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

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CHAPTEE XIV.

DYNASTY XX.1

Ea-messu Haq-On. cik. b.c. 1200.

{Ramses III.)

As this king's official name was User-maat-Ba, he is only-
distinguished from Eamses II. by the title Haq-On,
* Prince of Heliopolis.' Among the people he bore the
appellation of Ba-messu-pa-netek, that is, ' Bamses the
god,' from which the Greeks formed the well-known
name of Bhampsinitus.

The miserable state of Egypt before his accession
could not be better described than in his own words,
cited in the last chapter. The same Harris Papyrus gives
a comprehensive outline of the eventful life of Bamses
III., the following being the chief events :—The king's
first care after his accession was the restoration and
demarcation of the several castes, which he arranged
in their descending degrees, as follows: The Ab en
Perao, ' counsellors of Pharaoh,' an office which Joseph
held in the Egyptian court; the ' great princes,' gover-
nors and representatives of the king in the several
nomes; 'the infantry and chariot-soldiers;' the mer-
cenaries of the tribes of the Shardana and the Kahak;
and the lowest classes of the officers and servants.

He was next occupied with wars against foreign
nations, who had invaded the borders of Egypt. The
Danau were pursued to the Cilician coast, and there

1 For Table of Kings see p. xxiv.
 
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