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

Dm xs. EAMSES X.—XI.-—XII. 353

already made—viz. Amenhotep, the chief priest of
Amen; Khamuas and Ea-neb-Maat-nekht, governors of
•Thebes ; the royal councillor and scribe of Pharaoh,
■Nes-su-Amen; the royal counciUor and interpreter of
Pharaoh, JSTeferka-Ea-em-pa-Amen; Pharaoh's councillor
and secretary, Pai-net'em; the leader of the Mazai
(police), Mentu-khopeshef; and some other persons.
The tombs, which were broken open and partly plun-
dered, contained the kings and queens of the Xlth,
XHlth, XVnth, and XVIHth Dynasties.1

According to the arrangement of Lepsius, the fol-
lowing are to be ranked as the Pharaohs following
Ramessu IX.:—

Ea-messu X., Ea-messu XL, Ka-messu XII.

Their names are found only here and there on the
Monuments, most frequently in the small oracle-temple
°f Khonsu in Thebes, which their forefather Ea-messu
Hi- had founded, and which since that time had re-
ceived the particular attention of the kings of the
Twentieth Dynasty.

Khonsu, the young son of Amen and of the goddess
Mut, was worshipped in this temple in his particular
character as Khonsu-em-us Nefer-hotep, that is,' Khonsu
°f Thebes, the good and friendly,' and a special import-
ance was attached to his oracles on all grave occasions.

The following- inscription is on a stone now in the
■tfibliotheque Rationale in Paris :—

(4) When Pharaoh was in the river-land of Naharain, as his
custom was every year, the kings of all the nations came with
humility and friendship to the person of Pharaoh. From the
extremest ends (of their countries) they brought the gifts of gold,
silver, blue and (5) green stones ; and all sorts of (sweet-smelling)
woods of the holy land were upon their shoulders ; and each one
endeavoured to outdo his neighbour.

1 See p. 359 et gey.

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