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Transliteration and translation for the &quot;lion-hunt&quot; scarab
of Amenophis III, series C, following C 30 (plate 15) of
Blankenberg-Van Delden (1969).

Part of this text is also given on p. 66 of De Buck (1948).

For published translations, see Blankenberg-Van Delden (1969), p.
17-18; Breasted (1906), pp. 346-347, § 865; Davies (1992), number 579D
(pp. 37-38); Helck (1961), number 579D (p. 235).

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C. Blankenberg-Van Delden. <i>The Large Commemorative Scarabs of
Amenhotep III</i>. E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1969.

J.H. Breasted. <i>Ancient Records of Egypt -- Volume II</i>. The
University of Chicago Press, 1906.

B.G. Davies. <i>Egyptian Historical Records of the Later Eighteenth
Dynasty -- Fascicle IV</i>. Aris and Phillips, Warminster, 1992.

A. De Buck. <i>Egyptian Readingbook</i>. Ares Publishers, Chicago,
Illinois, 1948.

R. Hannig. <i>Grosses Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch: die Sprache
der Pharaonen (2800-950 v.Chr.)</i>. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1995.

W. Helck. <i>Urkunden der 18. Dynastie -- Übersetzung zu den Heften
17-22</i>. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1961.

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<1> anx
;
<1> Live

^Hr ^kA-nxt ^xaj-m-mAat
;
Horus: Mighty bull appearing in truth;

<2> nbtj ^smn-hpw sgrH-tAwj
;
<2> Two Ladies: Who establishes laws, who pacifies the Two Lands;

<3> ^Hr-nbw ^aA-xpS Hwj-^sTtjw
;
<3> Gold Horus: Great of strength, who smites the Asiatics;

nsw-bjtj <4> ^nb-mAat-^ra
;
The king of Upper and Lower Egypt: <4> Nebmaatre;

sA-^ra ^jmn-Htp HqA-^wAst
;
Son of Re: Amenophis, ruler of Thebes,

Dj anx
;
given life,

<5> Hmt-nsw wrt ^tjy anx.tj
;
<5> and the great king's wife Tiy (may she live!).

rxt mAw <6> jn.n Hm=f m stt=f Ds=f
;
Number of lions <6> brought by His Majesty from his own shooting,

SAa-<7>m rnpt-sp 1 nfryt rnpt-sp 10
;
from year 1 until year 10:

mA <8> HsA 102
;
102 fierce lions.
