctuary in the town of Memphis was enlarged-
It was beautified by long-enduring works, and by well-executed
works in stone, which are adorned with gold and jewels. I have
caused a court to be opened for thee on the north, with a splendid
double-winged tower in front. Its gates are like the heavenly orb
of light. The people offer their prayers there. I have built for thee-
a splendid sanctuary in the interior of the walled enclosure. Each
god's image is in the unapproachable shrine, and remains in its-
exalted place. I have provided them with priests and prophets of
the land of Egypt, with arable land and herds of cattle. The
account of the property of the temple in all things amounts to
millions. All thy great thirty years' feasts of jubilee are celebrated.
Thus has everything which thou hast commanded me been carried
out in rich abundance according to thy wish. There are oxen and
calves without end; all their sacrificial meat is provided, to the
number of hundreds of thousands ; the smell of their fat reaches to
heaven ; the heavenly ones receive it. I cause the whole world to
admire the completeness of the monuments which I have dedicated
to thee. I brand with a hot iron the foreign peoples of the whole
Some lines further on is the passage which is of
importance for us :—
The people of Kheta are subjects of thy palace. I have placed
it in their hearts to serve thee, while they humbly approach thy
person with their productions and the booty in prisoners of their
king. All their property is brought to thee. His eldest daughter
stands forward at their head, to soften the heart of King Ramses II.
—a great inconceivable, wonder. She herself knew not the
impression which her beauty made on thy heart. Thy name is
great and glorious for ever. Thou art the most complete example
of strength and power. He is inconceivably great, who orders and
does not obey. Since the times of the traditions of the gods, which
are hidden in the house of the rolls of writing, from the times of
the sun-god Ra down to thee, history had nothing to report about-
the Kheta people, but that they had one heart and one soul with
Egypt.
To which the Pharaoh replies :—
Thou hast committed to me what thou hast created. I do and
I will do again all good for thee, so long as I shall be sole king, just
as thou hast been. I have cared for the land, in order to create
for thee a new Egypt, just as it existed in the old time. I have
set up images of the gods, according to thy likeness, yea, according,
to their colour and form, which hold possession of Egypt according
to their desire. They have been formed by the hand of the artist
in the temples. Thy sanctuary in the town of Memphis was enlarged-
It was beautified by long-enduring works, and by well-executed
works in stone, which are adorned with gold and jewels. I have
caused a court to be opened for thee on the north, with a splendid
double-winged tower in front. Its gates are like the heavenly orb
of light. The people offer their prayers there. I have built for thee-
a splendid sanctuary in the interior of the walled enclosure. Each
god's image is in the unapproachable shrine, and remains in its-
exalted place. I have provided them with priests and prophets of
the land of Egypt, with arable land and herds of cattle. The
account of the property of the temple in all things amounts to
millions. All thy great thirty years' feasts of jubilee are celebrated.
Thus has everything which thou hast commanded me been carried
out in rich abundance according to thy wish. There are oxen and
calves without end; all their sacrificial meat is provided, to the
number of hundreds of thousands ; the smell of their fat reaches to
heaven ; the heavenly ones receive it. I cause the whole world to
admire the completeness of the monuments which I have dedicated
to thee. I brand with a hot iron the foreign peoples of the whole