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Chap. I.] AMUJfNEITGORI PROBABLY A QUEEN. 97
the commencing word " Amun," and has added
" mei Thothmes," as making no sensible alteration
in his own. And the reason of this being again
found at the small temple of Medeenet Haboo, is
that it was that also founded by Amunneitgori, and
that Thothmes II. has inserted his nomen, in the
same manner, within the oval of the same monarch.
The main question cannot be decided, until Amun-
neitgori is found in company with his consort, the
Amense of M. C; who would scarcely be omitted
were he merely " regent * in Amense's name;" for
whatever the figuref may be, I cannot but consider
the name that of a queen. J
Several blocks, used at a later period to repair
the wall of the inner or upper court, bear hierogly-
* Major Felix was, I believe, of the same opinion, that this was
a regent. I do not know on what authority the name of Amense
is here brought forward by M. C. There was a sister of Amu-
noph I. of this name, whom I supposed to have been the queen
Amesses of Manetho; but it seems that the wife of Thothmes I.,
queen Ames, has quite as good, perhaps a better claim.
t Though the figure is of a man, the style of the name and
grammatical construction of the hieroglyphics prove them to allude
to a queen, whose name this ought to be; for if the regent had
sufficient authority to introduce his own name and figure, why
should he have used a feminine pronoun ? Amense's " first hus-
band," the unknown Thothmes, to all appearances, is a non-
entity j and how does M. C. prove him to be the father of Thoth-
mes III. ? or the husband of Amenses ?
t The best way to solve the difficulty (if it is to be done arbi-
trarily) would be, to suppose the ovals to belong to the queen, and
affirm that the regent's figure is alone introduced and his name
entirely omitted.
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the commencing word " Amun," and has added
" mei Thothmes," as making no sensible alteration
in his own. And the reason of this being again
found at the small temple of Medeenet Haboo, is
that it was that also founded by Amunneitgori, and
that Thothmes II. has inserted his nomen, in the
same manner, within the oval of the same monarch.
The main question cannot be decided, until Amun-
neitgori is found in company with his consort, the
Amense of M. C; who would scarcely be omitted
were he merely " regent * in Amense's name;" for
whatever the figuref may be, I cannot but consider
the name that of a queen. J
Several blocks, used at a later period to repair
the wall of the inner or upper court, bear hierogly-
* Major Felix was, I believe, of the same opinion, that this was
a regent. I do not know on what authority the name of Amense
is here brought forward by M. C. There was a sister of Amu-
noph I. of this name, whom I supposed to have been the queen
Amesses of Manetho; but it seems that the wife of Thothmes I.,
queen Ames, has quite as good, perhaps a better claim.
t Though the figure is of a man, the style of the name and
grammatical construction of the hieroglyphics prove them to allude
to a queen, whose name this ought to be; for if the regent had
sufficient authority to introduce his own name and figure, why
should he have used a feminine pronoun ? Amense's " first hus-
band," the unknown Thothmes, to all appearances, is a non-
entity j and how does M. C. prove him to be the father of Thoth-
mes III. ? or the husband of Amenses ?
t The best way to solve the difficulty (if it is to be done arbi-
trarily) would be, to suppose the ovals to belong to the queen, and
affirm that the regent's figure is alone introduced and his name
entirely omitted.
H