The remainder, including a note for the King’s scribe, is too broken to read. 17 B.—A mere fragment, apparently from _Alasiya_, contains a list of presents, including five wooden thrones (or chairs), objects of silver, a wooden footstool, and a weight of one _manah_ of some other substance. CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS AND HIERATIC PAPYRI Translated by Various Egyptologists The Great Tablet Of Rameses II At Abu-Simbel Translated by Edouard Naville In the great temple of Abu-Simbel, between two pillars of the first hall, there is a large tablet, which has been added, evidently, a long time after the completion of the temple. This tablet, which is the object of the present translation, is covered with a text of thirty-seven lines, containing a speech of the god Ptah Totunen to the King Rameses II, and the answer of the King. It was very likely considered by the kings of Egypt to be a remarkable piece of literature, as it has been repeated, with slight alterations, on the pylons of the temple of Medinet-Habu, built by Rameses III. The tablet, which is decaying rapidly, has been published three times: first, by Burton, in the “_Excerpta Hieroglyphica_,” pl. 60; then from the copies of Champollion, in the “_Monuments de l’Egypte et de la Nubie_,” I, pl. 38; and, finally, by Lepsius, “_Denkmäler_,” III, pl. 193. The inscription of Medinet-Habu has been copied and published by M. Duemichen, in his “_Historische Inschriften_,” I, pl. 7-10, and by M. Jacques de Rougé, in his “_Inscriptions recueillis en Egypte_,” II, pl. 131-138. I am not aware that any complete translation of this long text has been made. The first part has been translated into German by Mr. Duemichen (“_Die Flotte einer Ægyptischen Königin_,” _Einleitung_), from the text at Medinet-Habu; a portion of it is also to be found in Brugsch, “_Ægyptische Geschichte_,” p. 538. The present translation I have made from the tablet, which, being more ancient than the inscription, is very likely to be the original. It contains an interesting allusion to the marriage of Rameses with a daughter of the King of the Kheta. The inscription at Medinet-Habu, which is written more carefully than the tablet, and with less abbreviations, has given me a clue to several obscure passages of the ancient text. The tablet is surmounted by a cornice, with the winged disk. Underneath, the god Totunen is seen standing, and before him Rameses, who strikes with his mace a group of enemies whom he holds by the hair. Behind the god are the ovals of six foreign nations, most likely Asiatics: _Auentem_, _Hebuu_, _Tenfu_, _Temuu_, _Hetau_, _Emtebelu_. The inscription above the god is as follows: