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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION.
families. Indeed, the only two sons of Rameses
whose deaths are recorded during their father's
life-time, are his heir, prince Amen, the Chief
queen's first-born; and his fourth, Shai, queen
Hesi-nofre's second. The death of prince Amen
is fixed by monuments between the 5th and 8th
years of his father's reign,* so that he must have
lived about thirty-five years. The death of prince
Shai must be posterior to the 20th year of Ra-
meses II., which is his 45th, dating from his asso-
ciation with his father, Seti I. ; Shai therefore
must have lived at least forty-five years.t Under
* The eldest prince only appears by name once, in the vic-
tories of Rameses after he became sole king: this is an un-
dated expedition against Khor (the Horites), in which his two
next brothers, Ramessu (2nd), and Pai-Ea (3rd), are with him.
Nine of the king's sons are present at the assault of Atesh,
a city of the Shet (Shittim) in the 5th year; but only eight
in another expedition of the 8th year; and the prince missed
in that interval is older than Shai (4th), for at the siege of Poun
(Punon, a Horite city), where eight sons also appear, the two
elder ones are scaling the wall with a ladder (no names), while
the six younger ones, arranged in a line in the front, according
to their ages, perform various acts of valour, duly labelled :—
Shai (4th), Mentu (5th), Meri-Amen (7th), Amen-em-wa (8th),
Seti (9th), Sotep-en-Ra (10th).
t This is certain from the numerous memorials of Shai at
Silsillis, and the dates of the series of panegyries in which he
officiated in his sacerdotal character (Champ. Mon. pi. 115 to 119).
If he was born when Rameses was twenty-four years old, this
was the year in which Rameses himself received from his father
Seti I. the co-regent's diadem. The prince's name, " Shai-em-
Djom," Crowned in Djom (Upper Egypt), looks very like such
commemoration of his father's elevation. The panegyries
are dated from the 30th to the 45th years of Rameses II.
families. Indeed, the only two sons of Rameses
whose deaths are recorded during their father's
life-time, are his heir, prince Amen, the Chief
queen's first-born; and his fourth, Shai, queen
Hesi-nofre's second. The death of prince Amen
is fixed by monuments between the 5th and 8th
years of his father's reign,* so that he must have
lived about thirty-five years. The death of prince
Shai must be posterior to the 20th year of Ra-
meses II., which is his 45th, dating from his asso-
ciation with his father, Seti I. ; Shai therefore
must have lived at least forty-five years.t Under
* The eldest prince only appears by name once, in the vic-
tories of Rameses after he became sole king: this is an un-
dated expedition against Khor (the Horites), in which his two
next brothers, Ramessu (2nd), and Pai-Ea (3rd), are with him.
Nine of the king's sons are present at the assault of Atesh,
a city of the Shet (Shittim) in the 5th year; but only eight
in another expedition of the 8th year; and the prince missed
in that interval is older than Shai (4th), for at the siege of Poun
(Punon, a Horite city), where eight sons also appear, the two
elder ones are scaling the wall with a ladder (no names), while
the six younger ones, arranged in a line in the front, according
to their ages, perform various acts of valour, duly labelled :—
Shai (4th), Mentu (5th), Meri-Amen (7th), Amen-em-wa (8th),
Seti (9th), Sotep-en-Ra (10th).
t This is certain from the numerous memorials of Shai at
Silsillis, and the dates of the series of panegyries in which he
officiated in his sacerdotal character (Champ. Mon. pi. 115 to 119).
If he was born when Rameses was twenty-four years old, this
was the year in which Rameses himself received from his father
Seti I. the co-regent's diadem. The prince's name, " Shai-em-
Djom," Crowned in Djom (Upper Egypt), looks very like such
commemoration of his father's elevation. The panegyries
are dated from the 30th to the 45th years of Rameses II.