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

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thee gold after the desire of thy heart, (109) green stones, heaped
up before thy face, and numerous horses of the noblest breed out
of the stalls, the best from the prince's stable.'

"When his Majesty had gone into the temple of Horus Khent-
Khethi a sacrifice was offered of bulls, calves, and birds to his
father, Horus-Khent-Khethi, the lord of Kem-ur (Athribis). (Then)
his Majesty went into the house of the hereditary lord Pet-Ise, who
made him a present of silver, gold, (110) blue and green stones, a
great abundance of every sort, woven stuffs, cloths of byssus in
great number, beds covered with linen, frankincense, oil in anoint-
ing-vials, stallions and mares, of the best of his stable. He took
an oath of expurgation before God, in the presence of those kings
of Upper Egypt and of the great princes of the land of (111) Lower
Egypt—(for) every one of them (had said that) he had hidden
away his horses and had concealed his riches, because they desired
that he might die the death of his father—(and he spake thus) :
' An abhorrence to me is this, that ye desire to crush a servant (of
the king). Be well assured, that the sovereign is on my side. Your
talk is an abhorrence to me, that I have hidden from his Majesty
the whole inheritance (112) of the house of my father. The gold,
the golden objects (set) with precious stones, in all manner of
vessels and rings for the hands, the golden neckchains, the breast
ornaments composed of precious stones, the talismans for every part
of the body, the head-bands, the earrings, and all other royal array,
all the vessels of gold and jewels for the king's ablutions,—all
these (113) I here openly present. The stuffs of byssus and the
woven cloths by thousands, are of the best from my house. I know
now that thou art content with them. Go into the prince's stable,
choose according to thy pleasure of all the horses whichever thou
desirest.' And his Majesty did so.

And the kings and the princes said to his Majesty : ' Let us go
(each) to our city; we will open (114) our treasuries; we will
select whatever thy heart loveth : we will bring to thee the best
of our stable, the most excellent of our horses.' Then his Majesty
did so.

This is the list of them : namely :

King Uasarken of Bubastis and Uu-n-Ra-nefer ;

King Auputh of the city of Thent-ram and Ta-ain-ta ;
(115) Prince T'a-Amen-auf-ankh of Mendes and Ta-ap-E,a;

His eldest son, a lord, captain of Hermopolis Parva, Ankh-
Hoe ;

Prince A-ka-nesiiu of Sebennytus, of Hebi (Iseum), and of
Samhud (Diospolis Parva) ;

Prince and General Pa-theneFj of Pa-Saptu and in Ap-en-An-
buhat;