15.

18.

19.

DYNASTY III., FROM MEMPHIS, B.C. 3966.

DYNASTY IV., FROM MEMPHIS, B.C. 3766.

*Though

Rā is generally placed first in the cartouche, it is

Nefer-f-Ra, son of the Sun, Shepses-ka-Rā.

Nefer-xa-Ra, son of the Sun, Ḥeru-ȧ-ka-u

Mer-en-Ra, son of the Sun, Heru-em-sa-f.

Men-ka-Ra, son of the Sun, Netȧqerti.

(Nitocris.)

DYNASTIES VII. AND VIII., FROM MEMPHIS; DYNASTIES IX. AND X., FROM HERACLEOPOLIS, B.C. 3100.

+ Erpa, usually translated "hereditary prince" or "duke," is one

of the oldest titles of nobility in Egypt.