thing, and men and women shall rejoice because of me throughout the country.”  And on the following day Bata changed himself into the form of which he had spoken to his brother.  Then Anpu seated himself on his back early in the morning, and when he had come to the place where the King was, and His Majesty had been informed concerning him, he looked at him, and he had very great joy in him.  And he made a great festival, saying, “This is a very great wonder which hath happened”; and the people rejoiced everywhere throughout the whole country.  And Pharaoh loaded Anpu with silver and gold, and he dwelt in his native town, and the King gave him large numbers of slaves, and very many possessions, for Pharaoh loved him very much, far more than any other person in the whole land.

And when many days had passed by the bull went into the house of purification, and he stood up in the place where the August Lady was, and said unto her, “Look upon me, I am alive in very truth.”  And she said unto him, “Who art thou?” And he said unto her, “I am Bata.  When thou didst cause the Acacia which held my heart to be destroyed by Pharaoh, well didst thou know that thou wouldst kill me.  Nevertheless, I am alive indeed, in the form of a bull.  Look at me!” And the August Lady was greatly afraid because of what she had said concerning her husband [to the King]; and the bull departed from the place of purification.  And His Majesty went to tarry in her house and to rejoice with her, and she ate and drank with him; and the King was exceedingly happy.  And the August Lady said to His Majesty, “Say these words:  ’Whatsoever she saith I will hearken unto for her sake,’ and swear an oath by God that thou wilt do them.”  And the King hearkened unto everything which she spake, saying, “I beseech thee to give me the liver of this bull to eat, for he is wholly useless for any kind of work.”  And the King cursed many, many times the request which she had uttered, and Pharaoh’s heart was exceedingly sore thereat.

On the following morning, when it was day, the King proclaimed a great feast, and he ordered the bull to be offered up as an offering, and one of the chief royal slaughterers of His Majesty was brought to slay the bull.  And after the knife had been driven into him, and whilst he was still on the shoulders of the men, the bull shook his neck, and two drops of blood from it fell by the jambs of the doorway of His Majesty, one by one jamb of Pharaoh’s door, and the other by the other, and they became immediately two mighty acacia trees, and each was of the greatest magnificence.  Then one went and reported to His Majesty, saying, “Two mighty acacia trees, whereat His Majesty will marvel exceedingly, have sprung up during the night by the Great Door of His Majesty.”  And men and women rejoiced in them everywhere in the country, and the King made offerings unto them.  And many days after this His Majesty put on his tiara of lapis-lazuli, and hung a wreath of flowers of every