
Inscription
Regnal year 23, the first month of Summer, day 15, under
the Majesty of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt Khnemibra,
given life forever:
Dragging the god in peace to the beautiful west, laying
him to rest in his place in the necropolis,
in the place his Majesty had made for him, the like of which
had never been done before, after
all had been done
for him that is done in the place of embalming, for
His Majesty remembered how
Horus had acted for his
father Osiris, making a great sarcophagus of granite,
for His Majesty found
that it had not been made in
precious stone by any king of any time,
making a garment
of mysterious fabric of [the holy places] Resnet and
Mehnet, granting
him all his amulets and ornaments
of gold and every precious stone, they being more beautiful
than
what had been made before, for His Majesty loved
the living Apis more than any king. The Majesty of this god went forth to
heaven in regnal year 23,
the third month of Winter, Day 6. He was born in regnal
year 5,
the first month of Inundation, day 7. He was
inducted into the house of Ptah in the second month
of Summer, day 18. The beautiful
lifetime of this
god was 18 years, 1 month, and 6 days.
Amasis, given life and dominion forever, made (it) for
him.
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