The Temple of Derr

THE FIRST PILLARED HALL : NORTH WALL. 7
Text. Behind Ramses in a vertical line : —-> /^ + & ( 1 j Cfl J "
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king of Upper and Lower Egypt Usermare-Setepnere
[appears upon the throne of his father]. . .
SCENE VII (PI. V: fig. l).
Published : Champ., Moil, XLI, i (figure of god only and facing -—>- instead of*—«): see
Champ., Notices , I. 88 for text.
Ramses -— +, his right hand extended in token thereof, presents prisoners of
war, marshalled in two lines, to Re-Harakhte who is standing-.—«. The king
holds his how in his left hand and also the rope to which the captives are
attached* 2 '. Some of these unfortunates have their arms tightly hound behind
their backs so that the elbows meet. The arms of the first man in the lower row
are tied above his head while his hands dangle in front of his face. It is impossible
to determine to what race the prisoners belong as their features are very weather-
worn and almost obliterated. They do not seem, however, to be negroes.
Probably, as has already been suggested, since the battle-scene on the south
wall commemorates Ramses' Nubian war, the north wall was reserved for the
representation of his campaign in Syria (3) .
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of the Two Lands Usermare-Setepnere, lord of diadems Ramses-Meriamon.
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*~~*.^- ? sSaith the king of Upper and
Lower Egypt Usermare-Setepnere in the presence of Re-Harakhte : 'I
have brought for thee the captivity of my strong arm'. -
( " Gf. second hall : south wall : scene II, j. p. 53.
(2) For a similar scene cf. L., D., Ill, i 27, b.
l3) The prisoners in scene IV wear long skirls, a fact which lends further support to the idea of
their being Asiatics.
'' Champ., Notices, I, 88, reads p, hut Breasted considers J^Jx— to be the correct reading
and refers to Stele of Thutmose III in Petrie, Six Temples, I (see also Breasted, Records, If, S8afi).