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86 DYNASTIES XII. AND XIII. oh. v,
exact epoch of the invasion of the foreigners, so that
these latter must have already gained a firm footing in
Lower Egypt on the east. In opposition to this, how-
ever, is the fact that several kings of the Thirteenth
Dynasty enjoyed in the Delta perfect leisure and quiet
to erect monuments, the remains of which have been
preserved to the present time, and whose size and style
do not point to their having been hastily constructed.
Among these may be mentioned the wonderful stones
and statues at Tanis (Zoan), in the neighbourhood of
the territory on which, towards the end of the Thir-
teenth Dynasty, the Hyksos kings pitched their camps.
In the extracts from Manetho the names of the kings
of the Thirteenth Dynasty are passed over in silence.
The Turin Papyrus is, therefore, the only source from
which the void can be supplied, and fortunately the
extant fragments are just sufficient to establish some of
the most important names.
True to ancient custom, nearly all the royal persons
are distinguished by means of the official name only.
The family names are, however, supplied in the case of
no small number of the princes of this dynasty by the
contemporary monuments, which bear double car-
touches and show that the greater number of these
kings bore the name of Sebek-hotep,
Notwithstanding the Theban origin of this race the
seven Sebek-hoteps (servants of Sebek) held in special
veneration the crocodile-headed god, to whom the
kings of the preceding dynasty had raised monu-
ments in the Fayum and in the neighbourhood of Lake
Moeris. An intimate connection must therefore be
supposed between the Twelfth and Thirteenth Dynas-
ties, and it is probable that Sebek-neferu-Ea, the heiress
of the Twelfth Dynasty, transmitted the special wor-
exact epoch of the invasion of the foreigners, so that
these latter must have already gained a firm footing in
Lower Egypt on the east. In opposition to this, how-
ever, is the fact that several kings of the Thirteenth
Dynasty enjoyed in the Delta perfect leisure and quiet
to erect monuments, the remains of which have been
preserved to the present time, and whose size and style
do not point to their having been hastily constructed.
Among these may be mentioned the wonderful stones
and statues at Tanis (Zoan), in the neighbourhood of
the territory on which, towards the end of the Thir-
teenth Dynasty, the Hyksos kings pitched their camps.
In the extracts from Manetho the names of the kings
of the Thirteenth Dynasty are passed over in silence.
The Turin Papyrus is, therefore, the only source from
which the void can be supplied, and fortunately the
extant fragments are just sufficient to establish some of
the most important names.
True to ancient custom, nearly all the royal persons
are distinguished by means of the official name only.
The family names are, however, supplied in the case of
no small number of the princes of this dynasty by the
contemporary monuments, which bear double car-
touches and show that the greater number of these
kings bore the name of Sebek-hotep,
Notwithstanding the Theban origin of this race the
seven Sebek-hoteps (servants of Sebek) held in special
veneration the crocodile-headed god, to whom the
kings of the preceding dynasty had raised monu-
ments in the Fayum and in the neighbourhood of Lake
Moeris. An intimate connection must therefore be
supposed between the Twelfth and Thirteenth Dynas-
ties, and it is probable that Sebek-neferu-Ea, the heiress
of the Twelfth Dynasty, transmitted the special wor-