2. The Lion Hunts of Amenhetep III.

Scarabs bearing an inscription recording the lion hunts of Amenhetep III are common, and about forty specimens are known. Of these, five are in the British Museum (4095, 12520, 16987, 24169, 29438); four are in the Louvre (Inv., 787, 788); four in the Berlin Museum (3481, 3482, 8443, 13274); three in the Leyden Museum (O. 83-85); and one each in the Cairo (M., Cat. Ab., 1388), Florence (840), and Bologna (2455) Museums. In the Cat. des Med., Paris (1021), and in the Amherst, Edwards, Fraser (Sc. 261), Grant, Hertz (Cat., p. 112), Kennard, Myers, Meux (1785), Palin, Petrie, Posno, H-Price (Cat. 284), and several smaller collections, are also one each. The example figured is in the possession of Mr. Nash. The hieroglyphic text of this scarab has been published, among others, by Mariette (Alb. de Boulaq, Pl. 36, 532), Maspero (Histoire, II, p. 315), Brugsch (Ä.Z., XVIII, 81), and Budge (Mummy, p. 241), and a translation of it has been given by Pierret (Cat. Salle Hist., Louvre, 1877, p. 138), by Birch (Records of the Past, XII, p. 40), and many others.

(a) Transliteration.(b) Translation.
1-5. (Full titles and names 1-5. (Full titles and names of Amenhetep III and of Amenhetep III and Thŷi.)1-5. (Full titles and names 1-5. (Full titles and names of Amenhetep III and of Amenhetep III and Thŷi.)
5. ari-khet mau5. “Number of the lions
6. anen hen-ef em satet-ef zes-ef shaa6. “brought by his Majesty in his own shooting, beginning
7. em renpt I nefrŷt er renpt X mau7. “from the year one ending at the year ten: lions
8. hesa, 102 8.“fierce, 102.”