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and their tribute of autimony to a certain Chnum Hotep was at 
one time supposed to represent the arrival of the sons of Jacob 
in Egypt. The personage above-named was a dignitary in the 
time of Usurtasen II., and the representation is connected with 
his tomb at Beni-Hassan. 
The Xlllth Dynasty contains chiefly the names of Pharaohs, 
compounded with the title of Sebek, the crocodile-headed 
divinity. Were these rulers of Egypt, or of a small portion, 
addicted to this worship ? 
“The famous canon of Turin is the only monumental source 
which can serve us as a guide in. this labyrinth, if unfortunately 
the fragment of the MS. which enumerated the kings successors 
of the Pharaohs of the Xllth Dynasty were not filled with 
lacuna* of an extension greatly to be regretted/’* 
Thus with torn and misplaced fragments of papyrus, and with 
extracts from the work of Manetho, “ which differ notably 
among themselves we make our way across this immense 
interval, which is after all no interval at all, if we trust the 
tablet of Abydos ; but which according to modern research is 
as follows : — 
Xlllth Dynasty of Diospolis, 
60 kings, 
453 
years. 
XIVth 
D 
Xoi's, 
76 „ 
484 
yy 
XVth 
D 
Ilycshos, 
6 „ 
260 
yy 
XVIth 
)) 
Ilycshos, 
10 „ 
251 
yy 
XVIIth 
yy 
Diospolis, 
10 „ 
1448 
? 
+ say 
252 
1700 years ! 
Of this the able author makes collateral : — 
Legitimate Dynasties of Diospolis. 
Xlllth Dynasty, 60 kings, 453 years. 
XVIIth „ ? years. 
Illegitimate Dynasties. 
XIVth Dynasty of Xoi's, 76 kings, 484 years. 
XVth „ Ilycshos, 6 „ 260 „ 
XVIth „ Ilycshos, 10 „ 251 „ 
What amount of credence can be given to these figures? 
I have no hesitation in believing that M. Brugsch has done 
his best with them, and that his History of Egypt is the most 
* Brugsch, JJi.it., p. 113 . 
