a For this period we have no dates, but it is limited by the following facts: (1) the term of Setau as high priest at El Kab (IV, 415); (2) the succession of the high-priests of Amon; Amenhotep, known as high priest under Ramses IX at least from year 10 (IV, 487) to year 17 (Papyrus Amherst, ed. Newberry, No. VII, p. 1, 1. 5), was the son of Ramsesnakht, high-priest known under Ramses IV, year 3. The term of Setau will not permit lengthening the uncertain interim beyond 15 years; nor is it likely to have been less in view of the succession of highpriests. biv, 535. CIV, 535. This year is a coregency with Ramses IX. dMariette, Abydos, II, 62=Catalogue général d'Abydos, No. 1173, pp. 442 f. *A fuller statement of this dynasty will be found in IV, 604 ff. fA fuller statement of this dynasty will be found in IV, 693 f. 8See IV, 693, and Daressy (Recueil, XV, 174–75), who is undoubtedly correct in recognizing Takelot I on a stela of year 23. aThe x at the end of Osorkon II's reign falls outside of this total, as his son's reign is counted from his own year 23. bThis dynasty will be found fully discussed, with table, in the introduction to the Piankhi Stela (IV, 811 ff.). CIV, 794, 4. dOnly known as coregent with Osorkon III. The years between Osorkon III and Bekneranef may be filled up by Takelot III or by the two kings, Psammus and Zet, placed by Africanus after Osorkon III. eAfricanus gives a total of 89 years, and Syncellus 44, to this dynasty. The 27 is merely the amount necessary to fill up the gap between the end of the Twenty-second Dynasty and Bekneranef. fIV, 884. From here on, the date B. C. is obtained by dead reckoning back from the accession of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty in 663 B. C. hIV, 1026-7. This date is found in a contemporary inscription in Hammamat (Lepsius, Denkmäler, III, 2756); as Herodotus also gives 44 as the length of this reign, there is evidently no doubt that we have in it the highest date of the reign. ADDENDUM ON CHRONOLOGY (842) A letter from Eduard Meyer calls my attention to a fragmentary relief in the tomb of Thutnakht (El Bersheh, II, Pls. 8 and 9) which shows that the flax harvest in the middle of the twentieth century B. C. took place between the twenty-third and twenty-seventh of the fourth month. This harvest at the present day in the province of Minieh occurs during the early part of April. Thus the 113th117th days of the calendar, which normally fell between November 9 and 13 (Julian), then fell in early April, showing a shift of the calendar of over 200 days, and corresponding completely with the shift of 225 days indicated by the Kahun Sothic date (§§ 42, 46). The date of the Twelfth Dynasty is thus confirmed beyond a doubt. |