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occasionally inserted. This indeed I have already alluded to (see
" Operations carried on at Gizeh," Vol. II. pp. 7 and 8), where it will
appear that the most antient monarch is last mentioned. And in support
of the assertion that the names of individuals were frequently composed
of those of kings, I refer to a paper forwarded by me to the Society of
Antiquaries,8 in which the names of the children of an official character
are composed, amongst other symbols, of the prenomen of the reigning
monarch. This custom seems to have been universally prevalent, and
the traces of it, if carefully investigated, may occasionally throw con-
siderable light upon the individuals of the antient dynasties. I do not,
however, positively insist, from the slight analogy of their names, that
these monarchs belonged to the fifth Elephantine dynasty; but at the
same time I must observe, that the tables hitherto published are not only
at variance with the inscription in the tomb (called of Trades) at Gizeh,
but likewise with those contained in Mr. Burton's " Excerpta Hier.,"
both of which are corroborated by the context, by certain connecting
links between the several kings founded upon an analogy of the names
and titles of various functionaries, and upon the tenor of several inscrip-
tions relating to the monarchs in question at Wady Magara, and also
near the Pyramids of Gizeh. I must likewise add, that the appearance
of the same names at Wady Magara seems to shew, that these monarchs
preceded the conquest of Egypt by the Shepherd Kings, because none of
the persons belonging to the subsequent dynasties, who were driven by
these invaders into Upper Egypt, are there recorded.
Another reference to a king Ousrenre, but which cannot possibly
apply to the monarch mentioned at Abouseir, is contained in two inscrip-
tions, which were published by Dr. Lepsius, and afterwards by M. Rosel-
lini,' and were found upon a statue sent by the former gentleman to the
Museum at Berlin. They contain a dedication by a Pharaoh, supposed
to be Osortasen the First, to his father, Ousrenre, or Eian ; and it is to
be remarked, that the word " father," a general expression, is not
followed by the pronoun " him," or " his," but by the seated image of a
king, and that the name, as well as the prenomen, is preceded by a
branch and by a bee, which have hitherto been supposed only to precede
prenomens. It can be satisfactorily proved, however, that prenomens
were made use of before the sixteenth dynasty, and the one in question
is similar to that found at Abouseir, except in the substitution of an
eye for a mouth in expressing the letter R, and in the insertion at the
bottom of the cartouche of an undulating line (phonetically signifying N).
By comparing the inscription on the statue with the Tablet at Kamac, in
which a king named Re-en-ous,1 Ouscnre (probably an abbreviated form
* Archrcologia, Vol. XXIX. p. 113, pi. XIV. fig. B, C.
' Rosellini, " Mon. Stor." Tom. III. PI. I. p. 40.
1 Burton, " Excerpta Iliur." PI. I.* Tablet of Karnac
APPENDIX.
occasionally inserted. This indeed I have already alluded to (see
" Operations carried on at Gizeh," Vol. II. pp. 7 and 8), where it will
appear that the most antient monarch is last mentioned. And in support
of the assertion that the names of individuals were frequently composed
of those of kings, I refer to a paper forwarded by me to the Society of
Antiquaries,8 in which the names of the children of an official character
are composed, amongst other symbols, of the prenomen of the reigning
monarch. This custom seems to have been universally prevalent, and
the traces of it, if carefully investigated, may occasionally throw con-
siderable light upon the individuals of the antient dynasties. I do not,
however, positively insist, from the slight analogy of their names, that
these monarchs belonged to the fifth Elephantine dynasty; but at the
same time I must observe, that the tables hitherto published are not only
at variance with the inscription in the tomb (called of Trades) at Gizeh,
but likewise with those contained in Mr. Burton's " Excerpta Hier.,"
both of which are corroborated by the context, by certain connecting
links between the several kings founded upon an analogy of the names
and titles of various functionaries, and upon the tenor of several inscrip-
tions relating to the monarchs in question at Wady Magara, and also
near the Pyramids of Gizeh. I must likewise add, that the appearance
of the same names at Wady Magara seems to shew, that these monarchs
preceded the conquest of Egypt by the Shepherd Kings, because none of
the persons belonging to the subsequent dynasties, who were driven by
these invaders into Upper Egypt, are there recorded.
Another reference to a king Ousrenre, but which cannot possibly
apply to the monarch mentioned at Abouseir, is contained in two inscrip-
tions, which were published by Dr. Lepsius, and afterwards by M. Rosel-
lini,' and were found upon a statue sent by the former gentleman to the
Museum at Berlin. They contain a dedication by a Pharaoh, supposed
to be Osortasen the First, to his father, Ousrenre, or Eian ; and it is to
be remarked, that the word " father," a general expression, is not
followed by the pronoun " him," or " his," but by the seated image of a
king, and that the name, as well as the prenomen, is preceded by a
branch and by a bee, which have hitherto been supposed only to precede
prenomens. It can be satisfactorily proved, however, that prenomens
were made use of before the sixteenth dynasty, and the one in question
is similar to that found at Abouseir, except in the substitution of an
eye for a mouth in expressing the letter R, and in the insertion at the
bottom of the cartouche of an undulating line (phonetically signifying N).
By comparing the inscription on the statue with the Tablet at Kamac, in
which a king named Re-en-ous,1 Ouscnre (probably an abbreviated form
* Archrcologia, Vol. XXIX. p. 113, pi. XIV. fig. B, C.
' Rosellini, " Mon. Stor." Tom. III. PI. I. p. 40.
1 Burton, " Excerpta Iliur." PI. I.* Tablet of Karnac