ccessors, who restored
the former letters. From the style of art and other indications it is
almost certain that the monument was erected in the reign of Thothmes I of
the eighteenth dynasty.

The stele is now deposited in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, and has
been published by M. Chabas in the "_Revue Archeologique_," May-June,
1857, after a paper stamp taken by the late M. Deveria.

A HYMN TO OSIRIS

1 Adoration of Osiris by the Steward of the flocks, Amen-em-ha, Son of the
Lady Nefer-t-ari: he says,

Welcome to thee(441) Osiris, Lord of length of times, King of the gods, of
many names, of holy transformations, of mysterious forms in the temples,
august being, residing in Tattu, Great One contained

2 in Sokhem, Master of invocations in Ant.(442) Principle of abundance in
On; who has the right to command in the place of double justice,
mysterious soul, Lord of Kerer, Holy One of the White Wall, Soul of the
sun, his very body reposing in

3 Souten-Khnen; author of invocations in the region of the tree Ner: whose
soul is existing for vigilance; Lord of the great dwelling in
Sesennou(443) the very awful in Shashotep; Lord of the length of times in
Abydos.

The road to his dwelling is in the To-sar;(444) his name is stable in

4 men's mouths. He is the _paut-ti_(445) of the world, Atum, feeder of
beings among the gods, beneficent spirit in the abode of spirits.

From him the heavenly Nile(446) derives its waters; from him comes the
wind, and respirable air(447) is in his nostrils, for his satisfaction,
and

5 taste of his heart. For him, the ground brings forth to abundance; in
obedience to him is the upper heaven and its stars, and he opens the great
gates; he is the Master of invocations in the south heavens, and of
adorations in the north heavens: the moving

6 constellations are under the place of his face, they are his dwellings,
as also the reposing constellations. To him Seb orders offerings to be
presented: the gods adore him; those who are in the lower heaven bow to
him, the divine Chiefs(448) doing reverence, all supplicating.

7 They see him, those who are there, the august ones, and stand in awe
from him; the whole earth glorifies him when his holiness proceeds [on the
vault of the sky]: he is a Sahou illustrious among the Sahous, great in
dignity, permanent in empire. He is the excellent master of the gods, fair
and

8 beloved by all who see him. He imposes his fear to all lands so that