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Transliteration and translation of a fragment from Deir el-Bahari
about the elephant hunt of Tuthmosis I in Niya, following the
transcription of Sethe (1927), number 40 (pp. 103-105).

The transliteration throughout follows Hannig (1995).

For published translations, see Breasted (1906), p. 51, § 125; Sethe
(1914), number 40 (pp. 52-53).

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

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

K. Sethe. <i>Urkunden der 18. Dynastie -- übersetzt, Volume I</i>.
Hinrichs, Leipzig, 1914.

K. Sethe. <i>Urkunden der 18. Dynastie, Volume I</i>. Hinrichs,
Leipzig, 1927.

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<1> bAw nsw ^aA-xpr-[kA-]^ra [mAa-xrw
;
<1> The might of king Aakheperkare, [justified,

jn.n=f Abw jpn
;
has brought these elephant tusks

m nxt]<2>w[=f Hr xAswt rswt mHtwt
;
from his] victories [in the southern and northern lands.

jsT Hm=f Ds=f bHs.n=f ??? n] <3> Abw [m xAst nt ^nhrn
;
His Majesty himself hunted ???] <3> elephants [in the land of
Naharina,

jw=f Hr] <4> Htr[=f
;
while he was on <4> his] chariot,

m-xt wDA Hm=f r sxrt ^rTnw] <5> Hrt
;
[after His Majesty proceeded to overthrow] Upper [Retjenu

m [wDyt=f ??? nt nxt
;
on [his ???-th victorious campaign.

spr Hm=f r xAst] <6> nt ^njj
;
His Majesty reached the land] <6> of Niya

[gm.n=f nn Abw jm
;
[and found these elephants there.

n sp xpr mjtt n] <7> nsyw [tpjw-a
;
Such has never happened to former] kings.

jsT jr nn Abw
;
[Now, these elephant tusks

jn.n] <8> Hm=f m [xAst Tn
;
that] His Majesty [brought] from [this land,

rDj.n=f st r pr jt ^jmn
;
he gave them to the house of his father Amun,

nb ^nswt-tAwj
;
lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands,

m-xt] <9> jw=f m [wsr m nxt m mAa-xrw
;
after] he returned in [strength, in victory and in triumph,

sxr.n=f xftjw=f]
;
having overthrown his enemies.]
