ger occupied it. Horus took
Harmhabi with him to Thebes, escorted him thither amid expressions of
general joy, and led him to Amon in order that the god might bestow upon
him the right to reign. The reception took place in the temple of
Luxor, which served as a kind of private chapel for the descendants of
Amenothes. Amon rejoiced to see Harmhabi, the heir of the two worlds;
he took him with him to the royal palace, introduced him into the
apartments of his august daughter, Mutnozmit; then, after she had
recognised her child and had pressed him to her bosom, all the gods
broke out into acclamations, and their cries ascended up to heaven.**

* The fragments of the tomb preserved at Leyden show him
leading to the Pharaoh Asiatics and Ethiopians, burthened
with tribute. The expressions and titles given above are
borrowed from the fragments at Gizeh.

** Owing to a gap, the text cannot be accurately translated
at this point. The reading can be made out that Amon "betook
himself to the palace, placing the prince before him, as far
as the sanctuary of his (Amon's) daughter, the very
august...; she poured water on his hands, she embraced the
beauties (of the prince), she placed herself before him." It
will be seen that the name of the daughter of Amon is
wanting, and Birch thought that a terrestrial princess whom
Harmhabi had married was in question, Miifcnozmit, according
to Brugsch. If the reference is not to a goddess, who along
with Amon took part in the ceremonies, but to Mutnozmit, we
must come to the conclusion that she, as heir and queen by
birth, must have ceded her rights by some ritual to her son
before he could be crowned.

"Behold, Amon arrives with his son before him, at the palace, in order
to put upon his head the diadem, and to prolong the length of his life!
We install him, therefore, in his office, we give to him the insignia of
Ea, we pray Amon for him whom he has brought as our protector: may he as
king have the festivals of Ea and the years of Horus; may he accomplish
his good pleasure in Thebes, in Heliopolis, in Memphis, and may he
add to the veneration with which these cities are invested." And
they immediately decided that the new Pharaoh should be called
Horus-sturdy-bull, mighty in wise projects, lord of the Vulture and of
the very marvellous Urseus in Thebes, the conquering Horus who takes
pleasure in the