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308 THE FAMILY OF KAMSES II. OH. xiii.
occasion for great festivities throughout the whole'
country, which are frequently mentioned in the inscrip-
tions at Silsilis, El-Kab, Biggeh, Sehel, and even upon
several scarabsei. The prince and high priest of Btah
of Memphis, Khamuas, travelled through the principal
cities of the land, in order to make the necessary
preparations for celebrating duly this great feast of joy.
The return of this jubilee seems to have been calculated
according to a fixed cycle of years, perhaps when the
lunar and solar years co-incided at short intervals of
three or four years, in the same manner as the festivals.
In the 30th year Khamuas celebrated the feast under his
own superintendence, in Biggeh and in Silsilis, where at
that time Khai was governor of the district, while at
El-Kab the governor Ta conducted the festivities. The-
recurrence of the succeeding jubilees took place—the
second in the 34th year, the third in the 37th year, and
the fourth in the 40th year, of the reign of Bamses II.
From the outer wall of the temple at Abydos we
learn that Bamses II. had 119 children—60 sons and
59 daughters—which gives ground for supposing a great
number of concubines, besides his lawful wives Isi-nefer,.
the mother of Khamuas, Nefer-ari, Meri-mut, and the
daughter of the Kheta king. Among his sons Khamuas.
held a fond place in his father's heart. He was high
priest of Ptah of Memphis, and in that character did
his best to restore the worship of Apis, the living type
of Ptah-Sekari. His buildings in Memphis and in the
so-called Serapeum, the burial-place of the sacred bulls,,
are celebrated in the inscriptions as splendid works.
From all that the monuments relate of Khamuas he
seems to have been a learned and pious prince who
devoted himself specially to the service of the deity and
estranged himself more from state affairs than was.
altogether pleasing to his royal father.
occasion for great festivities throughout the whole'
country, which are frequently mentioned in the inscrip-
tions at Silsilis, El-Kab, Biggeh, Sehel, and even upon
several scarabsei. The prince and high priest of Btah
of Memphis, Khamuas, travelled through the principal
cities of the land, in order to make the necessary
preparations for celebrating duly this great feast of joy.
The return of this jubilee seems to have been calculated
according to a fixed cycle of years, perhaps when the
lunar and solar years co-incided at short intervals of
three or four years, in the same manner as the festivals.
In the 30th year Khamuas celebrated the feast under his
own superintendence, in Biggeh and in Silsilis, where at
that time Khai was governor of the district, while at
El-Kab the governor Ta conducted the festivities. The-
recurrence of the succeeding jubilees took place—the
second in the 34th year, the third in the 37th year, and
the fourth in the 40th year, of the reign of Bamses II.
From the outer wall of the temple at Abydos we
learn that Bamses II. had 119 children—60 sons and
59 daughters—which gives ground for supposing a great
number of concubines, besides his lawful wives Isi-nefer,.
the mother of Khamuas, Nefer-ari, Meri-mut, and the
daughter of the Kheta king. Among his sons Khamuas.
held a fond place in his father's heart. He was high
priest of Ptah of Memphis, and in that character did
his best to restore the worship of Apis, the living type
of Ptah-Sekari. His buildings in Memphis and in the
so-called Serapeum, the burial-place of the sacred bulls,,
are celebrated in the inscriptions as splendid works.
From all that the monuments relate of Khamuas he
seems to have been a learned and pious prince who
devoted himself specially to the service of the deity and
estranged himself more from state affairs than was.
altogether pleasing to his royal father.