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The Fragments of Manetho. Loeb Classical Library, 1940. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.). The text is in the public domain. | The Fragments of Manetho. Loeb Classical Library, 1940. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.). The text is in the public domain. | ||
- | ====== History of Egypt: Manetho | + | ====== |
===== Book I ===== | ===== Book I ===== | ||
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+ | ===== Book III ===== | ||
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+ | Dynasty XX | ||
+ | ==== Fr. 57 (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Africanus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | From the Third Book of Manetho. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twentieth Dynasty1 consisted of twelve kings of Diospolis, who reigned for 135 years. | ||
+ | (b) According to Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | From the Third Book of Manetho. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twentieth Dynasty consisted of twelve kings of Diospolis, who reigned for 178 years. | ||
+ | (c) Armenian Version of Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | From the Third Book of Manetho. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twentieth Dynasty consisted of twelve kings of Diospolis, who reigned for 172 years. | ||
+ | Dynasty XXI | ||
+ | ==== Fr. 58 (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Africanus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-first Dynasty2 consisted of seven kings of Tanis. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Smendês,3 for 26 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Psusen(n)ês I,4 for 46 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Nephercherês (Nephelcherês), | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Amenôphthis, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. Osochôr, for 6 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6. Psinachês, for 9 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7. Psusennes [II] (Susennês), | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 130 years.5 | ||
+ | ==== Fr. 59 (a) (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-first Dynasty consisted of seven kings of Tanis. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Smendis, for 26 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Psusennês, for 41 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Nephercherês, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Amenôphthis, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. Osochôr, for 6 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6. Psinachês, for 9 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7. Psusennês, for 35 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 130 years. | ||
+ | (b) Armenian Version of Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-first Dynasty consisted of seven kings of Tanis. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Smendis, for 26 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Psusennes, for 41 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Nephercheres, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Amenophthis, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. Osochor, for 6 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6. Psinnaches, for 9 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7. Psusennes, for 35 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 130 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dynasty XXII | ||
+ | ==== Fr. 60 (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | According to Africanus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-second Dynasty6 consisted of nine kings of Bubastus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Sesônchis, for 21 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Osorthôn,7 for 15 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3, 4, 5. Three other kings, for 25 [29] years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6. Takelôthis, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7, 8, 9. Three other kings, for 42 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 120 years.8 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Fr. 61 (a) (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-second Dynasty consisted of three kings of Bubastus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Sesônchôsis, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Osorthôn, for 15 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Takelôthis, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 49 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (b) Armenian Version of Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-second Dynasty consisted of three kings of Bubastus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Sesonchosis, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Osorthon,9 for 15 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Tacelothis, for 13 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 49 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dynasty XXIII | ||
+ | ==== Fr. 62 (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Africanus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-third Dynasty10 consisted of four kings of Tanis. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Petubatês, for 40 years: in his reign the Olympic festival11 was first celebrated. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Osorchô, for 8 years: the Egyptians call him Hêraclês.12 | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Psammûs, for 10 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Zêt,13 for 31 years (34). | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 89 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Fr. 63 (a) (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-third Dynasty consisted of three kings of Tanis. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Petubastis, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Osorthôn, for 9 years: the Egyptians called him Hêraclês. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Psammûs, for 10 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 44 years. | ||
