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Transliteration and translation for &quot;Second Semneh stela of
Sesostris III&quot;. Berlin 1157, following Lepsius (1849-1859), p.
136.

Other transcriptions are Sethe (1924), pp. 83-84; Aegyptische
Inschriften (1913), number 1157, pp. 257-258.

The transliteration throughout follows Hannig (1995).

For a published translation, see Breasted (1906), pp. 294-297, §§
653-660; Lichtheim (1975), pp. 118-120.

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<i>Aegyptische Inschriften aus den Königlichen Museen zu Berlin --</i>
<i>Volume 1</i>. Leipzig, 1913.

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

R.O. Faulkner. <i>A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian</i>.
Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1962.

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

C. R. Lepsius, <i>Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien</i>, Band IV,
Abtheilung II, 1849-1859.

M. Lichtheim. <i>Ancient Egyptian Literature -- Volume I: The Old and
Middle Kingdoms</i>. University of California Press, 1975.

K. Sethe. <i>Aegyptische Lesestücke</i>. J.C. Hinrichs'sche
Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 1924.

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<1> anx
;
<1> Live

^Hr ^nTrj-xprw
;
Horus: Divine of being;

nbtj ^nTrj-mswt
;
Two Ladies: Divine of birth;

<@0>nsw-bjtj ^xaj-kAw-^ra
;
The king of Upper and Lower Egypt: Khakaure,

Dj anx
;
given life;

<2> ^bjk-nbw ^anx-xpr
;
<2> Gold Horus: Living of being;

sA-^ra n Xt=f mr=f nb tAwj ^s-n-^wsrt
;
Son of Re, of his body, his beloved, lord of the Two Lands: Sesostris,

Dj anx Dd wAs Dt
;
given life, stability and dominion forever.

<3> rnpt-sp 16 Abd 3
;
<3> Year 16, third month of the Season of Growing.

jrt Hm=f tAS rs r ^HH
;
His Majesty established the southern border at Heh.

<4> jw jr.n=j tAS=j xnt=j jtw=j
;
<4>I established my border further south than my forefathers.

jw rDj.n=j <5> HAw-Hr swDt n=j
;
I added to what was bequeathed to me.

jnk nsw Ddw jrrw
;
I am a king who speaks and acts.

kAAt <6> jb=j pw xprt m-a=j
;
I make happen what I conceive,

Adw r jTt
;
eager to seize,

sXmw r <7><no> </no>mar
;
hasty to <7> succeed,

tm sDr mdt m jb=f
;
in whose heart a matter doesn't slumber,

xmt twAw
;
anticipating inferiors,

aHa Hr <8> sf
;
suppressing mercy,

tm sfnw n xrwy pH sw
;
merciless to the enemy who attacks him,

pHw pH.tj=fj
;
who attacks one who would attack,

grw gr.tw
;
who is silent when one is silent,

<9> wSbw mdt mj xpr jm=s
;
<9> who replies to a matter as befits it.

Dr-ntt jr gr m-xt pH
;
For to be idle after an attack

ssxm <10> jb pw n xrwj
;
is to strengthen the heart of the enemy.

qnt pw Ad
;
Aggression is valour

Xst pw Hm-xt
;
and retreat is cowardice.

Hm pw mAa <11> Arw Hr rAS=f
;
Who is driven from his border is truly a coward.

Dr-ntt sDm nHs r xr n rA
;
For the Nubian listens to the word of mouth.

jn wSb=f DD Hm=f
;
Answering him is making him retreat.

Ad.tw r=f DD=f sA=f
;
If one acts aggressively towards him, he turns his back.

Hm-xt wA=f r Ad
;
Retreat and he will take occasion to act aggressively.

<13> n rmT js nt Sft st
;
<13> For they are not respectable people.

Hwrww pw sDw jbw
;
They are wretches with broken spirits.

jw <14> mAn st Hm=j
;
My Majesty has seen them;

nn m jwms
;
it is no lie.

HAq.n=j Hmwt=sn
;
I captured their women,

jn.n=j <15> Xrw=sn
;
I carried off <15> their underlings,

pr r Xnmwt=sn
;
went to their wells,

Hw kAw=sn
;
drove off their bulls,

wHA jt=sn
;
tore out their barley,

<16> rDj xt jm
;
<16> set fire to it.

anx n=j jt=j
;
As my father lives for me,

Dd=j m-mAat
;
I speak truthfully,

nn xn{n}<note>As explained by Sethe (1928). p 139.</note> jm <17> n
aba
;
there is no boast

pr m rA=j
;
that comes from my mouth.

jr grt sA=j nb
;
As for any son of mine

srwD.tj=fj tAS <18> pn jr.n Hm=j
;
who shall maintain this border that My Majesty established,

sA=j pw ms.tw=f n Hm=j
;
he is my son, born to My Majesty.

twt sA nDtj jt=f
;
It befits a son that he be the champion of his father,

<19> srwD tAS n wtT sw
;
<19> and maintains the border of his begetter.

jr grt fx.tj=fj sw
;
As to him who shall lose it,

tm.tj=fj aHA <"20 "> Hr=f
;
who shall not fight <20> for it,

n sA=j js
;
he is not my son,

n ms.tw=f js n=j
;
he was not born to me.

jsT grt rDj.n Hm=j jr.tw twt <21> n Hm=j
;
Now, My Majesty had a statue of My Majesty made

Hr tAS pn jr.n Hm=j
;
at this border that My Majesty established,

n-mrwt rwD=Tn Hr=f
;
so that you may be persistent at it

n-mrwt aHA=Tn Hr=f
;
and that you may fight for it.
