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Past Exhibitions | Pharaohs | Hieroglyphics | Inscription

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.

Translation by LMB

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