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in the text/ and he must have repaired or added to the temple at Termes, or Telmes (Kalabsha), for he is represented on one of its walls making offerings to Menu (Amsu) and the Nubian god Merul, or Meril." This god was of Sudani origin, that is to say, the worship of him was brought from Ta-neter, or Punt ; he is the Mandulis of classical writers. At Maam (Primis, or Ibrim) he appears in the company of Horus of Behen and is seen making offerings to Khnemu, Satet, Anqet, Horus, Hathor, and Nekhebet.-' The most important work which Amen-hetep II. did between Elephantine and Wadi Haifa was in connection with the temple of \\mada, with the refounding of which he had been associated by his father Thothmes III/ This temple was built under the Xllth Dynasty, but during the period of the rule of the Hyksos in Egypt it had fallen into ruin. The chief work of restoration was done by Amen-hetep II., who, in a stele which he set up in it on the fifteenth day of the third month of the season of the Inundation (Epiphi), records some interesting facts. The temple was built, he tells us," of stone, with endless labour, the walls round about it were of brick, its doors were of a special kind of wood, and their settings were made of good stone, so that the name of his father Thothmes III. might be perpetuated. When the foundation-stone had been laid, Amen-hetep II. built a great sandstone pylon, with its complementary buildings, and a colonnade, and he provided the sanctuary with vessels of all kinds in silver and copper. He did all this because the gods had brought him back in safety from the country of Upper Retennu (Northern Syria), where he had vanquished his foes, and extended the borders of Egypt. He returned with great joy of heart and gratitude to father Amen, for " he had slain seven chiefs with " his own club, who were in the country of Thakhisa, and he " hung them up head downwards at the bows of the boat of His ' I.epsius, Denkmdler, Abth. iii., Bl. 63 c.

Lepsius, Denkmdler, Abth. iii., Bl. 63 d.

» The two names are found on two doors ; see Lepsius, Denkmdler Abth.

iii., Bl. 65 b.

'" Ibid., Bl. 65 a, line 12.

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