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Poetical stela of Tuthmosis IIINederhof - EnglishCreated on 2006-11-04 by Mark-Jan Nederhof. Last modified 2009-06-08.Transliteration and translation for "The 'poetical' stela of Tuthmosis III", following the transcription ofDe Buck (1948), pp. 53-56.For an older transcription, see Sethe (1906), number 199 (pp. 610-619).The transliteration throughout follows Hannig (1995).For published translations, see Breasted (1906), pp. 262-266, §§ 655-662; Lichtheim (1976), pp.35-39; Simpson (1972), pp. 285-288 (covers only the text from 13 up to 23).BibliographyJ.H. Breasted.Ancient Records of Egypt -- Volume II. The University of Chicago Press, 1906.A. De Buck.Egyptian Readingbook. Ares Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, 1948.R. Hannig.Grosses Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch: die Sprache der Pharaonen (2800-950v.Chr.). Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1995.M. Lichtheim.Ancient Egyptian Literature -- Volume II: The New Kingdom. University of CaliforniaPress, 1976.K. Sethe.Urkunden der 18. Dynastie, Volume II. Hinrichs, Leipzig, 1906.W.K. Simpson (editor).The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, andPoetry. Yale University Press, 1972. i 1 � + 4 + 1 5 4 5 ( 5 ) � : ; ; � 11 Words said by Amun-Re,lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands: 1 1 \f ; 1 5 1 ( \f ; 1 5 4 5 - 9 1'May you come to me and rejoice at seeing my beauty, : 1 5 ; 1 1 5 ? 7 9 � ( ( 5 ? \f ;�� ) 5 1 5 4 9 ; 2my son, my avenger, Menkheperre (may he live forever!).I shine for your sake, 1 ) 12 �� \f ��� 4 1 2 5 - 9 9 9 7 9 1my heart2 is gladabout your beautiful arrival at my temple. �� $ 5 4 ( 1 1 ( 2 4 : ( 5 ?My hands have endowed your body with protection and life. � 5 4 \f 1 1 4 ; 2 9 " 5 ) ; 1How pleasant is your grace to my breast! : 4 5 13 #�� 4 1 5 5 1 ) 1 1 1 5 2I established3 you in my sanctuary and I performed wonders for you. � 1 1 5 2 8 5 ; 5 ? ; 9 ? : ; 5 ) ;I gave you valour and strength against all foreign lands. 1 1 ) �� 2 : 5 2 4 ; �� 5 ) I put your authority and fear of you in all lands, � 9 @ ; 2 9 9 4 � : ? 5 ; 5 ; 7 ;and dread of you as far as4 the four supports of heaven. : ( � @ 1 " - " - ; 2 4 $ ; 5 ) ;I increased awe of you in every body. 1 1 / 4 / 4 ; 4 2 ? ; 7 : ; 7 ;I put the fame of Your Majesty throughout the Nine Bows. ���� 9 ? : ; 5 ) ; + 4 \f 4 ? - ( 25 �� @ 1 ( 1 1 : 1The princes of all foreign lands are gathered in your grasp,5 I stretched out my own hands 1 � 5 1 5 2 : ;and I bound them for you. �� + 4 1 1 5 ; 1 � ; 1 4 ) ( ? � I tied up the Nubian nomads by tens of thousands and thousands, �� 4 ; 1 4 - 5 4 : 8 9 ( 5 ?and the northerners by hundreds of thousands of captives. 6 � 1 1 ? 9 9 8 @ 2 $ 9 # ) ; 1 26 I made your enemies fall under your feet ; 1 ; 1 2 " 5 #�� @ $ 2 1 )so that you could crush the contentious and deceitful, � 4 1 1 5 2 ; 4 �� - : ? -for I entrusted the earth to you, in its length and its breadth, �� 1 4 5 ; 1 1 ) ; 1 $ 9 : ; 9 27 � ? 