Armant stela of Tuthmosis III

NederhofTransliteration and translation for "The Armant stela of Tuthmosis III", following the transcription ofDe Buck (1948), pp. 64-65. Also considered was the drawing of Mond and Myers (1940b), p. 103.The transliteration throughout follows Hannig (1995).For published translations, see Cumming (1982), number 366 (pp. 7-9); Helck (1984), number 366(pp. 12-14); Mond and Myers (1940a), pp. 182-184.

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Oxford, 1962.R. Hannig. Grosses Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch: die Sprache der Pharaonen

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|cOr-BHdtj nTr o# nb pt Dj=f onX |

r1Dd-mdw

|cHorus of Edfu, great god, lord of heaven, may he give life! |

r1Words to be spoken:

Dj.n(=j) n=k onX w#s nb snb nb qnt nXt nb

'I have given you all life and dominion, all health, and all valour and strength.'

|r2MnTw nb W#st |

r3nTr-nfr nb jrt-jXt Mn-Xpr-Ro Dj onX Dt Vnnwt

|r2Month, lord of Thebes. |

r3The good god, lord of action, Menkheperre, given life forever. Tjenenut.

|r4dw#-nTr sp 4 jr=f Dj onX |

r5Dd-mdw

|r4Praising the god four times, so that he may be given life. |

r5Words to be spoken:

Dj.n(=j) n=k onX w#s nb snb nb #wt-jb nb nsyt t#wj

'I have given you all life and dominion, all health, all joy, while the kingship of the Two Lands

Xr=k onX.tj mj Ro |l1Dd-mdw

is under your command. May you live like Re!' |l1Words to be spoken:

Dj.n(=j) n=k HHw nw rnpwt X#swt nbt xr Tbtj=k

'I have given you millions of years, while all foreign lands are under your feet.'

|l3s#-Ro mrj=f EHwtj-msjw Hq#-m#ot Dj onX Dt Jwnyt |

1onX

|l3Son of Re, his beloved, Tuthmosis, ruler of truth, given life forever. Junit. |

1Live

Or K#-nXt Xoj-m-W#st nbtj W#H-nsyt-mj-Ro-m-pt

Horus: Mighty bull appearing in Thebes; Two Ladies: Enduring of kingship like Re in heaven;

Or-nbw Esr-Xow sXm-pHtj

Gold Horus: Sacred of appearance, mighty of strength;

nsw-bjtj nb t#wj nb jrt-jXt Mn-Xpr-Ro

The king of Upper and Lower Egypt, lord of the Two Lands, lord of action: Menkheperre;

s#-Ro n xt=f EHwtj-msjw Hq#-m#ot

Son of Re, of his body: Tuthmosis, ruler of truth,

MnTw nb W#st Hrj-jb Jwnj mry onX(.w) Dt

beloved of Month, lord of Thebes, who lives in Armant (may he live forever!).

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|2rnpt-sp 22 #bd 2 prt sw 10

|2Year 22, second month of the Season of Growing, day 10.

sHwj spw n qnt nXt jr.n nTr pn nfr

A summary of the deeds of valour and strength that this good god performed,

m sp nb mnX n prt-o H#t-o Xr xt tpt

consisting of every excelling deed of bravery since the beginning of the first generation,

jrt.n n=f nb nTrw nb Jwnj

which the lord of the gods, the lord of Armant, did for him,

so# nXtw=f r rDjt |3sDd.tw qnn=f n HHw m rnpwt jw.tj=sn

magnifying his victories to let |3his valour be related for millions of years to come,

Hrw-r spw nw prt-o jr.n Hm=f r trwj

next to the deeds of bravery that His Majesty did continuously.

jr sDd.tw m sp Hr rn=f jw=w oS#(.w) r jrt st m sS

If one were to recount a deed by its name, they would be too numerous to put into writing.

stt|4=f r Dbt Hmt Xt nb tS.w mj Dyt

When he shoots at a copper target, all wood is splintered like a papyrus reed.

oHo.n rDj.n Hm=f mnt jrj m pr Jmn m Hbw n Hmt m qm#

His Majesty offered an example thereof in the temple of Amun, with a target of hammered copper

n Dbo 3 m wmtt Ssr=f jm D#.n=f sw

of three digits in thickness; when he had shot his arrow there,

Dj=f pr Ssp 3 |5Hr-s#=f

he caused protrusion of three palms |5behind it,

r rDjt nHt jmjw-Xt rwDt owj=f m qnt nXt

so as to cause the followers to pray for the proficiency of his arms in valour and strength.

