Dream Stele
The Sphinx stela of Thutmose IV ( commonly known as the " Dream Stela ") is a made of rose granite stele was set up between the feet of the Sphinx of Giza, the king (Pharaoh) Thutmose IV.
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Dating
Thutmose IV wrote the stele text about 1400 BC ( dating according to Rolf Krauss) or 1388 BC ( dating according to Wolfgang Helck ) in his first year of reign on 9 Achet III (about 1 October), after being out of his visit to the Sphinx monument told anyone about it and after the commencement of his reign the Sphinx freed from the sand and his feet were encased with large limestone blocks to protect it from wind erosion.
Texts
The Dream Stela tells a story which happened later King Thutmose IV as a teenager. He was only with one of his confidants, hunting and rested at noon in the shade of the sphinx. He fell asleep and woke up by the speech of God:
"His Majesty ( Thutmose IV ) but was a child as Horus, who was a child in Chemmis, but his perfection was like the person who avenges his father. He ( Thutmose IV ) but did sports, he amused himself by in the desert of Memphis, ... without anyone knowing ... That day it happened ... the sleep and slumber had seized him, right when the sun was at its zenith ... ( Harmachis - Khepri -Re - Atum in his sleep to Thutmose IV speaking): Look at me, look at me, my son Tuthmosis. I am your father Harmachis - Khepri -Re - Atum, who gives you the Kingdom on earth at the top of the living. "
The God continues with the promise of the kingdom, and it includes the action that he is covered with large masses of sand. He asks that Thutmose freed him:
" The sand of the desert, where I am, approaching me. I've been waiting, that you do what is in my heart, knowing that you're my son and protector. Come closer, I am the one who leads you. "
In Egyptological literature the deity Harachbit is often rendered " Harpocrates ". In the inscription, however, is expressly of Horus in Chemmis the speech. The equation used for other child - Horus gods Harpocrates is therefore to be understood as anachronistic generic term rather than a literal translation.