remain here with the women and children of thy city, allow my companions to enter with their horses to give them provender, or that an Apuriu[1] may hasten to the place where they are." They were made to enter, the horses were hobbled, their provender was given them, and the great staff of King Manakhpirriya, l. h. s., was found, and one went to tell Thutiyi.
And after that the vanquished of Joppa said to Thutiyi: "My desire is to behold the great staff of the King Manakhpirriya, l. h. s., the name of which is ... tiut-nofrit. By the double[2] of the King Manakhpirriya, l. h. s., since it is with thee this day, that great excellent staff, bring it to me." Thutiyi did as he said, he brought the staff of the King Manakhpirriya, l. h. s., he seized the vanquished of Joppa by his raiment and flung him down, saying, "Behold, oh vanquished of Joppa, the great staff of the King Manakhpirriya, l. h. s., the redoubtable lion, the son of Sokhit,[3] to whom Amon his father gives strength and power. He raised his hand, he struck the temple of the vanquished of Joppa, who fell unconscious before him. He put him in the great sack he had prepared with the skins; he seized the men who were with him, he had the pair of iron shackles brought that he had prepared, with them he fastened the hands of the vanquished of Joppa, and on his feet were placed the pair of iron shackles of four rings.[4] He had the five hundred jars
- ↑ M. Chabas believed that he recognized in this name that of the Hebrews. Various circumstances prevent our accepting this hypothesis.
- ↑ The "double" of the King is represented as an emblem formed of two upraised arms, between which are placed the titles that compose "the name of the double" of the King. This is inaccurately called "the royal banner." It is placed upright on a flagstaff, and figures in the bas-reliefs behind the person of Pharaoh himself.
- ↑ Sokhit is represented under the form or with the head of a lioness, and this peculiarity explains why King Thutmose III., regarded as her son, is called in this text a "redoubtable lion."
- ↑ It appears to me that the stratagem consisted, after having killed the prince of Joppa, of passing him off as Thutiyi himself. The body was placed in a sack prepared beforehand, so that no one could recognize his features or limbs and detect the deception, and the corpse when thus concealed was loaded with chains, as was done with the bodies of the vanquished. It is this corpse that the equerry of the prince shows
