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

440 THE MACEDONIAN CONQUEST ch. xyH.

(2) A-hehu : the chief seer of the goddess and the president of the
priests of Sekhet in the whole land—Samtaui-tef-nekht—the son
of the temple-master and (3) seer of the god Amen-Ra, the lord of
the city Pa-Sha, Nes-samtaui-auf-ankh, and the child of his wife
Ankhet : he speaks as follows :—

0 thou lord of the gods, Khnem, thou king of Upper and Lower
Egypt, (4) thou prince of the land, at whose rising the world is
enlightened, whose right eye is the sun's disk, whose left eye is the
moon, whose spirit (5) is the beam of light, and out of whose
nostrils comes the North wind, to give life to all.

1 was thy servant, who did according to thy will, and whose
heart was replenished by thee. (6) I have not let any city be
higher than thy city, I have not failed to impart of thy spirit to all
the children of men among hundreds of thousands, which (spirit)
is the most wonderful in all houses, (7) day by day. Thou hast for
this recompensed me good a hundred-thousandfold. Thus wast thou
diffused everywhere, and (wast made) a leader for the king's house.
The heart of the divine benefactor was moved to clemency (8) at
my speech. I was exalted to be the first among hundreds of
thousands. When thou turnedst thy bach upon the land of Egyp^
thou didst incline thyself in thy heart to the master of Asia. His (9)
twice five friends loved me. He conferred on me the office of
president of the priests of the goddess Sekhet on the seat of my
mother's brother, the president of the goddess Sekhet (10) in Upper
and Lower Egypt, Ser-henb. Thou didst protect me in the battle oj
the lonians (i.e. the army of Alexander) when thou didst rout the
Asiatic (Darius III.).

(11) They slew a hundred thousand at my side, (but) none lifted
up his hand against me. When what befell had befallen, there was
peace (12) afterwards. Thy Holiness spake to me : 'Proceed to
Khinensu (Heracleopolis Magna) ; I will be with thee.; I will be
thy guide among the foreign people.'

(13) I was alone, I sailed up the great stream ; I was not
afraid, for I thought of thee. Since I did not transgress thy com-
mandment, I reached the city of Khinensu (14) without having a
hair of my head rumpled. And as was the beginning, only by the
■one appointment of thy decree, so also was the end, for thou gavest
me a long life in peace of heart.

(15) 0 all ye priests, who serve this glorious god Khnem, the
king of both worlds, the (god) Horemkhu, the lord of the universe,
the good spirit in the city of Khinensu, (16) the (god) Tmu in the
city of Tanis, the king of the rams, the primordial male power, the
Majesty of the ram, the male, the begetter, the last king of the
kings of the land ;—(17) the son, who loved the king of Upper and