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ATHOTHIS.
103
tablet and part of the second consisted of an entire
list of the Thinite Kings, thirty-two in number, will,
I think, be regarded as an interesting and important
discovery. It is further worthy of remark that most
of the names of Thinite Kings after Nufre-ka-ra in
the Tablet are of a compound form, a prenomen and
nomen in one ring, and that this is accounted for by
their belonging to a period partly preceding, and partly
synchronous with, the Sixth, Ninth, and Eleventh
Dynasties, in which we first find Kings with separate
prenomens.
The son and successor of Menes was Athothis, who
was the second King of the First Dynasty. Manetho,
according to Africanus and Eusebius, tells us that this
King built the palace at Memphis, and that he was a
physician, and left the anatomical books. This is a
very remarkable statement, as it affirms that the Thi-
nites had possession of Memphis for some years, and
also that the Egyptians had made some progress in the
art of writing, and in medicine, at that early period.
The name of Athothis, the etymology of which must
be A-thoth, the son of Thoth, or Hermes, shews the
antiquity of some part of the ancient Egyptian reli-
gion : it seems, however, that all the details of the
system were not completed until the reign of Kaiechos,
the second King of the Second Dynasty, from a state-
ment in the lists which I shall soon have to consider.
The name of Athothis, in a much injured state, is sup-
posed to be found in the Royal Turin Papyrus.
The Third Dynasty evidently commenced, and Mem-
phis became independent, during, or soon after, the
reign of Athothis. As, however, the time of this occur-
rence cannot as yet be exactly determined, I shall
continue the history of the Thinite Kingdom during
ATHOTHIS.
103
tablet and part of the second consisted of an entire
list of the Thinite Kings, thirty-two in number, will,
I think, be regarded as an interesting and important
discovery. It is further worthy of remark that most
of the names of Thinite Kings after Nufre-ka-ra in
the Tablet are of a compound form, a prenomen and
nomen in one ring, and that this is accounted for by
their belonging to a period partly preceding, and partly
synchronous with, the Sixth, Ninth, and Eleventh
Dynasties, in which we first find Kings with separate
prenomens.
The son and successor of Menes was Athothis, who
was the second King of the First Dynasty. Manetho,
according to Africanus and Eusebius, tells us that this
King built the palace at Memphis, and that he was a
physician, and left the anatomical books. This is a
very remarkable statement, as it affirms that the Thi-
nites had possession of Memphis for some years, and
also that the Egyptians had made some progress in the
art of writing, and in medicine, at that early period.
The name of Athothis, the etymology of which must
be A-thoth, the son of Thoth, or Hermes, shews the
antiquity of some part of the ancient Egyptian reli-
gion : it seems, however, that all the details of the
system were not completed until the reign of Kaiechos,
the second King of the Second Dynasty, from a state-
ment in the lists which I shall soon have to consider.
The name of Athothis, in a much injured state, is sup-
posed to be found in the Royal Turin Papyrus.
The Third Dynasty evidently commenced, and Mem-
phis became independent, during, or soon after, the
reign of Athothis. As, however, the time of this occur-
rence cannot as yet be exactly determined, I shall
continue the history of the Thinite Kingdom during