the majority of sahure's activities in egypt recorded on the palermo stone are religious in nature. this royal annal records that in the "year of the first time of traveling around", sahure journeyed to the elephantine fortress, where he may have received the submission of the nubian chiefs in a ceremonial act connected with the commencement of his reign. the fashioning of six statues of the king as well as the subsequent opening of the mouth ceremonies are also reported.