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314 THE BATTLE OF PROSOPIS oh. xiii.
the Mashauasha (Maxyes), and (he) looks [no more] on the people of
the Tamahu, they are (27) [lost.'
Thus spake the king to] the leaders of the host, who stood before
him, that they should destroy the people of the Libu. They went-
forth, and the hand of God was with them. Amen was at their
[side] as a shield. The news reached the [people] of Egypt, (28)
[namely, that the king in his own person would take part] in the
campaign on the fourteenth day. Then his Majesty beheld in a
dream as if the statue of Ptah, which is placed at the [gate of the
temple,] stepped down to Pharaoh. It was like a giant. (29) [And
it was] as if it spoke to him : ' Remain altogether behind,' and,,
handing to him the battle sword, ' Mayest thou cast off the lazy
disposition that is in thee.' And Pharaoh spoke to it: ' Behold !
(30) [thy word shall be accomplished].'
And my warriors and the chariots in sufficient number had pre-
pared an ambush before them in the high land of the country of the
nome of Prosopis.
Then the miserable king of (31) [the hostile Libu caused his
warriors and his mercenaries to advance] in the night of the first
of Epiphi, when the earth became light enough for the encounter.
When the miserable king of the hostile Libu had arrived, about the
time of the 3rd of Epiphi, he had brought (32) [with him all his
hosts. But] they held back. When the warriors of his Majesty
had charged forward, together with the chariots, then was Amen-
Ra with them, and the god Nub reached out to them his hand.
Each (33) [man fought bravely. A great defeat was inflicted on
them, and they lay there in] their blood. No man was left remain-
ing of them, for the foreign mercenaries of his Majesty had spent
six hours in annihilating them. The sword gave (34) [no mercy, so
that] the land was [full of corpses].
While they thus fought, the miserable king of the Libu stood
there full of fear, his courage deserted him ; then fled (35) [he in
quick flight, and left] his sandals, his bow, his quiver, in his haste
behind him ; and [all other things] which he had with him. He,.
in whose body there was no timidity, and whose form was ani-
mated by a great manly courage, (36) [he fled like a woman. Then
the mercenaries of his Majesty took what he had left] of his-
property, his money which he had gathered in, his silver, his gold,
his vessels of iron, the ornaments of his wife, his chairs, his bows,
his weapons, and all other things which he had brought (37) [with
him. All was allotted to the] palace of the king, whither it was.
brought together with the prisoners. When in the meantime the
miserable king of the Libu had hurried forth in his flight, then
there [followed] him a number (38) [of the people of his nation,.
the Mashauasha (Maxyes), and (he) looks [no more] on the people of
the Tamahu, they are (27) [lost.'
Thus spake the king to] the leaders of the host, who stood before
him, that they should destroy the people of the Libu. They went-
forth, and the hand of God was with them. Amen was at their
[side] as a shield. The news reached the [people] of Egypt, (28)
[namely, that the king in his own person would take part] in the
campaign on the fourteenth day. Then his Majesty beheld in a
dream as if the statue of Ptah, which is placed at the [gate of the
temple,] stepped down to Pharaoh. It was like a giant. (29) [And
it was] as if it spoke to him : ' Remain altogether behind,' and,,
handing to him the battle sword, ' Mayest thou cast off the lazy
disposition that is in thee.' And Pharaoh spoke to it: ' Behold !
(30) [thy word shall be accomplished].'
And my warriors and the chariots in sufficient number had pre-
pared an ambush before them in the high land of the country of the
nome of Prosopis.
Then the miserable king of (31) [the hostile Libu caused his
warriors and his mercenaries to advance] in the night of the first
of Epiphi, when the earth became light enough for the encounter.
When the miserable king of the hostile Libu had arrived, about the
time of the 3rd of Epiphi, he had brought (32) [with him all his
hosts. But] they held back. When the warriors of his Majesty
had charged forward, together with the chariots, then was Amen-
Ra with them, and the god Nub reached out to them his hand.
Each (33) [man fought bravely. A great defeat was inflicted on
them, and they lay there in] their blood. No man was left remain-
ing of them, for the foreign mercenaries of his Majesty had spent
six hours in annihilating them. The sword gave (34) [no mercy, so
that] the land was [full of corpses].
While they thus fought, the miserable king of the Libu stood
there full of fear, his courage deserted him ; then fled (35) [he in
quick flight, and left] his sandals, his bow, his quiver, in his haste
behind him ; and [all other things] which he had with him. He,.
in whose body there was no timidity, and whose form was ani-
mated by a great manly courage, (36) [he fled like a woman. Then
the mercenaries of his Majesty took what he had left] of his-
property, his money which he had gathered in, his silver, his gold,
his vessels of iron, the ornaments of his wife, his chairs, his bows,
his weapons, and all other things which he had brought (37) [with
him. All was allotted to the] palace of the king, whither it was.
brought together with the prisoners. When in the meantime the
miserable king of the Libu had hurried forth in his flight, then
there [followed] him a number (38) [of the people of his nation,.