This man was the first who attempted the channel leading to the Erythraian Sea, which Dareios the Persian afterwards completed: the length of this is a voyage of four days, and in breadth it was so dug that two triremes could go side by side driven by oars; and the water is brought into it from the Nile.
158. Eta Neko izan zen Psametikhoren semea, eta Egypton erreinatu zuen. Honek ezarri zion lehen eskua Erythre itsasora doan kanalari, gero persiar Dariok erabat hondeatu zuenari. Lau eguneko untzibidea du luzeran, eta hain zabal izan zen hondeatua, non triere bik, alboz albo gidatuak direlarik ere, nabiga dezaketen.