5 + 2 ? : ; 5 ) ;and westerners and easterners are under your command.7 You trample all foreign lands 1 ) 2 �� \f �� 5 5 5 : 1 : 4 / � 4 2while your heart is glad.There is no one who dares come near to Your Majesty, � ; 1 1 4 : " 4 @ 2 : 7 9 2 9 : 5but while I was your guideyou attained them. � \f 5 2 4 7 $ 9� 98 / 9 5You crossed the water of the Euphrates8 of Naharina, �� 4 5 ? ; 4 : 9 \f 5 1 5 2 : 4 : 5 / 4 / 4 ; 2 ( 8 4 ) ) � with strength and might that I created for you.They heard your battle-cry and hid in holes. � . \f 5 1 - 5 : 5 4 # 5 ( 5 ?9 ��� 1 1 5 9 ; 5 4 2 ? ; 1 ) : 5I deprived their noses of the breath of life.9 I set the dread of Your Majesty in their hearts. � ? ; 1 1 4 ; ; 7 2 : : 5 : : ;� 1 9 : 1 : 8 4 5 ) 8 +My serpent-diadem on your head consumes them,it makes easy prey of the evil-minded, 2 10 ��� 4 : 1 4 1 5 ) ; : 5 4 5 : ; :�� + 5 : ; 7 ( 4 10 it devours the Aegean islanders with its flame,it severs the heads of the Asiatics � 5 5 5 / : 5�� ? 9 4 : : \f 5 : ? 4 :and none of them is spared.The enemy staggers because of its might. 11 � 1 1 7 $ 9 5 ? ; 2 4 ; �� 5 ) : ; ; 7 ; 4 5 + ; 211 I let your power pervade all lands.The light of the uraeus is your protection. 5 5 ? 7 9 ) " # 2 9 " 5 5 ; 7 ;There will be no rebel against you in what heaven surrounds. �� 1 : 5 $ 9 1 5 1� 9 7 : : 5 4 212 �� : 5 4 2 4 1 1They come bearing tributes on their backs,bowing to Your Majesty as I commanded.1 Read Õ rather than , . ��� 1 1 ) + " ; 2 2 1 4 / � 2I let the aggressors who come near you become weak, ��� 4 $ 5 1 ) : 5 ( : 5 : + \f 13 �� 1 1 \f 5 1 1 1 ; 1 ; 1 2 9 / 1with fearful hearts, their bodies trembling.13 I came to let you crush the princes of Palestine, �� : " 1 : ; $ 9 9 + 1 2 ? ; ? : ; : 5spreading them out under your feet throughout their lands, � 1 1 4 : 5 4 2 4 5 ) : ; ;and to let them see Your Majesty as the lord of radiance, : 2 4 9 : 5 4 : 5 5 114 � 1 1 \f 5 1 1 1 ; 1 ; 1 2 1 4 1 # ;while you shine before them in my likeness.14 I came to let you crush those in Asia ��� : 8 9 2 ; 7 ( 4 5 � # 5 and strike the heads of the Asiatics of Retjenu, � 1 1 4 : 5 4 2 ( 7 9 \f $ 2 9 2and to let them see Your Majesty equipped with your regalia, 3 � " : 7 2 ( ( � 9 9 9 @ ;15 1 1 \f 5 1 1 1 ; 1 ; 1 2 ; 1 ) ; 1while you carry weapons on a chariot.15 I came to let you crush the eastern land ���� ? 5 + 2 5 ; 1 4 5 5 # 9and trample those in the districts of the God's Land, 1 1 4 : 5 4 2 4 1 : " +and to let them see Your Majesty as shooting star, : ; ) : - 4 : ; 1 - 1 + ; -which sheds its flame in fire and emits its fragrance. 16 1 1 \f 5 1 1 1 ; 1 ; 1 2 ; 1 4 5 ; 1 � - ; 1 : @ $ 9 " - " - ; 216 I came to let you crush the western land,Keftiu and Isy being in awe of you, 1 1 4 : 5 4 2 4 2 9 5 7�� 4 5 1 ) : 7 + ( ) 1 5 / \f 5 \f ; -and to let them see Your Majesty as a young bull,stout-hearted, sharp of horns, invincible. 