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KINGS NAMED SETHEE.
[Part I.
Sethos, or Sethosis. It is very remarkable that all the
Kings whose names are derived from that of Seth, to
whom Sothis was considered sacred, as well as to Isis,
reigned, or came to the throne, during the interval in
which the manifestation of Sothis was celebrated on
the first day of Thoth vague. These Kings are Men-
ptah Sethee I., Men-ptah Sethee II., and Seth-nekht,
the father of Rameses III. Each of these Kings is
likewise called after Osiris, in some instances; thus,
Osiree I., Osiree II., and Osir-nekht. The mutual
resemblance of the names Osiris and Sirius is here
worthy of notice, more especially since relation to Isis
implies relation to Osiris. In the nomen of Sir
Gardner Wilkinson's Rameses VI. there is a title con-
nected with Seth ; but this title was not assumed on his
coming to the throne: it was evidently given him with
the name Rameses at his birth; for we find him bear-
ing that name and title as a prince in the Rameseum
of Medeenet-Haboo; and hence we cannot doubt that
he was named (probably at his birth) during the in-
terval in which the manifestation of Sothis was cele-
brated on the first day of Thoth. I know of no other
King's name, nor of any other royal title, at all connected
with Seth; and this appears to me to be a remarkable
confirmation of the conclusion that the Sothic Cycle of
B.C. 1322 commenced in the reign of Sethee I. We
do not know, it is true, when that King was called
Sethee; but it is most probable that he took that
name at his accession. I cannot, however, omit to
notice in this place the reason for the consecration of
Sothis to Isis as well as Seth, and for the Kings being-
called sometimes Sethee, sometimes Osiree. The
ancient Egyptians, in their mythology, according to the
KINGS NAMED SETHEE.
[Part I.
Sethos, or Sethosis. It is very remarkable that all the
Kings whose names are derived from that of Seth, to
whom Sothis was considered sacred, as well as to Isis,
reigned, or came to the throne, during the interval in
which the manifestation of Sothis was celebrated on
the first day of Thoth vague. These Kings are Men-
ptah Sethee I., Men-ptah Sethee II., and Seth-nekht,
the father of Rameses III. Each of these Kings is
likewise called after Osiris, in some instances; thus,
Osiree I., Osiree II., and Osir-nekht. The mutual
resemblance of the names Osiris and Sirius is here
worthy of notice, more especially since relation to Isis
implies relation to Osiris. In the nomen of Sir
Gardner Wilkinson's Rameses VI. there is a title con-
nected with Seth ; but this title was not assumed on his
coming to the throne: it was evidently given him with
the name Rameses at his birth; for we find him bear-
ing that name and title as a prince in the Rameseum
of Medeenet-Haboo; and hence we cannot doubt that
he was named (probably at his birth) during the in-
terval in which the manifestation of Sothis was cele-
brated on the first day of Thoth. I know of no other
King's name, nor of any other royal title, at all connected
with Seth; and this appears to me to be a remarkable
confirmation of the conclusion that the Sothic Cycle of
B.C. 1322 commenced in the reign of Sethee I. We
do not know, it is true, when that King was called
Sethee; but it is most probable that he took that
name at his accession. I cannot, however, omit to
notice in this place the reason for the consecration of
Sothis to Isis as well as Seth, and for the Kings being-
called sometimes Sethee, sometimes Osiree. The
ancient Egyptians, in their mythology, according to the