Sesostris III painting in Semna

The stela was built by Sesostris III in the sixteenth year of his reign. It is one of a pair of boundary stelae. While the duplicate replica was discovered on the island of Uronarti, the original was discovered at Semna.  Sesotris III carried out a number of forceful Nubian campaigns and expanded the fortification that his forebears had erected along the river.

Stela Text

I have made my boundary further south than my fathers,

I have added (5) to what was bequeathed me .

I am a king who speaks and acts,

What my heart plans is done by my warm.

One who attacks to conquer, who is swift to (7) succeed,

In whose heart a plan does not slumber.

Considerate to clients, steady in mercy,

Merciless to the foe who attacks him

One who attacks him who would attack,

Who stops then one stops,

(9) Who replies to a matter as befits it.

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