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THE THIRTEENTH DYNASTY.
[Part II.
duration assigned to the Thirteenth Dynasty is too
long. In the list of the Chamber of Kings, we find
thirty royal names (including effaced rings) in the right
half, which are the prenomens of the Kings of this
Dynasty. The last King's ring in the left half,
No. 31, and doubtless the effaced ring immediately
preceding it, should likewise be referred to this
Dynasty; so that the list altogether contains thirty-
two names of Kings of the Thirteenth Dynasty; but
probably there were more, who were usurpers. It
may, however, be asked, What reason is there for
concluding that the last thirty-two Kings of the list
of the Chamber of Kings belong to Manetho's Thir-
teenth Dynasty? That they are Diospolites is shown
by their prenomens being always given, and not their
nomens. Moreover, such of their names as are found
on the monuments are only found in Upper Egypt and
Ethiopia. Lastly, it is satisfactorily ascertained that
they were after the Twelfth Dynasty. Therefore, as
there is no Diospolite Dynasty but the Thirteenth
after the Twelfth, we cannot hesitate to refer these
Kings to that Dynasty. I am aware that some have
followed Eusebius in making two of the Shepherd-
Dynasties to be Dynasties of Diospolites or Thebans;
but it is evident that Eusebius's version of the lists
is here inaccurate. Africanus makes the Seventeenth
Dynasty, as I have before mentioned, a Dynasty of
Thebans and Shepherds. If he be correct, then what
I have called the Thirteenth Dynasty must be the
Thirteenth together with the Diospolites of the Seven-
teenth. But this I think very improbable, and there-
fore I adopt the opinion before expressed.
The nomens of the Kings of the Thirteenth Dynasty
which have been found are mostly Sebak-hotp and
THE THIRTEENTH DYNASTY.
[Part II.
duration assigned to the Thirteenth Dynasty is too
long. In the list of the Chamber of Kings, we find
thirty royal names (including effaced rings) in the right
half, which are the prenomens of the Kings of this
Dynasty. The last King's ring in the left half,
No. 31, and doubtless the effaced ring immediately
preceding it, should likewise be referred to this
Dynasty; so that the list altogether contains thirty-
two names of Kings of the Thirteenth Dynasty; but
probably there were more, who were usurpers. It
may, however, be asked, What reason is there for
concluding that the last thirty-two Kings of the list
of the Chamber of Kings belong to Manetho's Thir-
teenth Dynasty? That they are Diospolites is shown
by their prenomens being always given, and not their
nomens. Moreover, such of their names as are found
on the monuments are only found in Upper Egypt and
Ethiopia. Lastly, it is satisfactorily ascertained that
they were after the Twelfth Dynasty. Therefore, as
there is no Diospolite Dynasty but the Thirteenth
after the Twelfth, we cannot hesitate to refer these
Kings to that Dynasty. I am aware that some have
followed Eusebius in making two of the Shepherd-
Dynasties to be Dynasties of Diospolites or Thebans;
but it is evident that Eusebius's version of the lists
is here inaccurate. Africanus makes the Seventeenth
Dynasty, as I have before mentioned, a Dynasty of
Thebans and Shepherds. If he be correct, then what
I have called the Thirteenth Dynasty must be the
Thirteenth together with the Diospolites of the Seven-
teenth. But this I think very improbable, and there-
fore I adopt the opinion before expressed.
The nomens of the Kings of the Thirteenth Dynasty
which have been found are mostly Sebak-hotp and