Dd=j n mw1 jrrt=f nn xrt-o nn jwms m-m Xft-Hr n mSo=f tm

I'm telling you what he did, without deception and without lie, in front of his entire army,1Read n mw as n=Tn, following De Buck (1948), p. 127. For a different emendation, see the note concerning

1245.9 on p. 61 of Cumming (1982).

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nn Ts jm n obo jr jry=f |6#t sD#-Hr=f

and there is no word of exaggeration therein. When he spent |6a moment of recreation,

m bHs Hr X#st nb oS# Tnwt nt jnt.n=f

hunting in any foreign land, the quantity that he captured was greater

r bsw.n mSo mj-qd=f jw sm#.n=f m#jw 7 m stt m km n #t

than what the entire army achieved. He slew seven lions by shooting in an instant.

jn.n=f |7xnm n sm#w 12 n wnwt Xpr.n nw n sTj-r# Xbsyt jrw n pH=fj

He captured |7a herd of twelve wild bulls in an hour at the time of breakfast, their tails behind him.

sorq.n=f 120 n #bw Hr X#st nt Njj m jwt=f m Nhrn

He killed 120 elephants in the foreign country of Nija when he came from Naharina.

|8D#.n=f jtrw pxr-wr ptpt.n=f dmjw nw gs=fj

|8He crossed the river Euphrates, and trampled the towns on its banks,

sswn(.w) m Xt r nHH smn=f wD n nXtw Hr gs=f [...]

which were destroyed by fire forever. He erected a stela of victory on its [...] side.

jn.n=f Sqb m stt Hr X#st rst |9v#-stj m-Xt wD#=f r Mjw

He captured a rhinoceros by shooting in the southern land |9of Taseti, after he had gone to Miu

r HHj btn sw m t# pf smn.n=f wD=f jm

to seek out him who had rebelled against him in that land. He erected his stela there

mj jrt.n=f m pHwj [...] n jr Hm=f #bw m wD#w r t# n |10E#hj

as he had done at the ends [...] His Majesty didn't halt while proceeding to the land of |10Djahi

r sm# btnww ntjw jm=s r rDjt jXt n ntj Hr mw=f

to slay the rebels who were there, and to give goods to those who were loyal to him.

mtrw js rnw [...] [...] nbt r sw=s jw jw Hm=f r Tnw |11sp

The names bear witness [...] [...] every [...] at its time. His Majesty returned every |11time,

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hd=f Xpr(.w) m qnt nXt Dj=f wn Kmt m sXrw=s

his attack having succeeded with valour and strength, while he let Egypt be in its state

mj wn Ro jm=s m nsw [...] [...] m Jnbw-HD r sm# X#swt RTnw |12xst

when Re was there as king [...] [...] from Memphis to slay the foreign lands of vile Retjenu,

m sp tpj n nXtw jn Hm=f wp mTn=s sD w#t=s nbt

as the first victory. It was His Majesty who opened its road and who explored its every way

n mS#=f m-Xt jrt [...] Mktj oq.n Hm=f Hr mTn pf |13ntj w# r Hns wrt

for his army after making [...] Megiddo. His Majesty entered upon that road |13that was very narrow,

m tp n mS#=f tm jw X#swt nb sHw.n=sn

at the head of his entire army, while all foreign lands were assembled,

oHo(.w) Hr.w r ro=s [...] |14Xrw bdS.w wtX.w m jfd r dmj=sn

standing prepared at its mouth [...] |14The enemy failed and fled quickly to their town,

Hno wr ntj m [...] [...]|15n=sn Hr sS# [...] jXt jrw Hr psDw=sn

together with the prince who was in [...] They [...] pleading [...] their possessions on their backs.

j.n Hm=f m #wt-jb X#st tn tm.tj m Dt [...]

His Majesty came in joy, since this land was entirely the subject [...]

|16[...] jw m sp wo xr jnw [...]

|16[...] came carrying gifts with one accord [...]

|17[...] rnpt-sp 29 #bd 4 prt sw [...]

|17[...] Year 29, fourth month of the Season of Growing, day [...]

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