destroys the fleet of the peoples of the great sea, or receives the cut-off hands of the Libyans, which his soldiers bring to him as trophies.

In the next scene, all is peace; and we behold Pharaoh pouring out a libation of perfumed water to his father Amen.
It would seem as if no link could be established between these subjects, and yet the one is the necessary consequence of the others.

If the god had not granted victory to the king, the king in his turn would not have performed these ceremonies in the temple.

The sculptor has recorded the events in their order:--first the victory, then the sacrifice.

The favour of the god precedes the thank-offering of the king.