| 1 | His grave is marked by a fine stela. | |
| 2 | Copies of the edict were inscribed on stone monuments all over the empire. | |
| 3 | However, erosion and a crack in the stone make the end of the passage almost illegible. | |
| 4 | I'd rather take care of the stomachs of the living than (take care of) the glory of the dead in the form of stone memorials. | |
| 5 | Images of Piye on the elaborate granite slabs, or stelae, memorializing his conquest of Egypt have long since been chiseled away. |