ntly from _Alasiya_, contains a list of
presents, including five wooden thrones (or chairs), objects of silver, a
wooden footstool, and a weight of one _manah_ of some other substance.

CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS AND HIERATIC PAPYRI

Translated by Various Egyptologists

The Great Tablet Of Rameses II At Abu-Simbel

Translated by Edouard Naville

In the great temple of Abu-Simbel, between two pillars of the first hall,
there is a large tablet, which has been added, evidently, a long time
after the completion of the temple. This tablet, which is the object of
the present translation, is covered with a text of thirty-seven lines,
containing a speech of the god Ptah Totunen to the King Rameses II, and
the answer of the King.

It was very likely considered by the kings of Egypt to be a remarkable
piece of literature, as it has been repeated, with slight alterations, on
the pylons of the temple of Medinet-Habu, built by Rameses III. The
tablet, which is decaying rapidly, has been published three times: first,
by Burton, in the "_Excerpta Hieroglyphica_," pl. 60; then from the copies
of Champollion, in the "_Monuments de l'Egypte et de la Nubie_," I, pl.
38; and, finally, by Lepsius, "_Denkmaeler_," III, pl. 193. The inscription
of Medinet-Habu has been copied and published by M. Duemichen, in his
"_Historische Inschriften_," I, pl. 7-10, and by M. Jacques de Rouge, in
his "_Inscriptions recueillis en Egypte_," II, pl. 131-138.

I am not aware that any complete translation of this long text has been
made. The first part has been translated into German by Mr. Duemichen
("_Die Flotte einer AEgyptischen Koenigin_," _Einleitung_), from the text at
Medinet-Habu; a portion of it is also to be found in Brugsch, "_AEgyptische
Geschichte_," p. 538. The present translation I have made from the tablet,
which, being more ancient than the inscription, is very likely to be the
original. It contains an interesting allusion to the marriage of Rameses
with a daughter of the King of the Kheta. The inscription at Medinet-Habu,
which is written more carefully than the tablet, and with less
abbreviations, has given me a clue to several obscure passages of the
ancient text.

The tablet is surmounted by a cornice, with the winged disk. Underneath,
the god Totunen is seen standing, and before him Rameses, who strikes with
his mace a group of enemies whom he holds by the hair. Behind the