sa Râ Men-kheper-Râ son (of) · Râ · Thothmes III. _i. e._ This is _the powerful_ and _glorious bull_ [king] _in Thebes, the Sun's offspring, Thothmes III._ The term [glyphs] NEB TAUI "lord of the two countries" is the usual title of Pharaoh. The two countries referred to are Upper and Lower Egypt, which are still and have been from time immemorial the two provinces of Egypt. The word seems, however, to imply still more. In the pompous wording of the Pharaonic monuments it expresses the grand title of the Roman emperors: lord of the Universe.--The [glyphs] DU ÂNKH ZETA "who gives eternal life" calls attention to the king's power over the life and death of all his subjects. As he himself received life from the gods, so he bestowed it on his people at pleasure.--[glyphs] QA NEKHT "the powerful bull" is a truly Oriental expression for "the mighty hero", the bull being a symbol of strength and power. The same king is addressed by the deity in his victory-stelé, already alluded to on page 31, in the following words: [glyphs] DU·A MA SEN HEN·K EM QA RENP MEN AB SPUT ÂBUI NEN HAN·TU·F "_I let them behold your majesty like a young and stout-hearted bull whetting his horns; none can escape him._"--[glyphs] US "Thebes" was the capital of Upper Egypt and the seat of government at that time.--[glyphs] SA RÂ "the son of Râ" is the usual title of Pharaoh which has already been explained on page 31. The four columns to the right above the god bear the following legend: du ânkh· f neb Râ-Hor-khuti {49} giving · life · him · all · Râ-Hor-Khuti · nuter â neb taui (neb ta neb ta) the god · great · lord (of the) two countries. _i. e._ This is _Ra-Hor-Khuti, the great god, the lord of the two countries_ [Egypt], _who gives him_ [the king] _all life_. Between the god and the sphinx-king we read these words referring to the libation brought by the king: er du·t arp for · a gift · wine. _i. e._ _As a gift_ (the king brings an offering of) _wine._ [glyphs] RÂ-HOR-KHUTI "_the sun, the hawk of the horizon_" is the name of the sun-god when in his full power at noon (see page 30).--The names of all kings are always written in oval rings called _cartouches_, to distinguish them more readily from other words and names in the inscriptions. The usual "divine" title of Thothmes III. is [glyphs] MEN-KHEPER-RÂ (the first sign being read last), which means "_the stable_ and _creative sun_". His family name, in its simplest form, is [glyphs] DEHUTI-MESES "_child of Thoth_". There are as many as 12 variants (or different readings) of this cartouche, prominent and somewhat odd among them being the following: Dehuti-meses-nefer-kheperu Dehuti-meses-heq-Us Dehuti-mes Thoth's child, of beautiful Thoth's child, lord of Thoth's child. form. Thebes.