TD18-2
La estela de Amada de Amenofis II
Texto jeroglfico: Urkunden IV, 1287 - 1299
Traduccin: ARE II, 791 - 798
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Year 3, third month of the third season (eleventh month),
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under the majesty of [the Horus: Strong Bull, Great in vigor;
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Two Ladies Rich in Splendor, Arisen in Thebes;
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Gold-Horus: Who conquers all lands by his might;
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the Good God: Who makes things; the King of Upper and Lower Egypt: Aakheprure;
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The real son of Re, his beloved, the Lord of all foreign country: Amenhotep, Divine ruler of On.
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beloved of Harakhte and Amon, lord of Thebes,
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(2)
Good God, creation of Re, sovereign who came forth from the body, mighty;
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likeness of Horus upon the throne of his father;
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great in strength, whose like does not exist; of whom a second is not found.
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He is a king very weighty of arm;
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there is not one who can draw his bow among his army among the hill-country sheiks
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(or) among the princes of Retenu,
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because his strength is so much greater than (that of) any king who has ever existed;
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raging like a panther, when he courses through the battlefield;
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there is none fighting before him;
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an archer mighty in smiting; a wall protecting Egypt;
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firm of heart, in the hour of conflict;
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trampling down those who rebel against him;
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instantly
prevailing against all the barbarians with people and horses, when they came with myriads of men,
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while they knew not that Amon-Re was his ally,
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(nor) that he would be seen to approach instantly, strength in his limbs;
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likeness of Min in the year of terror. There is not one that saves himself from him;
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he makes a slaughter among his enemies, the Nine Bows likewise.
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All lands and all rebellious countries pay him impost,
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for he is a king .
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There is not one who makes a boundary with him; (but) they live by his breath.
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King of kings, ruler of rulers, who captures the boundaries of ;
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the only mighty one, whose fame is exalted until Re in heaven knows it,
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(and) the one who faces him in the day of smiting.
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There is no boundary made for him toward all countries united, (or) toward all lands together;
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(but) they fall instantly because of his flaming crest, like .
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There is none among them that escapes from the overthrow,
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like the foes of Bastet on the road of Ir-Amon [i.e. begotten of Amon].
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It is a happy chance for all those who know
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that he is his real son, who came forth from (his) limbs,
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one with him, in order to rule that which the sun encircles,
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all the lands, and countries which he knew, that he might seize them immediately with victory and power.
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He is a king with heart favorable to the buildings of all gods,
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being one who builds their temples (and) fashions their statues.
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The divine offerings are established for the first time, loaves and beer in plenty and (xt-aA) fowl in multitude
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as a daily offering every day, forever;
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large cattle and small cattle at their seasons, without .
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He gave the house to its lord, supplied with everything,
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with oxen, calves, young cattle, fowl [without] limit,
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this temple being supplied throughout with loaves and wine.
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He established revenues for the first time [for] (his) fathers, the gods,
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to be seen of the people, to be known of all.
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Behold, his majesty beautified [i.e. with inscriptions] the temple which his father, King Menkheperre, had made
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for (his) fathers, all the gods,
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built of stone as an everlasting work.
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The walls around it are of brick, the doors of [cedar of the best] of the Terraces;
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the doorways are of sandstone,
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in order that the great name of his father, the Son of Re, Thutmose, may remain in this temple forever and ever.
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The majesty of this Good God, King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Lord of the Two Lands, Okheprure, extended the line
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and loosened the for all the fathers, [the gods],
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making for it [the temple] a great pylon of sandstone opposite the hall
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of the sacred chamber in the august dwelling;
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surrounded by columns of sandstone as an everlasting work;
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many tables with vessels of silver and bronze,
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oblation-standards, altars, fire-pans, oblation-vessels, oblation-tablets, .
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Then his majesty caused that this tablet should be made
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and set up in this temple in the place of the Station of the King [his ceremonial position],
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and engraved with the great name of the Lord of the Two Lands, the Son of Re, Amenhotep,
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in the house of the fathers, the gods,
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after the return of his majesty from Retenu the Upper, having overthrown all his enemies,
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extending the boundaries of Egypt, on the first victorious campaign.
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When his majesty returned with joy of heart to his father, Amon,
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he slew with his own weapon the seven princes, who had been in the district of Tikhsi,
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and had been placed head downward at the prow of his majestys barge,
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the name of which was: Okheprure-is-the-Establisher-of-the-Two-Lands.
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One hanged the six men of those fallen ones, before the wall of Thebes;
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those hands likewise.
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Then the other fallen one was taken up-river to Nubia
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and hanged on the wall of Napata,
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in order to cause to be manifest the victories of his majesty, forever and ever
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in all lands and countries of the land of the Negro;
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since he had taken the Southerners and bound the Northerners,
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the back-lands of the whole earth, upon which Re shines;
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that he might make his boundary as far as he desired, none opposing his hands,
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according to the command of his father Re, Amon-Re, lord of Thebes;
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in order that the Son of Re, of his body, his beloved, Amenhotep, divine ruler of Heliopolis,
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might be given life, stability, satisfaction, joy of heart, through him, like Re, forever and ever.
