Long _life_ to _the gracious god, Ramses II_! Long _life_ to _the gracious god, Ramses II_! Long _life_ to _the gracious god, Ramses II_! Long _life_ to _the gracious god, Ramses II_! _The gracious god, lord_ {78} and _maker of things, _Râ-Hor-Khuti, the lord king, lord of the two of the two countries, countries, Thothmes III., giving him all life._ giving eternal life._ _The powerful_ and _glorious bull in Thebes, _Pouring out libation to the Sun's offspring, receive from him life._ Thothmes III._ Behold Pharaoh! He is Behold Pharaoh! He is Behold Pharaoh! He is _the heavenly Horus, _the heavenly Horus, _the heavenly Horus, the powerful bull, lifting the white the powerful bull, the beloved of Mâ._ crown, beloved of Râ._ son of Râ._ ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | He is _the king of He is _the king of He is _the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Upper and Lower Egypt, Upper and Lower Egypt, Ramses II., the lord Thothmes III., the Ramses II., the lord of the festivals like golden Horus, rejoic- of the Vulture_ and his father Ptah._ He ing in_ his _strength, _Uræus diadems, who is _the Sun's off- the vanquisher of the protects Egypt_ and spring, Ramses II._ princes of the count- _smites_ all _the_ whom _Râ has begotten ries which are dist- foreign _nations._ He in order to gladden ant._ He did this is _the Sun's off- Heliopolis_ and _fill_ _because_ his _father spring, Ramses II., her _sanctuaries_ with Râ had_ so _commanded a king_ whose _hands treasures. It is he him,_ and had given have done warlike _who brought forth him _victories over deeds in full view of himself_ as _lord of the entire world_, and the entire world._ He the two countries, had placed _an abund- is _the lord of the Ramses II., the Sun's ance of power on his two countries, Ramses offspring. Ramses II., arm, so that he might II., the Sun's off- who gives all life enlarge the boundaries spring, Ramses II., now_ and forever. of Egypt._ This was who gives all life done by _the Sun's now_ and forever. offspring, Thothmes III., who gives all life forever._ Long _life_ to _the gracious god, Ramses II_! Long _life_ to _the gracious god, Ramses II_! Long _life_ to _the gracious god, Ramses II_! Long _life_ to _the gracious god, Ramses II_! {79}CHAPTER VII NOTES ON THE TRANSLATION AND THE CRABS.