a balance as against weights; thy punishment of me is already threefold.  Leave the seed, and thou shalt find it again in due season.  Dig not up the young root which is about to put forth shoots.  Thy Ka and the terror of thee are in my body, and the fear of thee is in my bones.  I have not sat in the house of drinking beer, and no one hath brought to me the harp.  I have only eaten the bread which hunger demanded, and I have only drunk the water needed [to slake] my thirst.  From the day in which thou didst hear my name misery hath been in my bones, and my head hath lost its hair.  My apparel shall be rags until Neith[3] is at peace with me.  Thou hast brought on me the full weight of misery; O turn thou thy face towards me, for, behold, this year hath separated my Ka from me.  Purge thy servant of his rebellion.  Let my goods be received into thy treasury, gold, precious stones of all kinds, and the finest of my horses, and let these be my indemnity to thee for everything.  I beseech thee to send an envoy to me quickly, so that he may make an end of the fear that is in my heart.  Verily I will go into the temple, and in his presence I will purge myself, and swear an oath of allegiance to thee by the God.”  And Piankhi sent to him General Puarma and General Petamennebnesttaui, and Tafnekht loaded them with gold, and silver, and raiment, and precious stones, and he went into the temple and took an oath by the God that he would never again disobey the king, or make war on a neighbour, or invade his territory without Piankhi’s knowledge.  So Piankhi was satisfied and forgave him.  After this the town of Crocodilopolis tendered its submission, and Piankhi was master of all Egypt.  Then two Governors of the South and two Governors of the North came and smelt the ground before Piankhi, and these were followed by all the kings and princes of the North, “and their legs were [weak] like those of women.”  As they were uncircumcised and were eaters of fish they could not enter the king’s palace; only one, Nemart, who was ceremonially pure, entered the palace.  Piankhi was now tired of conquests, and he had all the loot which he had collected loaded on his barges, together with goods from Syria and the Land of the God, and he sailed up the river towards Nubia.  The people on both banks rejoiced at the sight of His Majesty, and they sang hymns of praise to him as he journeyed southwards, and acclaimed him as the Conqueror of Egypt.  They also invoked blessings on his father and mother, and wished him long life.  When he returned to Gebel Barkal (Napata) he had the account of his invasion and conquest of Egypt cut upon a large grey granite stele about 6 feet high and 4 feet 8 inches wide, and set up in his temple, among the ruins of which it was discovered accidentally by an Egyptian officer who was serving in the Egyptian Sudan in 1862.

[Footnote 1:  The war-god of Ombos in Upper Egypt.]

[Footnote 2:  The war-god of Hermonthis in Upper Epypt.]