of thousands of them, the Shartanau and the Qehequ,
who were numberless, soldiers of the bodyguard in tens of thousands, and
the peasants belonging to Ta-mera.

I enlarged all the frontiers of Egypt, I conquered those who crossed
over them in their [own] lands. I slaughtered the Tanauna in their
islands; the Thakra and the Purastau were made into a holocaust. The
Shartanau and the Uasheshu of the sea were made non-existent; they were
seized [by me] at one time, and were brought as captives to Egypt, like
the sand in the furrows. I provided fortresses for them to dwell in, and
they were kept in check by my name. Their companies were very numerous,
like hundreds of thousands. I assessed every one of them for taxes
yearly, in apparel and wheat from the stores and granaries. I crushed
the Saara and the tribes of the Shasu (nomad shepherds). I carried off
their tents from their men, and the equipment thereof, and their flocks
and herds likewise, which were without number. They were put in fetters
and brought along as captives, as offerings to Egypt, and I gave them to
the Nine Gods as slaves for their temples.

Behold, I will also make you to know concerning the other schemes that
have been carried out in Ta-mera during my reign. The Labu (Libyans) and
the Mashuashau had made their dwelling in Egypt, for they had captured
the towns on the west bank of the Nile from Hetkaptah (Memphis) to
Qarabana. They had occupied also both banks of the "Great River," and
they had been in possession of the towns (or villages) of Kutut[1] for
very, very many years whilst they were [lords] over Egypt. Behold, I
crushed them and slaughtered them at one time (_i.e._ in one
engagement). I overthrew the Mashuashau, the Libyans, the Asbatau, the
Qaiqashau, the Shaiu, the Hasau, and the Baqanau. [I] slaughtered them
in their blood, and they became piles of dead bodies. [Thus] I drove
them away from marching over the border of Egypt. The rest of them I
carried away, a vast multitude of prisoners, trussed like geese in front
of my horses, their women and their children in tens of thousands, and
their flocks and herds in hundreds of thousands. I allotted to their
chiefs fortresses, and they lived there under my name. I made them
officers of the bowmen, and captains of the tribes; they were branded
with my name and became my slaves; their wives and their children were
likewise turned into slaves. Their flocks and herds I brought into the
House of Ame