doing what
thy Lord ordereth, and wisheth, and praiseth. And His Majesty will
confer on thee so many splendid honours, which shall give renown to thy
grandson for ever, that all the people shall say when they have heard
what [my] Majesty hath done for thee, "Was there ever anything like this
that hath been done for the _smer uat_ Herkhuf when he came back from
Amam because of the sagacity (or attention) which he displayed in doing
what his Lord commanded, and wished for, and praised?" Come down the
river at once to the Capital. Bring with thee this pygmy whom thou hast
brought from the Land of the Spirits, alive, strong, and healthy, to
dance the dance of the god, and to cheer and gratify the heart of the
King of the South and North, Neferkara, the everliving. When he cometh
down with thee in the boat, cause trustworthy men to be about him on
both sides of the boat, to prevent him from falling into the water. When
he is asleep at night cause trustworthy men to sleep by his side on his
bedding. See [that he is there] ten times [each] night. [My] Majesty
wisheth to see this pygmy more than any offering of the countries of Ba
and Punt. If when thou arrivest at the Capital, this pygmy who is with
thee is alive, and strong, and in good health, [My] Majesty will confer
upon thee a greater honour than that which was conferred upon the bearer
of the seal Baurtet in the time of Assa, and as great is the wish of
[My] Majesty to see this pygmy orders have been brought to the _smer_,
the overseer of the priests, the governor of the town ... to arrange
that rations for him shall be drawn from every station of supply, and
from every temple without....

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AMENI AMENEMHAT

This inscription is cut in hieroglyphs on the doorposts of the tomb of
Ameni at Beni-hasan in Upper Egypt. It is dated in the forty-third year
of the reign of Usertsen I, a king of the twelfth dynasty, about 2400
B.C. After giving the date and a list of his titles, Ameni says:

"I followed my Lord when he sailed to the South to overthrow his enemies
in the four countries of Nubia. I sailed to the south as the son of a
duke, and as a bearer of the royal seal, and as a captain of the troops
of the Nome of Mehetch, and as a man who took the place of his aged
father, according to the favour which he enjoyed in the king's house and
the love that was his at Court. I passed through Kash in sailing to the
South. I set the frontier of E