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4 MEMPHIS AND MYCENAE.
40 years for Dyn. 25 and 6 years for Dyn. 24, whereas Euse-
bios allows 44 years for each of them. The book of the
Sothis and the Old Chronicle also give 44 years in each
case ; but the Old Chronicle includes three kings in Dyn.
24 and only seven in Dyn. 26, as though two kings had
been transferred from 26 to 24. And this may indicate that
Eusebios and the Sothis have merged three reigns in one,
so that Africanus would be right in giving only 6 years to
Bocchoris.7#
Bocchoril'reigned at least 6 years, for several inscriptions
are dated in year 6 of king Bak-en-ren-ef (Bocchoris)a; and
Sabakjbfi reigned at least 15 years, for an inscription is
dated in year 15 of king Shabalia (Sabakon)b. Sebiclios
appears to be king Shabataka; and no inscriptions are
forthcoming with dates in that king's reign. Still, if TaU-
kos came to the throne in 690, and Sabqfkon and Boc?ciioris
did not reign concurrently with him or with each other,
Sabikon must have come to the throne in 705 at latest
and BoccMoris in 711 at latest. j_
According to Manetho, Sabakon took Bocchorts prisoner
and burnt him alive0; but He^odotos ignores Bo?cho,ris, and
says that Sabakon killed Nekos the father of Psammitichos'1.
This is clearly the Nechao who stands next before Psammiti-
chos in Manetho's list of Dyn. 26, the name being Nekau in
Egyptian. His predecessors in that list are Nechipsos and
Stephirlathis ; and Diodoros and Plutarch make Bocchoris a
son of Tnephachthos or Technaktis, while Athenaeos makes
him a son of Neochabis0. The names Tnephachthos, Tech-
naktis and Stephinathis must all be variants of the Egyptian
name Tef-necht; and the names Neochabis and Nechepsos
must both be variants of some Egyptian name like Necht-abs.
Hence king Bocchoris of Dyn. 24 would seem to have been
n Louvre. Mariette, Serapeum de Memphis, part 3, plate 34.
b British Museum. No. 24,429.
0 Manetho, Fr. 65, alxnaXwrov ~B6xXuPiv <^<">" ^ame fwcra. Cf. John of
Antioch, Fr. 1. 24, 01 Si (paaiv us e^Seipev.
4 Herodotos, ii. 152. 1.
8 Athenseos, x. 13; Diodoros, i. 45; Plutarch, de Iside et Osiride, 8.
40 years for Dyn. 25 and 6 years for Dyn. 24, whereas Euse-
bios allows 44 years for each of them. The book of the
Sothis and the Old Chronicle also give 44 years in each
case ; but the Old Chronicle includes three kings in Dyn.
24 and only seven in Dyn. 26, as though two kings had
been transferred from 26 to 24. And this may indicate that
Eusebios and the Sothis have merged three reigns in one,
so that Africanus would be right in giving only 6 years to
Bocchoris.7#
Bocchoril'reigned at least 6 years, for several inscriptions
are dated in year 6 of king Bak-en-ren-ef (Bocchoris)a; and
Sabakjbfi reigned at least 15 years, for an inscription is
dated in year 15 of king Shabalia (Sabakon)b. Sebiclios
appears to be king Shabataka; and no inscriptions are
forthcoming with dates in that king's reign. Still, if TaU-
kos came to the throne in 690, and Sabqfkon and Boc?ciioris
did not reign concurrently with him or with each other,
Sabikon must have come to the throne in 705 at latest
and BoccMoris in 711 at latest. j_
According to Manetho, Sabakon took Bocchorts prisoner
and burnt him alive0; but He^odotos ignores Bo?cho,ris, and
says that Sabakon killed Nekos the father of Psammitichos'1.
This is clearly the Nechao who stands next before Psammiti-
chos in Manetho's list of Dyn. 26, the name being Nekau in
Egyptian. His predecessors in that list are Nechipsos and
Stephirlathis ; and Diodoros and Plutarch make Bocchoris a
son of Tnephachthos or Technaktis, while Athenaeos makes
him a son of Neochabis0. The names Tnephachthos, Tech-
naktis and Stephinathis must all be variants of the Egyptian
name Tef-necht; and the names Neochabis and Nechepsos
must both be variants of some Egyptian name like Necht-abs.
Hence king Bocchoris of Dyn. 24 would seem to have been
n Louvre. Mariette, Serapeum de Memphis, part 3, plate 34.
b British Museum. No. 24,429.
0 Manetho, Fr. 65, alxnaXwrov ~B6xXuPiv <^<">" ^ame fwcra. Cf. John of
Antioch, Fr. 1. 24, 01 Si (paaiv us e^Seipev.
4 Herodotos, ii. 152. 1.
8 Athenseos, x. 13; Diodoros, i. 45; Plutarch, de Iside et Osiride, 8.