STORE-CITY OF PITHOM ATSTD THE EOUTE OF THE EXODUS

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tw 1.—The living Horus, the victorious child, the lord
of Upper and Lower Egypt, the very valiant, the golden
Horus who has been crowned by his father, the king of
Upper and Lower Egypt, the lord of the two lands, Userkara
mer Anion, the son of Ea, the lord of diadems, Ptolemy,
living like Ea eternally; Turn the great living god of
Succoth, the living Turn, the first of the living on earth, like
Ea eternally ; all life is derived from him ; he loves the
gods and goddesses of the Heroopolitan nome,1 and lives
eternally;

Linn 2.—the living and beautiful god, the child of Turn,
the firstborn of him whoso name is the living, the illustrious
is*ue of Unnofris, who lasts like Turn for ever, the living
image of Turn the great god of Succoth, the admirable like-
ness of Harmachis, the divine blood of Turn the lord of the
two On, the glorious descendant of Khepra ; he has been
suckled by Hathor the lady of Ant. When he was born,
the atef crown was on his head ;

Line 3.—the two snakes are on his brow, when he receives
it (the atef crown), for he has been nursed to be the lord
of her who brought him forth . . . standing in his place like
a king, like a prince in his palace, like his son Hor Sam
Toui the great god who resides at Succoth. It is he who
joined the thrones of the two gods, who honoured his father
Turn above millions, he who has averted the enemy from
this land, who transmits his seat to his heirs......

Line 4.— .... fighting for Egypt, protecting its children
.... good, who causes Egypt to be flourishing, multiplying

its horses on the......and its ships on the sea, he who

averts the Tesheru (the nomads of the Arabian desert) by
his intelligence.....he ... . with his ships. His intelli-
gence is mighty among all nations of the land and the sea ....

Line 5.— .... fight he destroys the rebels, expels the
evildoers, smites his enemies on . . . killing a great number
and tearing the hearts from the bodies of men .... his vic-
torious servants unfasten the horses of princes, horses in
great number and good ....

The next words seem to indicate that they
load them on ships.

.... Nobody dares to oppose his ships

Line 6.—the great ones, and his transports ....

The following words are too uncertain to
be translated,

.... In the sixth year

Line 7.—under the reign of His Divine Majesty ; when
it was reported to him that the abode had been finished for his
father Turn, the great god of Succoth ; the third day of the
month of Athyr, His Majesty went himself to Heroopolis, in
the presence of his father Turn. Lower Egypt was in rejoicing

which Brugsch reads, nefer ah, or ab nefer,

the hieroglyphical name of the VHIth nome. I call it alter
the Greek name, Heroopolis.

when he appointed four days for the festival of his birth.
When His Majesty proceeded to the temple of Pikerehet, he
dedicated2 this temple to his father Turn the great living
god of Succoth, in the festival of the god, in......

Line 8 commences with something relating to
the revenues of the temple. Next follows : .. . .

.....His Majesty made this fine abode, which was

erected by the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Ptolemy, to
his father Turn. There was no fine abode like this in the time
of the kings of Upper and Lower Egypt. He who built it
to his venerable father, it is the golden Horus, Userkara mer
Anion, the son of Ea, the lord of thrones, Ptolemy, who
lives eternally. Again His Majesty proceeded to ... in order
to do the business of his father

Line 9.—Turn, His Majesty is equal in his revenues with
Turn, living in his land, as king living eternally. The king

ordered........and that there be madeto him the ceremonies

of a king in his palace, gathering horses as he likes, paid as
tribute (]) from Toneter. For the inhabitants of Toneter

honouring him bring presents.....in his revenues. He

determined

Line 10.—to make the calculation3.... His Majesty issued
a solemn decree,4 to make the sum which he gave to Pithom
and .... going out.

Here occurs the first mention of the canal in
an obscure sentence which speaks of joining the
sands of the water (?) which is East of Kharma,
on its Eastern side, to the lake of the scorpion,
that they may arrive (enter it). It is evident
that it is the digging of the canal which is the
object of the decree of the king. This canal
was to go as far as the lake of the scorpion,

I read the first word sarlc, lit. he

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finished. I suppose it to be a kind of dedication or con
secration. Cf. 1. 21: Q ^ | v y , all the cere-

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monies of dedication; 1. 28. "=>«^ ^ , he dedicated
the temple there (at Succoth).

3 <cr> This word, which occurs frequently in the tablet,

lll-

means the calculation, the quantity, the sum.

4 ^ ^ ^ ^ an^ 1-12. I consider this expres-
sion as a technical word referring to decrees or regulations
of a particular kind which were registered, or received the

royal assent. The | and appear in several in-

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scriptions relating to law matters, cf. Inscr. of Pinotem III.
1. 8 ; Zeitschr. 1883, p. 74.

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