g orders. I
directed the artificers who were engaged on the work of the shrine (?)
of Truth, the framework of the doors of which was of silver-gold, made
by Maatkara, &c. I performed the office of chief mouth, giving orders. I
directed the artificers who were engaged on the works of
Tcheser-Tcheseru,[3] the Temple of Millions of Years, the great doors of
which were made of copper inlaid with figures in silver-gold, which was
made by Maatkara, &c. I performed the office of chief mouth, giving
orders. I directed the artificers who were engaged on the work of
Khakhut, the great sanctuary of Amen, his horizon in Amen-tet, whereof
all the doors [were made] of real cedar wood inlaid (or overlaid) with
bronze, made by Maatkara, &c. I performed the office of chief mouth,
giving orders. I directed the artificers who were engaged on the works
of the House of Amen, it shall flourish to all eternity! whereof the
pavement was inlaid with blocks of gold and silver, and its beauties
were like unto those of the horizon of heaven, made by Maatkara, &c. I
performed the office of chief mouth, giving orders. I directed the
artificers who were engaged on the work of the great shrine, which was
made of ebony from Kenset (Nubia), with a broad, high base, having
steps, made of translucent alabaster [from the quarry] of Het-nub, made
by Maatkara, &c. I performed the office of chief mouth, giving orders. I
directed the artificers who were engaged on the works of the Great House
of the god, which was plated with silver in which figures were inlaid
in gold--its splendour lighted up the faces of all who beheld it--made
by Maatkara, &c. I performed the office of chief mouth, giving orders. I
directed the artificers who were engaged on the work of the great broad,
high doors of the temple of Karnak, which were covered with plates of
copper inlaid with figures in silver-gold, made by Maatkara, &c. I
performed the office of chief mouth, giving orders. I directed the
artificers who were engaged on the work of the holy necklaces and
pectorals, and on the large talismans of the great sanctuary, which were
made of silver-gold and many different kinds of precious stones, made by
Maatkara, &c. I performed the office of chief mouth, giving orders. I
directed the artificers who were engaged on the works in connection with
the two great obelisks, [each of which] was one hundred and eight cubits
in height (about 162 feet) and was plated with silver-gold, the
bril