+ | (b) Armenian Version of Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-third Dynasty consisted of three kings of Tanis. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Petubastis, for 25 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Osorthon, whom the Egyptians named Hercules: for 9 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Psammus, for 10 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 44 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dynasty XXIV | ||
+ | ==== Fr. 64 (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Africanus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-fourth Dynasty.15 | ||
+ | |||
+ | Bochchôris of Saïs, for 6 years: in his reign a lamb16 spoke17 . . . 990 years. | ||
+ | Fr. 65 (a) (from Syncellus). According to Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-fourth Dynasty. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Bochchôris of Saïs, for 44 years: in his reign a lamb spoke. Total, 44 years.18 | ||
+ | p167 (b) Armenian Version of Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-fourth Dynasty. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Bocchoris of Saïs, for 44 years: in his reign a lamb spoke. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dynasty XXV | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Fr. 66 (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Africanus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-fifth Dynasty19 consisted of three Ethiopian kings. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Sabacôn,20 who, taking Bochchôris captive, burned him alive, and reigned for 8 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Sebichôs, his son, for 14 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Tarcus,21º for 18 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 40 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Fr. 67 (a) (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-fifth Dynasty consisted of three Ethiopian kings. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Sabacôn, who, taking Bochchôris captive, burned him alive, and reigned for 12 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Sebichôs, his son, for 12 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Taracus, for 20 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 44 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (b) Armenian Version of Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-fifth Dynasty consisted of three Ethiopian kings. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Sabacon, who, taking Bocchoris captive, burned him alive, and reigned for 12 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Sebichos, his son, for 12 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Saracus (Taracus), for 20 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 44 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dynasty XXVI | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Fr. 68 (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Africanus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-sixth Dynasty22 consisted of nine kings of Saïs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Stephinatês, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Nechepsôs, for 6 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Nechaô, for 8 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Psammêtichus, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. Nechaô24 the Second, for 6 years: he took Jerusalem, and led King Iôachaz captive into Egypt. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6. Psammuthis the Second, for 6 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7. Uaphris,25 for 19 years: the remnant of the Jews fled to him, when Jerusalem was captured by the Assyrians. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 8. Amôsis,26 for 44 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Psammecheritês, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 150 years 6 months. | ||
+ | ==== Fr. 69 (a) (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-sixth Dynasty consisted of nine kings of Saïs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Ammeris the Ethiopian, for 12 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Stephinathis, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Nechepsôs, for 6 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Nechaô, for 8 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. Psammêtichus, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6. Nechaô the Second, for 6 years: he took Jerusalem, and led King Iôachaz captive into Egypt. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7. Psammuthis the Second, also called Psammêtichus, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 8. Uaphris, for 25 years: the remnant of the Jews fled to him, when Jerusalem was captured by the Assyrians. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 9. Amôsis, for 42 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 163 years.28 | ||
+ | |||
+ | (b) Armenian Version of Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-sixth Dynasty consisted of nine kings of Saïs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Ameres the Ethiopian, for 18 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Stephinathes, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Nechepsos, for 6 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Nechao, for 8 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. Psametichus, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6. Nechao the Second, for 6 years: he took Jerusalem, and led King Ioachaz captive into Egypt. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7. Psammuthes the Second, also called Psammetichus, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 8. Uaphres, for 25 years: the remnant of the Jews took refuge with him, when Jerusalem was subjugated by the Assyrians. