[132] Tafnekht, stripped of his grandeur after his defeat at Heracleopolis, is reduced to the rank of "Chief of the Me in Sais." [133] The first month of the season of inundation, and of the Egyptian year. [134] Hermopolis. [135] To be taken of course in a general sense, referring to the majestic and terrible aspect of the King. [136] _I. e._, "It has taken a full year," etc. [137] Or, "They were sorely and grievously beaten with blows." [138] _I. e._, the King. [139] Here there is a lacuna of sixteen short lines in the inscription. [140] Apparently Piankhy is addressing Nemart. [141] The meaning is not clear; but there seems to be a reference to the diminution of the adult population by prolonged wars. [142] _Khmenu_ means eight. Thoth, in late times at any rate, combined the powers of the eight gods who accompanied him. He was sometimes called "twice great," sometimes "eight times great" = 2^3, an arithmetical term especially indicated by the Greek name [Greek: Hermes Trismhegistos]. [143] A "jubilee" after a thirty-years' reign; the expression is therefore equivalent to wishing the King a thirty-years' reign. The soldiers represent the King as the god Horus come to claim his own land. [144] Music, dancing, etc. [145] An oath. [146] Karnak. [147] The underworld. [148] The stars of the northern hemisphere; see Maspero's 'Dawn of Civilization' p. 94. By Harakhti, the sun is probably meant. [149] The mouth of the barrier, _i. e._, the entrance into the Faiyum. The name El Lahun is derived from Rahent; and the city Per-sekhem-kheper-ra, "The house of Usorkon I.," must have been at or close to the modern village of El Lahun. [150] Set, the god of physical strength. [151] Athet-taui (Lisht?) was the boundary of Upper and Lower Egypt, and probably lay in both of them. "The gods who are in this city" of the next paragraph are doubtless kings of the XIIth Dynasty as presiding deities of the place, this royal Residence having apparently been founded by Amenenhat I. Compare p. 5238. [152] Ra, the first King of Egypt, was fabled to have resided at Heliopolis; Shu his son and successor at Memphis. The city is called sometimes Anbuhez, "white wall," sometimes Men-nefer, after the pyramid of Pepy I. [153] "South of his wall," an epithet of Ptah, god of Memphis. [154] It is difficult to see what is meant by this. Possibly Tafnekht was proposing to bribe the Northern chiefs into continuing the war, by giving up his recently acquired claims as suzerain. [155] Or "very early." [156] Perhaps "Let us put these things at intervals." [157] The boats were floating on a level with the top of the quay.