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98 THE EXODUS PAPYRI.
took place under Seti II. Sutech doubtless meant
Righteousness; and Melchizedec doubtless meant
literally my king is righteousness, or my king is
Sutech.
Since then Penta-Hor probably wrote some of
his letters at the end of Meneptah's reign, just
after Amen-m-Apt's death, and almost certainly
collected them in that part of the reign of Seti II.,
when the usurper, the Exodus king, Meneptah II.,
Siptah, son of Meneptah, the favourer of the shep-
herds, was dominant in Lower Egypt, it would ap-
pear that, much in the style of Pinebsa, he thought
proper to introduce Amen-m-Aant's letters by a
piece of history illustrating the early history of
this Avaris and its "ancient theological reference"
to Sutech.
This portion of the manuscript originally con-
sisted of two pages and a half of matter, com-
prising at least twenty-four lines, but only fourteen
of them can now be said to remain at all legible;
and all of them have more or less suffered, often
in the most important parts of the sentences.
The first point of interest which I observe is
that Skenenra is named, a very important king in
Egyptian history, and who certainly lived in a
time of great religious and political change. By
this document we also learn that a king Appee-as,
commonly called Apappus, was his contemporary.
A third personage may also very easily be recog-
nized as playing a part not less important than
that of Appee-as. He may possibly be identical
with Skenenra. The country over which he ruled
took place under Seti II. Sutech doubtless meant
Righteousness; and Melchizedec doubtless meant
literally my king is righteousness, or my king is
Sutech.
Since then Penta-Hor probably wrote some of
his letters at the end of Meneptah's reign, just
after Amen-m-Apt's death, and almost certainly
collected them in that part of the reign of Seti II.,
when the usurper, the Exodus king, Meneptah II.,
Siptah, son of Meneptah, the favourer of the shep-
herds, was dominant in Lower Egypt, it would ap-
pear that, much in the style of Pinebsa, he thought
proper to introduce Amen-m-Aant's letters by a
piece of history illustrating the early history of
this Avaris and its "ancient theological reference"
to Sutech.
This portion of the manuscript originally con-
sisted of two pages and a half of matter, com-
prising at least twenty-four lines, but only fourteen
of them can now be said to remain at all legible;
and all of them have more or less suffered, often
in the most important parts of the sentences.
The first point of interest which I observe is
that Skenenra is named, a very important king in
Egyptian history, and who certainly lived in a
time of great religious and political change. By
this document we also learn that a king Appee-as,
commonly called Apappus, was his contemporary.
A third personage may also very easily be recog-
nized as playing a part not less important than
that of Appee-as. He may possibly be identical
with Skenenra. The country over which he ruled