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RAMSES VI.
CIt. XIV-
Of the sons of Kamses III., who followed next in
order, two seem to have reigned simultaneously. One
of these was the seventh son,
Ea-messu Meri-Atmu,
a son of the queen Mut-nefer-ari, whose cartouche,,
with the name Meri-Amen Meri-Atmu, was discovered
many years ago, at Heliopolis, on one of the stones-
lying in the road. It led to the conjecture, that Meri-
Atmu reigned as viceroy in Lower Egypt in his brother's
name. The Theban monuments give us the names of
this brother with perfect distinctness. He was called
Ea-neb-Maat. Ea-messu VI.
The few inscriptions which have survived the ravages
of time speak of his monuments dedicated to the gods.
The most important edifice is his splendid tomb in the
valley of Biban-el-Moluk. The tables of the hours,
with the times of the risings of the stars, which formed
the houses of the sun's course in the 36 or 37 weeks,
of the Egyptian year, will be for all times the most
valuable contribution to astronomical science in the
12th century before our era. According to Biot, whose
labours in order to fix certain epochs of Egyptian
history are almost the only ones which have treated the
subject with scientific accuracy, the drawing up of
these tables of stars would fall in the reign of Ea-messu
VI., in the year 1240 B.C. Professor Lepsius has,.
however, from his own point of view, sought to prove
that herein lay an error, and that, on the authority of
the already cited table of hours in the grave of this
king, the year 1194 B.C. is indicated as the only proper
date. This last view does not differ very much from
our calculation of 1166 B.C., deduced from the number
of successive generations.
RAMSES VI.
CIt. XIV-
Of the sons of Kamses III., who followed next in
order, two seem to have reigned simultaneously. One
of these was the seventh son,
Ea-messu Meri-Atmu,
a son of the queen Mut-nefer-ari, whose cartouche,,
with the name Meri-Amen Meri-Atmu, was discovered
many years ago, at Heliopolis, on one of the stones-
lying in the road. It led to the conjecture, that Meri-
Atmu reigned as viceroy in Lower Egypt in his brother's
name. The Theban monuments give us the names of
this brother with perfect distinctness. He was called
Ea-neb-Maat. Ea-messu VI.
The few inscriptions which have survived the ravages
of time speak of his monuments dedicated to the gods.
The most important edifice is his splendid tomb in the
valley of Biban-el-Moluk. The tables of the hours,
with the times of the risings of the stars, which formed
the houses of the sun's course in the 36 or 37 weeks,
of the Egyptian year, will be for all times the most
valuable contribution to astronomical science in the
12th century before our era. According to Biot, whose
labours in order to fix certain epochs of Egyptian
history are almost the only ones which have treated the
subject with scientific accuracy, the drawing up of
these tables of stars would fall in the reign of Ea-messu
VI., in the year 1240 B.C. Professor Lepsius has,.
however, from his own point of view, sought to prove
that herein lay an error, and that, on the authority of
the already cited table of hours in the grave of this
king, the year 1194 B.C. is indicated as the only proper
date. This last view does not differ very much from
our calculation of 1166 B.C., deduced from the number
of successive generations.