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

384 LIFE OF THE APIS ch. xv.

Mashuasha, Pet-Ise, the son of the general Takeleth—his mother'
is Thes-Bast-per—the son of the first and greatest of the princely
heirs of his Majesty Shashanq, the son of the king and lord of the
land, Uasarken II.,—

And to his venerator and friend, the high-priest of Ptah, Pef-tot-
Bast, the son of the general Pet-Ise, whose mother is Ta-ari, a
daughter of the general Takeleth,—

And to his venerator and friend, the priest of Ptah, Takeleth,.
the son of the general Pet-Ise and of (his wife) Hor-set.

From these four inscriptions it follows, with cer-
tainty, that, under the reign of Shashanq III., Pet-Ise
and his son Pef-tot-Bast ascribe to themselves the title
of ' generals of the Ma (Mashuasha).' The new Apis is
sought for in all Lower Egypt. As to Upper Egypt—
where Uasarken, the king and high-priest of Amen,
maintained the kingdom, until the time when the
Ethiopian Piankhi broke his power—the inscription is
completely silent.

With regard to the Apis himself, the following re-
sults are obtained from the four memorial tablets now
cited :—He was born in the 28th year of the reign of
King Shashanq III., at the city of Ha-shed-abot in
Lower Egypt. Months passed by before he was dis-
covered. On the 1st of Paophi, in the 29th regnal
year of the king, he was solemnly introduced into the
temple of Ptah of Memphis. After a life of 26 years,
he was buried in the Serapeum of Memphis on the 1st
of Mekhir in the 2nd year of the reign of King Pa-mai-
His death must therefore have happened 70 days earlier,
that is, on the 20th of Athyr. Supposing him to have
lived 26 complete years, as the inscription expressly
testifies, his birth must have fallen on the 20th of Athyr
in the 28th regnal year of King Shashanq HI. In that
case about ten months and a half would have elapsed
until his introduction into Memphis on the 1st of Paophi
in the 29th year of the reign of Shashanq HI.