Brugsch, Heinrich: Egypt under the pharaohs: a history derived entirely from the monuments (London, 1891)

"J>ra. xix.

WAK "WITH THE LIBYANS

249

Seti carried his wars to the west, and in particular
■against the Libyan tribes, who now appear for the first
time on the Egyptian monuments. The double plume
on the crown of the head and the side locks of hair
mark in the most striking manner these races, which
the inscriptions designate by the name of Thuhi,
Thuhen, or Tuheni, i.e. ' the light or fair people.'1 To
this campaign Seti took his son and heir Ramses. In
the battle itself the king appears in a chariot, whose
pair of horses bore the name ' Victorious is Amen.' An
inscription says:—

He (the king) utterly destroyed them, when he stood on the field
■of battle. They could not hold their bows, and remained hidden in
"their caves like foxes, through fear of the king.

Of course after these extensive campaigns, Amen
a;ad his temple in Apet would be remembered, as is
proved by the following record :—

The king presents the booty to his father Amen, on his return
from the miserable land of Ruthen, consisting of silver, gold, blue,
green, red, and other precious stones, and of the kings of the
Peoples, whom he holds bound in his hand, to fill therewith the
storehouse of his father Amen, on account of the victory which he
has granted to the king.

The kings of the peoples which had not known Egypt are
brought by Pharaoh in consequence of his victory over the miserable
land of Ruthen. They speak thus to glorify his Majesty and to
Praise his great deeds :—

' Hail to thee ! mighty is thy name, glorious thy renown. The
people may well rejoice which is subjected to thy will; but he
appears in fetters who oversteps thy boundaries. By thy name !
"e did not know Egypt; our fathers had not entered it. Grant
us freedom out of thy hand !'

The prisoners are presented by the divine benefactor to his
father Amen, from the hostile kings of the nations which had not
known Egypt—their gifts rest on their shoulders,—to fill there-
with all the storehouses, as men-servants and maid-servants, in

1 See p. 133.