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 9. Amosis, for 42 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 167 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dynasty XXVII | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Fr. 70 (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Africanus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-seventh Dynasty29 consisted of eight Persian kings. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Cambysês in the fifth year of his kingship over the Persians became king of Egypt and ruled for 6 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Darius, son of Hystaspês, for 36 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Xerxês the Great, for 21 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Artabanus, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. Artaxerxês, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6. Xerxês,32 for 2 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7. Sogdianus, for 7 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 8. Darius, son of Xerxês, for 19 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 124 years 4 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Fr. 71 (a) (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-seventh Dynasty consisted of eight Persian kings. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Cambysês in the fifth year of his kingship became king of Egypt, and ruled for 3 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Magi, for 7 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Darius, for 36 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Xerxês, son of Darius, for 21 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. Artaxerxês of the long hand, for 40 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6. Xerxês the Second, for 2 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7. Sogdianus, for 7 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 8. Darius, son of Xerxês, for 19 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 120 years 4 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (b) Armenian Version of Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-seventh Dynasty consisted of eight Persian kings. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Cambysês in the fifth33 year of his kingship became king of Egypt, and ruled for 3 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Magi, for 7 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Darius, for 36 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Xerxes, son of Darius, for 21 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. Artaxerxes, for 40 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6. Xerxes the Second, for 2 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7. Sogdianus, for 7 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 8. Darius, son of Xerxes, for 19 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 120 years 4 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dynasty XXVIII | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Fr. 72 (a) (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Africanus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-eighth Dynasty.34 Amyrteos of Saïs, for 6 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (b) According to Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-eighth Dynasty. Amyrtaeus of Saïs, for 6 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (c) Armenian Version of Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-eighth Dynasty. Amyrtes of Saïs, for 6 years.35 | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dynasty XXIX | ||
+ | ==== Fr. 73 (a) (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Africanus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-ninth Dynasty:36 four kings of Mendês. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Nepheritês, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Achôris, for 13 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Psammuthis, for 1 year. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Nepheritês [II], for 4 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 20 years 4 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (b) According to Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-ninth Dynasty: four kings37 of Mendês. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Nepheritês, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Achôris, for 13 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Psammuthis, for 1 year. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Nepheritês [II], for 4 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. Muthis, for 1 year. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 21 years 4 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (c) Armenian Version of Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Twenty-ninth Dynasty consisted of four kings of Mendês. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Nepherites, for 6 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Achoris, for 13 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Psamuthes, for 1 year. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. Muthes, for 1 year. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. Nepheritês [II], for 4 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 21 years and 4 months. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dynasty XXX | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Fr. 74 (a) (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Africanus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Thirtieth Dynasty38 consisted of three kings of Sebennytus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Nectanebês, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Teôs, for 2 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Nectanebus, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 38 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (b) According to Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Thirtieth Dynasty consisted of three kings of Sebennytus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Nectanebês, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Teôs, for 2 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Nectanebus, for 8 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 20 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (c) Armenian Version of Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Thirtieth Dynasty consisted of 3 kings of Sebennytus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Nectanebes, for 10 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Teos, for 2 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Nectanebus, for 8 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total, 20 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dynasty XXXI | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Fr. 75 (a) (from Syncellus). ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | According to Africanus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Thirty-first Dynasty40 consisted of three Persian kings. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Ôchus in the twentieth year41 of his kingship over the Persians became king of Egypt, and ruled for 2 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. Arsês, for 3 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Darius, for 4 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Total of years in Book III, 1050 years42 [850]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Here ends the History of Manetho. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (b) According to Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Thirty-first Dynasty consisted of three Persian kings. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Ôchus in the twentieth year of his kingship over the Persians conquered Egypt, and ruled for 6 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. His successor was Arsês, son of Ôchus, who reigned for 4 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Next, Darius reigned for 6 years: he was put to death by Alexander of Macedon. | ||
+ | |||
+ | These are the contents of the Third Book of Manetho. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Here ends the History of Manetho. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (c) Armenian Version of Eusebius. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Thirty-first Dynasty consisted of Persian kings. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Ochus in the twentieth year of his kingship over the Persians seized Egypt and held it for 6 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. His successor was Arses, son of Ochus, who reigned for 4 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. Next, Darius reigned for 6 years: he was put to death by Alexander of Macedon. | ||
+ | |||
+ | These are the contents of the Third Book43 of Manetho. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Editor' | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1 Dynasty XX c. 1200‑1090 B.C. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Setnakht: Ramessês III c. 1200‑1168: | ||
+ | |||
+ | A revised list of Dynasty XX is given by Newberry in Elliot Smith and Warren Dawson, Egyptian Mummies, 1924: see also T. E. Peet in J. Eg. Arch. XIV (1928), pp52 f. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2 Dynasty XXI, resident at Tanis, c. 1090‑950 B.C. (a dark period in Egyptian history). For identifications with monumental and other evidence see Meyer, Geschichte2, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3 For Smendês or Nesbenebded, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4 In Egyptian, Psusennes is Psukheʿmnê, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5 Actual total of items, 114 years. Eusebius is probably correct with 41 years for 2nd king and 35 years for 7th (Meyer). | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6 Dynasty XXII c. 950‑730 B.C., kings of Libyan origin resident at Bubastis. For identifications with the monumental and other evidence see Meyer, Geschichte2, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 7 The name Osorthôn is another form of Osorchô (Dynasty XXIII No. 2 — Africanus), the Egyptian Osorkon. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 8 Actual total of items, 116 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 9 Osorthôs (Aucher, Karst). | ||
+ | |||
+ | 10 Dynasty XXIII, resident at Tanis: the records of these kings (dated by Breasted 745‑718 B.C.) are much confused. The name Petubatês (see Fr. 63 for the usual Grecized form Petubastis) represents the Egyptian Pedibaste. For King Osorcho (Osorkon III) see the stele of Piankhi, king of Ethiopia, whose vassal Osorkon became (Breasted, Anc. Rec. IV §§ 807, 811, 872, 878). Psammûs has not been identified. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 11 The date of the first Olympic festival was conventionally fixed at 776‑775 B.C. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 12 See G. A. Wainwright, Sky‑Religion, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 13 The fact that the name Zêt, occurring in Africanus alone, is wrapped in obscurity, has led Flinders Petrie to suggest ("The Mysterious Zêt" in Ancient Egypt, 1914, p32) that the Greek letters are a contraction for ζητεῖται or other word connected with ζητέω, meaning "A question (remains)," | ||
+ | |||
+ | 14 For a demotic romance of the time of Petubastis in one of the Rainer Papyri, see Krall in Vienna Oriental Journal, XVII (1903), 1: it is also found in papyri of Paris and Strassburg. Parallels may be drawn between this romance and Manetho; cf. Spiegelberg, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 15 Dynasty XXIV, c. 720-c. 715 B.C. Before Bocchoris, his father Tefnachte of Saïs (Tnephachthus in Diodorus Siculus, I.45.2) became the most powerful among the chiefs of the Delta (c. 730‑720 B.C.). | ||
+ | |||
