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Extracts from the Sallier Papyrus: Ammon

And this is what his Majesty of the sound and strong life said: "What, then, is the intent of my father Ammon? Is it a father who would deny his son? Or have I trusted to my own thoughts? Have I not walked according to thy word? Has not thy mouth guided my goings forth, and thy counsels have they not directed me?" "Have I not dedicated to thee magnificent festivals in great number, and have I not filled thy house with my booty? There is building to thee a dwelling for myriads of years.

The whole world is gathering together to dedicate its offerings to thee. I have enriched thy domain ; I have sacrificed to thee thirty thousand oxen, with all the scent-bearing herbs and choicest perfumes. • I have built for thee upon the sand, temples of blocks of stone; and bringing obelisks from Elephantina, I have reared eternal shafts in thy honor. For thee, the great ships toss upon the deep; they bear to thee the tribute of the nations. Who will say that like things have been done at any other time?

Ignoming to him who resists thy designs; felicity Rameses in Battle, from a bass-relief near Ipsamboul. to him who understands thee, oh, Ammon! I invoke thee, oh, my father! I am in the midst of a throng of unknown tribes, and I am alone, before thee; no one is with me. My archers and my horsemen deserted me when I called aloud to them; not one among them hearkened to me when I cried to them for help. But I prefer Ammon to thousands of archers, to millions of horsemen and to myriads of young men arrayed in phalanx. The wiles of men are as naught; Ammon will prevail over them. Oh Sun! have I not obeyed the order of thy lips, and thy counsels have they not guided me?

Have I not given glory to thee, to the ends of the Earth?" ...