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(1) Year 8, ist month [of Peret, Day 2, under the Majesty of: Horus-Falcon], Strong Bull,
Appearing in Thebes, (2) Bringing life to Both [Lands; Nebty-Ruler, Renewing birth,
Powerful of arm, Subduing the nine bows; Golden-Horus], Repeating epiphanies, (3)
Rich in [forces in all lands; King of Southern and Northern Egypt, Menmare, Son of
Re], Sethos I Merenptah, (4) given life [like Re forever]. [(Long) live the Good god, the
x of y.....] Sovereign (5) rich in splendour(?), [...............]; [Mighty?] in marvels, who
secures [the land by his good counsels?], (6) [.....................- | (7) init, [............... | the
land. [?? .............. (8) 1........................ 1, (9) [......... ] their (10) [................ ]
turquoise. [Lines 11-14 all lost except for merest traces............ |.
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In front of the official
(D) rdj j3w n B=k [...] m [...] rj |...] ntr [9] [... ... 1178 n] [...] (2) n nb B.wj Jmn-(m-)h2.t [...]
Giving praise to your spirit, ........ [?great] god, [?for the spirit of the official of] the Lord
of Both Lands, Amenemhat.
Framing text
(I) "jn! 93=f sh rn[=f] hrj-pd.t Jmn-m-jp.t "3 (2) hnm.t! R-ms-sw mrj-Jmn dj nh
It is his son who perpetuates [his] name, (even) Amenemope, Troop-commander of the
Well of Ramesses II, given life.
Text edition:
Weill, R. Recueil des inscriptions du Sinaï. Société nouvelle de librairie et d’édition, Paris,
1904, 211-212.
Gardiner, A. H. — Peet, T. E. The Inscriptions of Sinai. Part I. Introduction and Plates. Egypt
Exploration Fund, London, 1917, pl. LXVIII, LXIX, LXXI
Gardiner, A. H. — Peet, T. E. — Cerny, J. The Inscriptions of Sinai. Part I. Introduction and
Plates. Egypt Exploration Society, London, 1952’, pl. LIXIII
Kitchen, K. A. Ramesside Inscriptions. Historical and Biographical. Vol. 1. B. H. Blackwell,
Oxford, 1975, 62-63.
Kitchen, K. A. Ramesside Inscriptions. Historical and Biographical. Vol. II. B. H. Blackwell,
Oxford, 1979, 341.