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

436 ATAIUHI AND ALIURTA oh. xvii-

they seem to have adopted Egyptian manners and
customs, and so they did not disdain to perpetuate their
names on hieroglyphic memorial-tablets in that valley.
The representations of the god Amsu of Coptos are
accompanied by hieroglyphs, in which the names of
the ' eunuchs of Persia' are preceded, whenever they
occur, by chronological data. In stating these, how-
ever, they departed from the old Egyptian rule, inas-
much as, instead of the current regnal year of the
sovereigns in question, they chose to exhibit the full
sum of the years of their reigns, and also the full
sum of their own years of service under one or more
kings, with the addition of ar en, ' has made,' i.e. lived
during, (so many years): just as in the case of the
name of Taharaqa on the Apis-stela?.1 Some examples
of these inscriptions will illustrate this mode of dating :-—

First Inscription.

The sum of the 6 years of the lord of the land Kanbuza
(Cambyses), the sum of the 36 years of the sovereign Nthariush
(Darius I.), and the sum of the 12 years of the sovereign Khshiarsh
(Xerxes I.), has the eunuch of Persia (seres en Parse) Ataiuhi
lived, remaining in the presence of the god Amsu, the chief of the
city.

Second Insceiption.

The sum of the 36 years of the godlike benefactor and sove-
reign, the son of the Sun and 'wearer of the crown, Nthariush
(Darius I.)—may he live to-day and evermore !—and | the sum of
the 13 years of his son, the sovereign, the son of the Sun and
wearer of the crown, Khshiarsh (Xerxes I.)—may he live to-day
and evermore !—has lived the eunuch of Persia and governor of the:
city of Coptos, Ataiuhi.

Third Inscription.

The 5 years of the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, the sove-
reign, Arta-khshesesh (Artaxerxes), and | the 16 years of the god-
like benefactor Arta-khshesesh (Artaxerxes) | has lived the eunuch

1 See p. 424.