Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology

Nov. 7] SOCIETYOKBIBLICALARCHEOLOGY. [1893.

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In line 4, both (I and (1 ,wwv< have beenerased, but the
latterwas subsequently renewed. I am not clear as to the meaning
of mh-abn KaS r dadas. A possible translationis " Delighting [the
King]as regards Ethiopia beyondwhatshe produces," i.e., more
eventhanthe products of Ethiopiadelighthim. Or it may be, " The
delightof Ethiopia beyond her products," whichwould implythat
the prince was more esteemed in Ethiopia thanthe native riches
which the country produced.* The royal prince,in whose name
the stele is inscribed, is presumably the Amenophis of Lepsius,
Denkmiiler, III, 69 a,t whom one would naturally take to be the
futureAmenophisIII.
IV. A plain wingeddisk surmounts the following legends: —

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Evenwiththe help of a squeezing, the signs terminatingeachof the

horizontallinesare very indistinct. Below6^, may be V ; ^^f" is

quiteuncertain. "Thenorthernboundaryof the territory (?) of the

chief-priest(? of Horus)." But what follows? Is it the dimensions

* A somewhat similarphraseis that of Louvrc C. 2

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• Vide alsoBrugschand Bouriant, Livredes Rois, No. 345.
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