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

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424 APIS-STEL.E OF PSAMTHEK I. oh. xvii.

fled into Ethiopia, laden with rich treasures—never to
return!

A flood of light has been thrown on the chrono-
logical relations—to the very day as well as year—of
the several reigns of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, since
the discovery of the Apis-stelas in the Serapeum at
Memphis.

Subjoined is a translation of the most important of

them:—

Tablet I.

Year 20, month Mesori, day 20, under the reign of King
Psamthek I., the Majesty of the living Apis departed to heaven.
This god was carried in peace (to his burial) to the beautiful land
of the West, in the year 21, month Paophi, day 25 ; having been
born in the 26th year of the king of Upper Egypt, Taharaqa ; and
after having been inaugurated at Memphis in the month Phar-
muthi, on day 9. (The total) makes 21 years.

Tablet II.
After the full name of King Psamthek I., we
read :—

In the year 52, under the reign of this god, information was
brought to his Majesty : ' The temple of thy father Osiris-Apis,
with what is therein, is in no choice condition. Look at the sacred
corpses (the bulls), in what a state they are ! Decay has usurped
its place in their chambers.' Then his Majesty gave orders to make
a renovation in his temple. It was made more beautiful than it
had been before.

His Majesty caused all that is due to a god to be performed
for him (the deceased bull) on the day of his burial. All the
dignitaries took the oversight of what had to be overseen. The
sacred corpse was embalmed with spices, and the cere-cloths were of
byssus, the fabric becoming for all the gods. His chambers were
panelled with ket-wood, sycomore-wood, acacia-wood, and the best
sorts of wood. Their carvings were the likenesses of men in a
chamber of state. A courtier of the king was appointed specially
for the office of imposing a contribution for the work on the inner
country and the lower country of Egypt.

As Mariette has already proved, Psamthek I. was
the founder of a new gallery and new sepulchral
 
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