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di=f tn=w nˀ yˁr . w r-wn-nˀw di . t šm mw r tˀ rsˀ . t ( n- ) rn=s r-bn rḫ nˀ Pr-ˁˀ . w ḥˀ . ṱ . w ir=s m-qd=s iri= { w } f ḥḏ ˁšˀy n he wbˀ=w

ip=f mšˁ rmṯ-rd . wj=f ḥtr r-rˀ ( n ) nˀ yˁr . w n-rn=w r ḥrḥ r-r=w r di . t wḏˀ=w ( r- ) ḏbˀ nˀ [ mḥ ( . w ) ] n pˀ mw r-wn-nˀw ˁy . w n ḥˀ . t-sp 8 . t r |15 nˀ yˁr . w n-rn=w nˀ nti di . t šm mw r itn ˁšˀy iw=w mty . w m-šs

He caused to be dammed up the canals which provided water for the stronghold in question , the like of which no former pharaohs had been able to do , expending much silver upon it .

He appointed a force of infantry and cavalry at the mouth of the canals in question to watch over and guard them because of the overflow of water which was great in year 8 at |15 the canals in question , which provided water for an extensive area and were ( therefore ) extremely deep .

τοῦ τε Νείλου τὴν ἀνάβασιν μεγάλην ποιησαμένου ἐν τῶι ὀγδόωι ἔτει καὶ εἰθισμένου κατακλύζειν τὰ |25 πεδία κατέσχεν ἐκ πολλῶν τόπων ὀχυρώσας τὰ στόματα τῶν ποταμῶν , χορηγήσας εἰς αὐτὰ χρημάτων πλῆθος οὐκ ὀλίγον καὶ καταστήσας ἱππεῖς τε καὶ πεζοὺς πρὸς τῆι φυλακῆι |26 αὐτῶν ;

and when the Nile had made a great rise in the eighth year , being wont to flood the |25 plains , he checked it by damming at many points the outlets of the channels , expending on it no small sum of money and setting cavalry and infantry to guard |26 them .