TEMPLE AT SEMNA 4. Tetun and Thothmes III.

in converse. 5. Usertsen III. presenting " life " to Thothmes III. On the architrave and pilasters are inscribed the ordinary formulae of dedication, and also on one of the fluted pillars.

On the outside of the east wall are : i. A figure of Thothmes III. 2. The text of a decree, dated in the second year of the king's reign, in which are enumerated the offerings of bulls and grain which are to be offered at stated periods of the year to the gods of the temple. In line 12 a queen called Merseker ' is mentioned. 3. Usertsen III.

seated on a throne, receiving, presumably, the endowment which is to be provided out of the revenues of the land for ever. 4. Thothmes TIL standing between Thoth and the goddess of time and years. 5. Amen-Ra giving "life" to the king. 6. The king pouring out a libation. 7. The king standing between Menthu and Isis. 8. A figure and an inscription of Nehi, UATCHET, LADY OF SE.MXA, [From Lepsius, Denkmiiler, Abth. III. BI. 52.