17 �� 1 1 \f 5 1 1 1 ; 1 ; 1 2 1 4 1 5 ) ; : 5 ; �� 5 � # 5 : + \f $ 9 : 5 217 I came to let you crush the Aegean islanders,the lands of Metjen trembling for fear of you, 1 1 4 : 5 4 2 4 + 7 @��� 5 ) : 5 4 4 5 ; 2 5 \f 5 \f ; -and to let them see Your Majesty as a crocodile,lord of fear in the water, unapproachable. 18 ���� 1 1 \f 5 1 1 1 ; 1 ; 1 2 1 4 1 1 9 1 1 )�� 9 $ 9 / 4 / 4 ; 218 I came to let you crush those on the 'turtle backs',the sea people hearing your battle-cry, 1 1 4 : 5 4 2 4 5 ; 1�� ? ( 9 7 : 5 : 4 -and to let them see Your Majesty as avenger,appearing on the backs of his victims. 19 1 1 \f 5 1 1 1 ; 1 ; 1 2 \t� 5 19 I came to let you crush Libya, ���� 1 ; 5 ; 1 5 : ? 4 ) � 2the islands of the people of Wetnet being in the power of your might, 1 1 4 : 5 4 2 4 4 1 : and to let them see Your Majesty as a wild lion, 4 1 9 2 : ; 4 $ � ; ? ; 1 5 ; : 5while you turn them into corpses throughout their valley. 20 �� 1 1 \f 5 1 1 1 ; 1 ; 1 2 7 ; 20 I came to let you crush the boundaries of the world, �� " 5 5 ; " 5 9 ( 9 - \f 4 ? - ( 2what the ocean surrounds being enfolded in your grasp, 1 1 4 : 5 4 2 4 5 ) + 4 ; 9and to let them see Your Majesty as possessing the wings of Horus, 1 # 4 + . . ; - 9 4 9 9 -21 � 1 1 \f 5 1 1 1 ; 1 ; 1 2 1 4 1 ; ; who takes what he sees at will.21 I came to let you crush the border people11 Following Lichtheim (1976). � : 5 2 9 1 " ( 4 : 8 9 ( 5 ?and fetter the bedouin as captives, 1 1 4 : 5 4 2 4 1 : ) " 4 (and to let them see Your Majesty as an Upper Egyptian jackal, � 5 ) . : ; 7 ; 1 ? 5 : ; � 122 �� 1 1 \f 5 1 1 1 ; 1 ; 1 2 1 5 ; 1 ; 1lord of speed, runner, rover of the Two Lands.22 I came to let you crush the Nubian nomads, 9 4 5 4 \b ; 4 4 4 ; 2� 1 1 4 : 5 4 2 4 1 : 5 1 2who are in your grasp as far as Shat,and to let them see Your Majesty as your two brothers, � + 4 \f 5 1 ( 1 : 5 5 2 4 5 ? ;whose hands I joined together for you in victory. 23 : 5 ; 1 2 1 \f 5 1 : 5 4 : 223 I placed your two sisters as protection behind you, �� ( 1 4 1 9 9 9 : 9 ;� 1 1 ? ; 2and the arms of My Majesty are raised, warding off evil.I gave you protection, : 1 4 9 9 1 9 5 ? ; ? ( 1 4 ! : ;my son, my beloved, Horus, mighty bull who appears in Thebes, 5 � ; # \f 5 1 4 % \f \f \f &24 ��� ; 1 4 : 1 ( 5 ? \f ;whom I have begotten in [...]24 Tuthmosis (may he live forever!), 1 9 5 1 4 9 9 ; 5 ) ; 2 1who does for me all that my spirit desires. � : ( ( \f 5 2 1 5 5 1 4 2 ; 5 : � ��� \f : : ? \f 9 7 ; ? 7 9You have erected my sanctuary as a work of eternity,made longer and wider than before. : ) � 9 % \f \f \f &25 � : ) 5 - 9 - 4 5 (The great gate "[...]25 his beauty adorns Amun-Re"1.1 Uncertain. ��� 9 4 5 2 9 5 : 5 ) ? 7 9Your monuments are greater than those of any king who has been. � \f 5 1 5 2 1 9 ; : ;� ; 7 \f 2 9 :I commanded you to make them,and I am satisfied with them. : 4 5 1 #� 9 : ; �� 9 5 4 9 5 7 ;I established you on the Horus throne for millions of years, � : " 4 2 ( 5 ? 5 ;so that you may lead the living forever.' 6