+ | For King Bocchoris see Alexandre Moret, De Bocchori Rege, 1903. Cf. Diodorus Siculus, I.65, 79.1 (law of contract: Bocchoris legislated for commerce), and 94.5. See Breasted, Anc. Rec. IV § 884: the only extant monuments of King Bocchoris are a few Serapeum stelae and a wall inscription, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 16 See especially the demotic story (8 B.C.) of the prophetic lamb, quoted by Krall in Festgaben für Büdinger, pp3‑11 (Innsbruck, 1898): the lamb prophesied the conquest and enslavement of Egypt by Assyria, and the removal of her gods to Nineveh. Cf. Aelian, De Nat. Anim. XII.3, and Manetho, Fr. 54, §§ 232 ff. A reference to Manetho' | ||
+ | |||
+ | 17 Here some essential words have been omitted from the text. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 18 Contrast the "6 years" assigned to Bocchoris by Africanus (Fr. 64): it is suspicious that Eusebius should give 44 years for each of Dynasties XXIII, XXIV, and XXV. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 19 Dynasty XXV (Ethiopian), | ||
+ | |||
+ | 20 Cf. Herodotus, II.137 (Sabacôs). | ||
+ | |||
+ | Shabaka had a great reputation for mildness and kind rule: Petrie (Religious Life, 1924, pp193 f.) explains that Bochchoris was treated like a mock king in the ancient festival, the burning ceremonially destroying his kingly character. See Wainwright, Sky‑Religion, | ||
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+ | 21 Taharka: in O. T. 2 Kings xix.9, Tirhakah, King of Ethiopia. See Peet, Egypt and the Old Testament, 1922, pp175 ff. | ||
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+ | 22 Dynasty XXVI, 663‑525 B.C. | ||
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+ | Saïs (see p91 n. 4), now grown in power, with foreign aid asserts independence, | ||
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+ | 23 Psammêtichus I (Psametik) = Psammêtk, "man, or vendor, of mixed wine," cf. Herodotus, II.151 (Griffith in Catalogue of Demotic Papyri in the Rylands Library, III pp44, 201). See Diod. Sic. I.66, 67. | ||
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+ | 24 Nechaô is an old name, an Egyptian plural form, " | ||
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+ | 25 Uaphris or Apries, in Egyptian Waḥibprêʿ, | ||
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+ | 26 Amôsis should be Amasis (Ia' | ||
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+ | On the character of Amasis, "the darling of the people and of popular legend," | ||
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+ | 27 Psammêtichus III, defeated by Cambyses the Persian, 525 B.C. The three Psametiks are differentiated as Psammêtichus, | ||
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+ | 28 If 44 years are assigned to (5) Psammêtichus, | ||
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+ | 29 Persian Domination, 525‑332 B.C. | ||
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+ | Dynasty XXVII, 525‑404 B.C. After conquering Egypt, Cambyses reigned three years, 525/ | ||
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+ | An interesting papyrus fragment (P. Baden 4 No. 59: 5c A.D. — see the facsimile in Plate III) contains this Dynasty in a form which differs in some respects from the versions given by Africanus and Eusebius. Like Eusebius the papyrus inserts the Magi, and calls Artaxerxês "the Long-handed" | ||
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+ | 30 Artabanus, vizier, and murderer of Xerxês I, 465 B.C. | ||
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+ | 31 Artaxerxês I, " | ||
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+ | 32 Xerxês II was murdered by his half-brother Sogdianus, who was in turn defeated and put to death in 423 B.C. by another half-brother Ochus (Darius II, nicknamed Nothos, "the Illegitimate" | ||
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+ | 33 The Armenian text has " | ||
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+ | 34 Dynasty XXVIII‑XXX, | ||
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+ | Dynasty XXVIII, Amyrtaeus of Saïs, 404‑399 B.C.: no Egyptian king of this name is known on the monuments. See Werner Schur in Klio, XX 1926, pp273 ff. | ||
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+ | 35 6 years (Aucher, Karst): 6 months (Müller). The Armenian words for " | ||
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+ | 36 Dynasty XXIX, resident at Mendês in E. Delta (Baedeker8, p183), 398‑381 B.C. On the sequence of these rulers see H. R. Hall in C. A. H. VI p145 and n. | ||
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+ | 37 Muthis or Muthês was a usurper, hence the number of kings is given as four. He is unknown to the Monuments. Aucher suggests that the name Muthis may be merely a repetition, curtailed, of the name Psammuthis. | ||
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+ | 38 Dynasty XXX, resident at Sebennytus (see Intro. p. xiii),º 380‑343 B.C.: Nectanebês I (Nekhtenêbef), | ||
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+ | It is certain that Manetho knew only 30 dynasties and ended with the conquest of Egypt by Ôchus: see Unger, Chronol. des Manetho, pp334 f. Under Olymp. 107 (i.e. 352‑348 B.C.), Jerome (Chronicle, p203 Fotheringham, | ||
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+ | 39 For the later renown of this king as magician in popularlegend, | ||
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+ | 40 Dynasty XXXI is not due to Manetho, but was added later to preserve the continuity, — perhaps with the use of material furnished by Manetho himself. No total is given by Africanus and Eusebius, — a further proof that the whole Dynasty is additional. In another passage (p486) Syncellus states: " | ||
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+ | 41 The 20th year of the kingship of Ôchus was 343 B.C.: the phrase is parallel to that used in Fr. 70, 1, and appears therefore to be Manetho' | ||
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+ | 42 The totals given by Africanus in Book III are 135, 130, 120, 89, 6, 40, 150+, 124+, 6, 20+, 38, i.e. 858+ years. To reduce to 850, assign 116 years to Dynasty XXII (as the items add), and 120 to Dynasty XXVII (Meyer). | ||
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+ | 43 Third Book (Aucher, Karst): Second Book (Müller). The Armenian words for " | ||
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