te successor of Minephtah, which
is also the view of Brugsch, Wiedemann, and Ed. Meyer. The
succession as it is now given does not seem to me to be free
from difficulties; the solution generally adopted has only
the merit of being preferable to that of E. de Rouge, which
I previously supported.

** The last date known of his reign is the year II. which is
found at Silsilis; Chabas was, nevertheless, of the opinion
that he reigned a considerable time.

*** The expressions employed in this document do not vary
much from the usual protocol of all kings of this period.
The triumphal chant of Seti II. preserved in the _Anastasi
Papyrus IV_. is a copy of the triumphal chant of Minephtah,
which is in the same Papyrus.

[Illustration: 264.jpg STATUE OF SETI II.]

Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a photograph.

These were occasioned by a certain Aiari, who was high priest of Phtah,
and who had usurped titles belonged ordinarily to the Pharaoh or his
eldest son, in the house of Sibu, "heir and hereditary prince of the two
lands." Seti died, it would seem, without having had time to finish his
tomb. We do not know whether he left any legitimate children, but two
sovereigns succeeded him who were not directly connected with him, but
were probably the grandsons of the Amenmesis and the Siphtah, whom we
meet with among the children of Ramses. The first of these was also
called Amenmesis,* and he held sway for several years over the whole of
Egypt, and over its foreign possessions.

* Graffiti of this sovereign have been found at the second
cataract. Certain expressions have induced E. de Rouge to
believe that he, as well as Siphtah, came originally from
Khibit in the Aphroditopolite nome. This was an allusion, as
Chabas had seen, to the myth of Horus, similar to that
relating to Thutmosis III., and which we more usually meet
with in the cases of those kings who were not marked out
from their birth onwards for the throne.

[Illustration: 265.jpg SETI II.]

Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph by Emil Brugsch-Bey.

The second, who was named Siphtah-Minephtah, ascended "the throne of his
father" thanks to the devotion of his minister Bai,* but in a greater
degree to his marriage with a certain princess called Tausirit. He
maintained himself in this position for at least six years, during which
he made an expedition i