case, there being with me only the Chief Justice
and the Governor of the town ... in the name of the king, of the royal
household, and of the Six Great Houses. The heart of the king was more
satisfied with me than with any other of his high officials, or any of
his nobles, or any of his servants. I asked the Majesty of [my] Lord to
permit a white stone sarcophagus to be brought for me from Raau.[1] His
Majesty made the keeper of the royal seal, assisted by a body of
workmen, bring this sarcophagus over from Raau in a barge, and he came
bringing with it in a large boat, which was the property of the king,
the cover of the sarcophagus, the slabs for the door, and the slabs for
the setting of the stele, and a pair of stands for censers (?), and a
tablet for offerings. Never before was the like of this done for any
servant. [He did this for me] because I was perfect in the heart of His
Majesty, because I was acceptable to the heart of His Majesty, and
because the heart of His Majesty was satisfied with me.

[Footnote 1: On the east bank, opposite Memphis,]

"Behold, I was 'judge belonging to Nekhen' when His Majesty made me a
_smer uat_, and overseer of the estates of Pharaoh, and ... of the four
overseers of the estate of Pharaoh who were there. I performed my duties
in such a way as to secure His Majesty's approval, both when the Court
was in residence and when it was travelling, and in appointing officials
for duty. I acted in such a way that His Majesty praised me for my work
above everything. During the secret inquiry which was made in the king's
household concerning the Chief Wife Amtes, His Majesty made me enter to
hear the case by myself. There was no Chief Justice there, and no Town
Governor, and no nobleman, only myself, and this was because I was able
and acceptable to the heart of His Majesty, and because the heart of His
Majesty was filled with me. I did the case into writing, I alone, with
only one judge belonging to Nekhen, and yet my rank was only that of
overseer of the estates of Pharaoh. Never before did a man of my rank
hear the case of a secret of the royal household, and His Majesty only
made me hear it because I was more perfect to the heart of His Majesty
than any officer of his, or any nobleman of his, or any servant of his.

"His Majesty had to put down a revolt of the Aamu dwellers on the
sand.[1] His Majesty collected an army of many thousands strong in the
South everywhere, beyond Abu (Elephan