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

»ra. xx. INSCRIPTION IN NUBIA 347

An interesting record of this time has faithfully
preserved the king's name :—

Land (which is devoted to the maintenance of the holy service)
of the statue of King Ra-messu VI., which is dedicated to the city
°f Ama (consisting of the following districts) :

I. The district to the north of Pa-Ra (that is, the temple of the
sun), and of the town in the midst of the temple of Ra, the lord of
this earth, and to the east and south of the fields of the land of
the (statue) of Queen Nefer-tera, which is dedicated to the city of
Ama. (The position of this district is as follows) : (it is bounded)

on the east by the great mountain,

on the north by the papyrus-field of Pharaoh,

on the west is the river. Size, 3 x 100 cubits.

II. The district at the commencement (lesha-t, ' head') of the
land of Ma-iu, opposite to the field of the Adon of Ua-ua-t,

on the south by the land of the statue of the king, which is
under the administration of the chief priest Amenemape,

on the east by the great mountain,

on the north by the papyrus-field of Pharaoh, which is set
apart as a field for the Adon of Ua-ua-t,

on the west by the river. Size, 2 x 100 cubits.

III. The district of the overseers of the temple of the goddess,,
east of the field just described :

on the east by the great mountain,

on the south by the field of the estate of the king's statue,
which is under the administration of the Adon Meri of
the land of Ua-ua-t, east of the great mountain,

on the north by the field of the keeper of the herds (?) Bih,

on the west by the river. Size, 4 x 100 cubits.

IV. The district at the commencement of the land of Thuhen
at the extreme west boundary of the basin of Thuhen, in the direc-
tion of the papyrus-field of Pharaoh, and behind the field that has
been described :

east by the great mountain,

south by the papyrus-field of Pharaoh, which lies east of the
great mountain,
north by the field of the land of Airos,
west by the river. Size, 6 x 100 cubits.
Total superficies of the fields, which belong to him (the statue),
15 x 100 cubits.

V. With regard to the high-lying field (of) Nef-ti, the Adon
Penni, the son of Heru-nefer, has written and set up his proprie-
torship of the land of Ua-ua-t as an estate, which he has chosen