Gallery of antiquities, selected from the British Museum . HhiL^ mm GIOE: tLl:VATlOHTorcehxn LI N rj C R S I 0 c. BACK ELEVATION fn-Sihrr f\ u^ A .ra ® M R! [ffi A AMOUN-RA. 3 conquest were the chief blessings he offered: as, We givetliee all lantis and countries; j)Owerand victory; all lands under thy sandals;- the duration of the sun; innumerahli! days; force,life, and power ;^ an edifice to endure like the heaven ; all ((uartcrs of the W(n-Id ; to cele-brate panegyrics;^ rejoice with years. In the scenes relative to conquest, where the monarchappears to start on some milita

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Gallery of antiquities, selected from the British Museum . HhiL^ mm GIOE: tLl:VATlOHTorcehxn LI N rj C R S I 0 c. BACK ELEVATION fn-Sihrr f\ u^ A .ra ® M R! [ffi A AMOUN-RA. 3 conquest were the chief blessings he offered: as, We givetliee all lantis and countries; j)Owerand victory; all lands under thy sandals;- the duration of the sun; innumerahli! days; force,life, and power ;^ an edifice to endure like the heaven ; all ((uartcrs of the W(n-Id ; to cele-brate panegyrics;^ rejoice with years. In the scenes relative to conquest, where the monarchappears to start on some military expedition, Amoun-ra exclaims, We give thee a scimitar,smite thou with it; we give thee power to the South, victory to the North ; strike the revolt-ing chiefs of all lands, enlarge the frontiers of Egypt to the arms which support the heaven inevery direction.^ He also receives the conquered nations, led up by Menephtah I. of theXVIIIth dynasty, and their spirits; to them he accords to be seated in the heart of the uni-verse.® He personally leads up the conquered Arabia and other nations to Nectanebo andTahraka;

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