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BENI HASAN.
Khnemhotep L had issue two children, a son
and a daughter.
N khi. The name of the former was *r*~ Nekht,
and he succeeded his father in the prince-
dom of Menat - Khufu " by the great
favour of the King Usertsen I." 1 " He ap-
pointed his son, his eldest, Nekht, justified,"
runs the inscription, "to the princedom,
namely, his inheritance in the town of Menat-
Khufu, by the command of the majesty of
the King Usertsen I." In his tomb (No. 21)
he is further entitled " Administrator of the
Eastern desert."2 He appears to have died
childless. The princedom of the Oryx nome,
however, did not devolve upon Nekht, or if
so, only for a short period, as we find the
Great Chiefdom of the nome in the hands of
another noble family as early as the eighteenth
year of Usertsen I. (see below, on the
family of Amenemhat),3 and we have no
evidence of its having been afterwards re-
stored to the Khnemhotep family.
Ba0-t- Khnemhotep I.'s daughter, Baqt,4 named
after her maternal grandmother, married an
hereditary prince named 9 (J Nehera,
"the son of Sebekankh."5 This Nehera was
haq-iprmce of a neighbouring district called
the " New Towns," which are mentioned in
some tombs at Sheikh Said, not far distant.6
He was also Mat of the King of Upper
Egypt and Amt of the King of Lower Egypt
(probably meaning the Alpha and Omega to
the King7), qualified by the phrase, "for
his office of town-governor," which seems to
imply that he was ruler of the royal city
itself, probably the Het-Sehotep-ab-Ra of
1 Vide Beni Hasan, Part I., PL xxy, lines 54-62, and
p. 60.
1 Vide PI. xxii.a.
3 See p. 13 of the present volume.
4 Vide Beni Hasan, Part I., PL xxv., lines 4 and 74.
6 Vide I.e., Part I., PI. xxv., lines 62-71 and PI xxvi
line 189.
' Vide l.c, p. 60, note 2. ' Vide I.e., note 3.
Amenemhat I., mentioned elsewhere, and
discussed in the section on Geography.8 The
marriage is briefly noted: "My mother,"
says Khnemhotep II., "proceeded to Het-
Sehotep-ab-Ra to be wife of the hereditary
prince and governor of the New Towns,
Nehera."9 Of this latter personage's history
we know but little. That he was of noble
origin is proved by the fact, stated in the
Great Inscription, that " he ruled his city
when a babe at the time of its circumcision
and performed the royal mission with waving
plumes of office, as a child at his mother's
breast." 1 The same text also tells us that he
made for himself a Aa-house in the City of
Mernefert (possibly in the neighbourhood of
Der el-Bersheh) in good stone of Anu (lime-
stone), " in order that he might root his name
to eternity and make it endure for ever." 2
We shall have more to say about him in the
memoir on the tombs of El-Bersheh.
Khnemhotep I.'s eldest son, Nekht, having Khnem-
died without issue, and the direct male line
failing, the princedom devolved, through his
daughter Baqt, upon her eldest son, who was
named after his grandfather.3 It was for this
son that Tomb No. 3 4 was excavated, and to
the autobiographical inscription incised be-
neath the wall-paintings of its main chamber
we owe most of our knowledge of this ancient
and princely family. He tells us that in exca-
vating this tomb he was only following in the
footsteps of his father. " My first honour,"
he says, " was in establishing for myself a
tomb-chapel, for, as the saying goes, a man
should imitate the acts of his father." 6 It
is also stated that the tomb was made so that
See p. 21.
Vide Beni Hasan, Part I., PI. xxv., line 69.
L.c, PI. xxvi., linos 184-192, and p. 65.
L.c, lines 170-184.
L.c, PI. xxv., lines 14-24.
L.c, Pis. xxii.-xxxviii., and pp. 39-72.
L.c, PI. xxvi., lines 170-173.
Khnemhotep L had issue two children, a son
and a daughter.
N khi. The name of the former was *r*~ Nekht,
and he succeeded his father in the prince-
dom of Menat - Khufu " by the great
favour of the King Usertsen I." 1 " He ap-
pointed his son, his eldest, Nekht, justified,"
runs the inscription, "to the princedom,
namely, his inheritance in the town of Menat-
Khufu, by the command of the majesty of
the King Usertsen I." In his tomb (No. 21)
he is further entitled " Administrator of the
Eastern desert."2 He appears to have died
childless. The princedom of the Oryx nome,
however, did not devolve upon Nekht, or if
so, only for a short period, as we find the
Great Chiefdom of the nome in the hands of
another noble family as early as the eighteenth
year of Usertsen I. (see below, on the
family of Amenemhat),3 and we have no
evidence of its having been afterwards re-
stored to the Khnemhotep family.
Ba0-t- Khnemhotep I.'s daughter, Baqt,4 named
after her maternal grandmother, married an
hereditary prince named 9 (J Nehera,
"the son of Sebekankh."5 This Nehera was
haq-iprmce of a neighbouring district called
the " New Towns," which are mentioned in
some tombs at Sheikh Said, not far distant.6
He was also Mat of the King of Upper
Egypt and Amt of the King of Lower Egypt
(probably meaning the Alpha and Omega to
the King7), qualified by the phrase, "for
his office of town-governor," which seems to
imply that he was ruler of the royal city
itself, probably the Het-Sehotep-ab-Ra of
1 Vide Beni Hasan, Part I., PL xxy, lines 54-62, and
p. 60.
1 Vide PI. xxii.a.
3 See p. 13 of the present volume.
4 Vide Beni Hasan, Part I., PL xxv., lines 4 and 74.
6 Vide I.e., Part I., PI. xxv., lines 62-71 and PI xxvi
line 189.
' Vide l.c, p. 60, note 2. ' Vide I.e., note 3.
Amenemhat I., mentioned elsewhere, and
discussed in the section on Geography.8 The
marriage is briefly noted: "My mother,"
says Khnemhotep II., "proceeded to Het-
Sehotep-ab-Ra to be wife of the hereditary
prince and governor of the New Towns,
Nehera."9 Of this latter personage's history
we know but little. That he was of noble
origin is proved by the fact, stated in the
Great Inscription, that " he ruled his city
when a babe at the time of its circumcision
and performed the royal mission with waving
plumes of office, as a child at his mother's
breast." 1 The same text also tells us that he
made for himself a Aa-house in the City of
Mernefert (possibly in the neighbourhood of
Der el-Bersheh) in good stone of Anu (lime-
stone), " in order that he might root his name
to eternity and make it endure for ever." 2
We shall have more to say about him in the
memoir on the tombs of El-Bersheh.
Khnemhotep I.'s eldest son, Nekht, having Khnem-
died without issue, and the direct male line
failing, the princedom devolved, through his
daughter Baqt, upon her eldest son, who was
named after his grandfather.3 It was for this
son that Tomb No. 3 4 was excavated, and to
the autobiographical inscription incised be-
neath the wall-paintings of its main chamber
we owe most of our knowledge of this ancient
and princely family. He tells us that in exca-
vating this tomb he was only following in the
footsteps of his father. " My first honour,"
he says, " was in establishing for myself a
tomb-chapel, for, as the saying goes, a man
should imitate the acts of his father." 6 It
is also stated that the tomb was made so that
See p. 21.
Vide Beni Hasan, Part I., PI. xxv., line 69.
L.c, PI. xxvi., linos 184-192, and p. 65.
L.c, lines 170-184.
L.c, PI. xxv., lines 14-24.
L.c, Pis. xxii.-xxxviii., and pp. 39-72.
L.c, PI. xxvi., lines 170-173.