dbst. xxii. UASARKEN 1. 379
warriors of Patoris, the son of King Shashanq I.—for his lord
Amen-Ra, the king of the gods. May he grant life, welfare, health,
a long term of life, power, and strength, an old age in prosperity !
My gracious lord ! Grant that my words may live for hundreds of
thousands of years ! It is a high privilege to work for Amen,
"■rant me power, in recompense for what I have done !
Auputh, the king's eldest son, died before his father.
Already he had been invested with the title of chief
priest of Amen, to which was joined the position of
commander-in-chief of the military force in the South.
In a side inscription in the same place he thus recalls
himself to posterity :—
This was made by the chief priest of Amen-Ra, the king of the
g°ds, the commander-in-chief and general, Auputh, who stands at
the head of the whole body of the great warriors of Patoris, the
s°n of King Shashanq. I.
In the Hall of the Bubastites at Karnak, also, the
Qame of this high-priest of the god Amen appears
beside the name of his father.
UaSARKBN I. CIR. B.C. 933.
Save for a passing mention of his name the monu-
ments relate nothing about this son of Shashanq. Of
his two wives who are mentioned one—Tashed-Khonsu
' bore him a son called Takeleth, who was his successor.
His second son, Shashanq, born of his marriage with the
daughter of Pasebkhanu II. of Tanis, and thus of royal
descent, became high-priest of Amen with the same rank
as that held by his uncle Auputh, viz. commander-in-
chief, but with this difference, that the whole Egyptian
army was placed under his control, and not only that
part stationed in Patoris.
There seems to have been a contest between the
brothers for the crown. The inheritance which was
assured to the first by his right as first-born was
disputed by the second as the son of a royal princess.
warriors of Patoris, the son of King Shashanq I.—for his lord
Amen-Ra, the king of the gods. May he grant life, welfare, health,
a long term of life, power, and strength, an old age in prosperity !
My gracious lord ! Grant that my words may live for hundreds of
thousands of years ! It is a high privilege to work for Amen,
"■rant me power, in recompense for what I have done !
Auputh, the king's eldest son, died before his father.
Already he had been invested with the title of chief
priest of Amen, to which was joined the position of
commander-in-chief of the military force in the South.
In a side inscription in the same place he thus recalls
himself to posterity :—
This was made by the chief priest of Amen-Ra, the king of the
g°ds, the commander-in-chief and general, Auputh, who stands at
the head of the whole body of the great warriors of Patoris, the
s°n of King Shashanq. I.
In the Hall of the Bubastites at Karnak, also, the
Qame of this high-priest of the god Amen appears
beside the name of his father.
UaSARKBN I. CIR. B.C. 933.
Save for a passing mention of his name the monu-
ments relate nothing about this son of Shashanq. Of
his two wives who are mentioned one—Tashed-Khonsu
' bore him a son called Takeleth, who was his successor.
His second son, Shashanq, born of his marriage with the
daughter of Pasebkhanu II. of Tanis, and thus of royal
descent, became high-priest of Amen with the same rank
as that held by his uncle Auputh, viz. commander-in-
chief, but with this difference, that the whole Egyptian
army was placed under his control, and not only that
part stationed in Patoris.
There seems to have been a contest between the
brothers for the crown. The inheritance which was
assured to the first by his right as first-born was
disputed by the second as the son of a royal princess.