Naville, Edouard: The temple of Deir el Bahari (Band 3): End of northern half and southern half of the middle platform (London, 1898)

THE NAVAL EXPEDITION TO THE LAND OF PUNT.

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12....... with precious ointment, in order to cook the balm of

the divine limbs which I have vowed to the lord of the
gods, in order to observe the laws of his house, digging up
sycamores in the Divine Land, and putting them in the
earth in

13....... to the king of the gods; they brought afterwards

anti in order to cook the balm of the divine limbs which 1
vowed to the lord of the gods. Says my Majesty: I let
you know what was ordered to me. I was obedient to my
father.

14.......lie put before me to establish Punt in his house,

digging up fruit-trees in the Divine Land for the two sides
of his divine dwelling in his garden. As he ordered so it
was in order to increase the offerings which I vowed to him

15.......(I have not) neglected what he ordered, which was

accomplished (?) according to my prescriptions; there was
no transgressing of what my mouth gave out on this
subject; he opened me a place in his heart, to me who
knows all he loves. Afterwards the god

16.......the place of his heart. What he loves he takes hold

of it. I brought to him Punt, in his garden, as he put it
before me, to Thebes; he enlarged it, he walked in it.

In this long inscription, the style of which is
very similar to the preceding one, Hatshepsu when

speaking of her father always means Anion himself.
It was the god who, as we saw before, was supposed
to have induced the queen to make an expedition
to Punt, who opened the ways, and led the soldiers
successfully to that remote land.

In front of the men who appear before the throne,
and between them, are the following words :

art utu ntVL to ...... til-sen setep so, ankhuza seneb n rpd{hd)

bat semer ud mr »ah Nehasi r seb mshdu Punt.

When it was ordered by ...... they give protection, life,

strength, health, to the prince, the chancellor, the first
friend, the holder of the collar, Nehasi, that he bring
soldiers to Punt.

And further :

mr per n Amen Senmut, the steward of Anion, Senmut.

The row of pillars in front of the Punt wall is much
more ruined than that on the northern side ; as far as
we can judge from what remains, the sculptures and
inscriptions were the same on both.