Commemoration of an Artificial LakeAmenhotep IIIca. 1390–1352 B.C.New KingdomDuring Amenhotep’s reign, a series of large, glazed steatite scarabs were issued commemorating events in the king’s life. This commemorative scarab records the completion of an artificial lake constructed by Amenhotep III for his principal wife, Queen Tiyeإحياء ذكرى بحيرة اصطناعيةأمنحتب الثالثكاليفورنيا. 1390 – 1352 قبل الميلادالمملكة الجديدةخلال فترة حكم أمنحتب ، صدرت سلسلة من الجعران الصاجي الزجاجي الكبير لإحياء ذكرى حياة الملك. يسجل هذا الجعران التذكاري اكتمال بحيرة اصطناعية بناها أمنحتب الثالث لزوجته الرئيسية ، الملكة تي——TranslationThe main inscription on the commemorative scarab reads:rnp.t 11 xr Hm n Hr.w kA nxt xa(.w)-m-mAa.t nb.tj smn hp.w sgrH tA.wj Hr.w-nbw aA xpS Hw sT.tjw nswt bj.tj nb-mAa.t-raw zA raw jmn-xtp HqA-wAs.t dj anx Hm.t nsw.t wr.t tjy anx.tj rn n jt=s jwjA rn n mw.t=s Twjw wD Hm=f jr.t mr n Hm.t nswt wr.t tjy anx tj m dmj=s n Dar-wxA Aw=f 3700 wsx=f 700 jr.n HAb wbA S m Abd 3 Ax.t hrw 16 Xn.t Hm=f m wjA-nswt jtn Txn m-Xn.w=fRegnal Year 11 under the majesty of Horus, the Strong Bull Appearing in Truth, Two Ladies, Who Established the Laws and Pacifies the Two Lands, Horus of Gold, Strong of Arm who Smites the Asiatics, King of Upper and Lower Egypt Nebmaatre, Son of Re, Amenhotep Ruler of Thebes given life, the great royal wife Tiye, may she live, whose father’s name is Yuya and whose mother’s name is Tjuyu. His majesty commanded the making of a basin for the great royal wife Tiye, may she live, in her town of Djarukha. Its length is 3700 (cubits) and its width is 700 (cubits.) (His Majesty) celebrated the opening of the lake in the third month of the Akhet season, day 16. The procession of his majesty in the royal barge Aten-Tjehen (the dazzling sun disk) was in it.Another text is inscribed on the back of the scarab and it reads:anx nTr nfr nb-mAa.t-raw mr.y Hr.w bhnMay the perfect god, Nebmaatre (Amenhotep III), beloved of Horus of Buhen liveFinally, two inscriptions in the triangles formed by the legs and base bears the names of the king and the queen:nTr nfr nb tA.wj nb-mAa.t raw dj(.w) anxThe perfect god, lord of the two lands, Nebmaatre (Amenhotep III) given lifeHm.t nswt tjy [anx.tj]The royal wife Tiye—–ReferencesSteindorff, Georg 1945. Egypt. New York: J. J. Augustin, p. 106.Posener, Georges 1959. Dictionnaire de la civilisation égyptienne. Paris: F. Hazan, p. 260.Hayes, William C. 1959. Scepter of Egypt II: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom (1675-1080 B.C.). Cambridge, Mass.: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 233, fig. 138.Kozloff, Arielle P., Betsy Bryan, and Lawrence Michael Berman 1992. Egypt’s Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and his World. Cleveland: Indiana University Press, no. 2, pp. 71-72 (L. Berman)
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