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figure of the god Ra, is that of Amen-si Pi-hor, the
supposed Bocchoris, of the Twenty-fourth Dynasty.
The prenomen of Beon is found in tombs adjacent
to the Pyramids of Memphis.
There is a tablet in the British Museum which
shews the contemporaneousness of the Twelfth and
Fifteenth Dynasties, and that they commenced about
the same time. This tablet, a copy of which is given
in Plate XIX. of Sharpe's Inscriptions, contains the
names of many worshippers, male and female, among
whom we find four Snufres. The first eight lines
wholly consist of names. In the ninth line, and part
of the tenth, we find the usual list of offerings. From
near the end of the tenth line to the conclusion of the in-
scription, we read, " Snufre the son of Setafu, deceased
female: he says, I have come to the palace of ... .
the lord of all Egypt, Ntib-kau-ra [Amenemha II.,]
ever-living." Beneath this are several figures with
their names. First, Snufre, son of Setafu, who is re-
presented as a chief, holding in one hand a staff, and
in the other, a mace. Before the chief are his brother,
sister, and wife; and, lastly, his father, who is called
" The ruler, the devotee, his father, Snufre, Ankhee."
Here, then, we find a person bearing the nomen
and prenomen of Beon; for " Ankhee" is equivalent
to " Pi-ankhee," " pi" being merely the masculine
article, which is more commonly understood than ex-
pressed in hieroglyphics. I have shewn how general
was the practice of persons taking the sovereign's
nomen: we also occasionally find them taking his pre-
nomen, with some title; but here we find a man bear-
ing the nomen and prenomen of a King, not inclosed
in royal rings. It is necessary here to remark, that
it was not unusual among the ancient Egyptians to
CONTEMPORARY DYNASTIES.
173
figure of the god Ra, is that of Amen-si Pi-hor, the
supposed Bocchoris, of the Twenty-fourth Dynasty.
The prenomen of Beon is found in tombs adjacent
to the Pyramids of Memphis.
There is a tablet in the British Museum which
shews the contemporaneousness of the Twelfth and
Fifteenth Dynasties, and that they commenced about
the same time. This tablet, a copy of which is given
in Plate XIX. of Sharpe's Inscriptions, contains the
names of many worshippers, male and female, among
whom we find four Snufres. The first eight lines
wholly consist of names. In the ninth line, and part
of the tenth, we find the usual list of offerings. From
near the end of the tenth line to the conclusion of the in-
scription, we read, " Snufre the son of Setafu, deceased
female: he says, I have come to the palace of ... .
the lord of all Egypt, Ntib-kau-ra [Amenemha II.,]
ever-living." Beneath this are several figures with
their names. First, Snufre, son of Setafu, who is re-
presented as a chief, holding in one hand a staff, and
in the other, a mace. Before the chief are his brother,
sister, and wife; and, lastly, his father, who is called
" The ruler, the devotee, his father, Snufre, Ankhee."
Here, then, we find a person bearing the nomen
and prenomen of Beon; for " Ankhee" is equivalent
to " Pi-ankhee," " pi" being merely the masculine
article, which is more commonly understood than ex-
pressed in hieroglyphics. I have shewn how general
was the practice of persons taking the sovereign's
nomen: we also occasionally find them taking his pre-
nomen, with some title; but here we find a man bear-
ing the nomen and prenomen of a King, not inclosed
in royal rings. It is necessary here to remark, that
it was not unusual among the ancient Egyptians to