Notes for Kamose Inscriptions from Karnak

1. Wadj-kheper-re is a regnal name of Kamose.

2. or "there is none who can surpass him É "

3. town also known as Cusae, near Hermopolis, at this time serving as the southern boundary of direct control by the Hyksos ruler

4. Or this could be a parenthetical remark about the councillors putting their tongues out and speaking as one in this response.

5. or "I can never move freely when the land is partitioned with me."

6. unit of auxiliaries in pharaoh's army

7. town north of Kos

8. unknown location

9. unknown location somewhere in the vicinity of Avaris

10. unknown kind of animal, possibly a rodent of some sort

11. Retenu is a place name associated with the eastern seaboard of the Mediterranean, the western Asia area from which the Hyksos originated

12. another name for Kush

13. i.e. the letter seeking aid from Kush

14. town in the 22nd nome, in Upper Egypt