Poole, Reginald S.: Horae Aegypticae: or, the chronology of ancient Egypt: discovered from astronomical and hieroglyphic records upon its monuments, including many dates found in coeval inscriptions from the period of the building of the Great Pyramid to the times of the Persians ; and illustrations of the history of the first nineteen dynasties, shewing the order of their succession, from the monuments (London, 1851)

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THE FIRST SHEPHERD-KING.

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wrong as to the number of the Kings of the Seven-
teenth Dynasty. I have no doubt that this Dynasty
was one of Shepherd-Kings only, and not of Thebans
also ; since it is evident that the Thirteenth Dynasty
ruled from the conclusion of the Twelfth to the com-
mencement of the Eighteenth. It appears to me
most probable that the Sixteenth Dynasty was partly
contemporary with the Fifteenth, and that it lasted
long after it; and that the Seventeenth ruled during
the later part of the period from the conclusion of
the Twelfth Dynasty to the commencement of the
Eighteenth.

To return to what Manetho says respecting the
Shepherds in Egypt. After speaking of the cruelties
which the Shepherds inflicted upon the conquered
people, he continues his narration in the following
words: " And at length they made one of themselves
King, whose name was Salatis. He lived at Memphis,
making the Upper and Lower Country to pay tribute,
and placing garrisons in the most fit situations."

From this it is evident that some time elapsed after
the invasion of Egypt by the Shepherds before they
made for themselves a King, according to Manetho ;
but we have no reason to suppose that the period was
one of many years. The prenomen of Salatis is found
on the monuments, and it is also given in the Royal
Turin Papyrus, where it is written without the sign Ra,
It reads, in the former case, " Nufre-ka-ra."

It is important here to notice a proof of the con