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428 THE APIS-STEL/B ch. rrai.
[in peace to the Libyan Desert near Memphis, to be interred] in
his place, which his Majesty had already caused to be prepared for
him . . .
Under Amasis, the Apis died in the 23rd year of
the king's reign, on the sixth day of the month
Phamenoth, that is to say, about the year 550. His
successor, as usual, was not long waited for. Sup-
posing this to be the same that Cambyses caused to
be buried in the year 526 B.C., the bull had reached
an age of about 24 to 25 years, which is in perfect
accord with the average lifetime of the sacred bulls,
derived from other examples.
A special inscription on a monument of the time
of King Darius I. states that this sovereign was
pleased to show marked honour to the Apis-bulls.
In the year 31 under the Majesty of the king and lord of the
land, Nthariush—may he live for ever !—behold a living Apis
appeared | in the city of Memphis. This (his future) sepulchre
was opened, and his chamber was built for an endless duration of
years.
This record also agrees most precisely with the age
of his predecessor, who in his turn had been born
not long after the burial of the buU before him (in
the 4th year of Darius I.), and must have died
shortly before the appearance of the one now in
question, and therefore in the 31st or 30th year of
Darius ; whence again we deduce for him a lifetime
of 24 or 25 years.
The monuments enable us to pursue still further
the traces of the Apis-bulls.
As King Darius I. still enjoyed about five years
more of life, after the manifestation of the Apis in
his 31st year, so, if we continue to assume a lifetime
of 25 years, the new bull must have died about the
20th regnal year of Xerxes I., and therefore about
[in peace to the Libyan Desert near Memphis, to be interred] in
his place, which his Majesty had already caused to be prepared for
him . . .
Under Amasis, the Apis died in the 23rd year of
the king's reign, on the sixth day of the month
Phamenoth, that is to say, about the year 550. His
successor, as usual, was not long waited for. Sup-
posing this to be the same that Cambyses caused to
be buried in the year 526 B.C., the bull had reached
an age of about 24 to 25 years, which is in perfect
accord with the average lifetime of the sacred bulls,
derived from other examples.
A special inscription on a monument of the time
of King Darius I. states that this sovereign was
pleased to show marked honour to the Apis-bulls.
In the year 31 under the Majesty of the king and lord of the
land, Nthariush—may he live for ever !—behold a living Apis
appeared | in the city of Memphis. This (his future) sepulchre
was opened, and his chamber was built for an endless duration of
years.
This record also agrees most precisely with the age
of his predecessor, who in his turn had been born
not long after the burial of the buU before him (in
the 4th year of Darius I.), and must have died
shortly before the appearance of the one now in
question, and therefore in the 31st or 30th year of
Darius ; whence again we deduce for him a lifetime
of 24 or 25 years.
The monuments enable us to pursue still further
the traces of the Apis-bulls.
As King Darius I. still enjoyed about five years
more of life, after the manifestation of the Apis in
his 31st year, so, if we continue to assume a lifetime
of 25 years, the new bull must have died about the
20th regnal year of Xerxes I., and therefore about