I have done this from a loving heart for my Father
Amun;
I have entered into his scheme for this first jubilee;
I was wise by his excellent Spirit, and I forgot nothing of that which
he exacted.
My Majesty knoweth that he is Divine.
I did it under his command; it was he who led me.
I conceived no works without his doing; it was he who gave me directions.
I slept not because of his temple; I erred not from that which he commanded.
My heart was wise before my Father; I entered into the affairs of his
heart.
I turned not my back on the City of the All-Lord, but turned to it the
face.
I know that Karnak is God's dwelling upon earth; the August Ascent of
the Beginning;
The Scared Eye of the All-Lord; the place of his heart;
Which wears his beauty, and encompasses those who follow him.
Prayer of Pharaoh Maatkare Hatshepsut on her Jubilee
The King's Daughter, God's Wife, King's Great Wife, Lady of the Two Lands,
Hatshepsut, says "Oh my mother Nut, stretch thyself over me,
that thou mayest place me among the imperishable stars which are in thee, and that I may not die."
Prayer to the Goddess Nut from the lid of one of Hatshepsut's sarcophagus.
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