ptured in addition to those I had already carried to His Majesty, and
the king appointed me to be "Ahatiu-en-Heq" (_i.e._ "Warrior of the
Princes," or "Crown-warrior"). I transported the King of the South, the
King of the North, Aakheperkara, whose word is truth, when he sailed up
the river to Khent-hen-nefer, to put down the rebellion in Khet land,
and to put an end to the incursions of the people of Asemt. I fought
with great bravery in his presence in the troubled water during the
towing (?) of the fighting barges over the rapids(?), and the king made
me the "Captain of the Transport." His Majesty, life, strength, health
[be to him!] ... raged like a panther, he shot his first arrow, [which]
remained in the neck of the vanquished foe ... [the enemies] were
helpless before the flaming serpent on his crown; [thus] were they made
in the hour of defeat and slaughter, and their slaves were brought back
prisoners alive. Returning His Majesty sailed down the river having all
the mountains and deserts in his hand. And that accursed Anti of Nubia
was hung up head downwards, at the prow of the boat of His Majesty, and
[then] placed on the ground in the Apts (_i.e._ Karnak). After these
things the king set out on an expedition against Rethenu (Northern
Syria), to avenge himself on foreign lands. His Majesty went forth
against Neharina, where he found that the wretched enemy had set his
warriors in battle array. His Majesty defeated them with great
slaughter, and those who were captured alive and brought back by him
from his wars could not be counted. And behold, I was the captain of our
soldiers, and His Majesty saw my deeds of might. I brought out of the
fight a chariot with its horses, and he who had been driving it was
fettered prisoner inside it, and I carried them to His Majesty, who gave
me a gift of gold, a twofold portion. Then I waxed old, and I arrived at
a great age, and the favours [bestowed upon] me were as [many as those]
at the beginning [of my life] ... a tomb in the mountain which I myself
have made.

[Footnote 1: The "Upper Pool," site unknown.]

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AAHMES (AMASIS),
SURNAMED PEN-NEKHEB

This inscription is cut in hieroglyphs upon the walls of the tomb of
Aahmes at Al-Kab in Upper Egypt. Aahmes was a contemporary of Aahmes the
transport officer, and served under several of the early kings of the
eighteenth dynasty. The text reads:

The Erpa, the