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326 RAMSES III. ch. xiv.
defeated; so in Cyprus were the Zekkaru (Zygritse),
and the Perusatha (Prosodita?); while the Colchio-
Caucasian Shardana (Sardones), and the Uashasha
(Ossetes), on the other hand, were exterminated in their
settlements west of the Delta, and transplanted to Egypt
in great masses, with their families. They were com-
pelled to settle in a Eamesseum, and to pay every year,
according to the custom of the country, a tribute of
woven stuffs and corn to the temples of Egypt.
On the East the king achieved a like success
against the Sahir, a branch of the Shasu; he plun-
dered their tents, seized their possessions and cattle,
and carried off the people as prisoners to Egypt. A
war was next kindled by the Libyans and Maxyes, who,
as before under Meneptah II., made an inroad into the
Delta, and occupied the whole country along the left
bank of the Canopic branch of the Nile, from Memphis
as far as Carbana (Canopus). Near the latter place,
along the seashore, lay the district of Gautut, the cities
of which they had held for many years. They and
their aUies were defeated by the Pharaoh, and among
the latter the king mentions by name the Asbita
(Asbytse), the Kaikasha (Caucasians), the Shai-ap (who
cannot be more closely defined), the Hasa (Ausees), the
Bakana (Bakaloi). The king of the Libu, his family
and people, together with their herds, were transported
as captives to Egypt, where some were placed in the
fortified ' Eamessea,' and others branded with hot iron
' in the name of the king' as sailors. A magnificent
gift was made of their herds to the temple of Amen at
Thebes.
For the protection of the frontier towards Suez,
the king built a great wall in the country of the
Aperiu, and surrounded it with strong defences whose
walls had a height of 521 feet. In the harbour of Suez
defeated; so in Cyprus were the Zekkaru (Zygritse),
and the Perusatha (Prosodita?); while the Colchio-
Caucasian Shardana (Sardones), and the Uashasha
(Ossetes), on the other hand, were exterminated in their
settlements west of the Delta, and transplanted to Egypt
in great masses, with their families. They were com-
pelled to settle in a Eamesseum, and to pay every year,
according to the custom of the country, a tribute of
woven stuffs and corn to the temples of Egypt.
On the East the king achieved a like success
against the Sahir, a branch of the Shasu; he plun-
dered their tents, seized their possessions and cattle,
and carried off the people as prisoners to Egypt. A
war was next kindled by the Libyans and Maxyes, who,
as before under Meneptah II., made an inroad into the
Delta, and occupied the whole country along the left
bank of the Canopic branch of the Nile, from Memphis
as far as Carbana (Canopus). Near the latter place,
along the seashore, lay the district of Gautut, the cities
of which they had held for many years. They and
their aUies were defeated by the Pharaoh, and among
the latter the king mentions by name the Asbita
(Asbytse), the Kaikasha (Caucasians), the Shai-ap (who
cannot be more closely defined), the Hasa (Ausees), the
Bakana (Bakaloi). The king of the Libu, his family
and people, together with their herds, were transported
as captives to Egypt, where some were placed in the
fortified ' Eamessea,' and others branded with hot iron
' in the name of the king' as sailors. A magnificent
gift was made of their herds to the temple of Amen at
Thebes.
For the protection of the frontier towards Suez,
the king built a great wall in the country of the
Aperiu, and surrounded it with strong defences whose
walls had a height of 521 feet. In the harbour of Suez