=567=); three painted slabs from the tomb of Seti I (Central Saloon, Nos. =568-570=); and a grey =granite clamp= from a wall in Seti’s temple at Abydos, inscribed with his prenomen 𓍹𓐼𓇳𓏠𓁦𓐽𓍺, (Bay 18, No. =572=). Among smaller objects may be noted the =scarabs=, glazed =vase=, and =ushabtiu figures= of the king exhibited in the Second and Fourth Egyptian Rooms (Wall-cases 78, 79, 150 and 152). A stele set up by him at Wâdî Ḥalfah in the first year of his reign is in Bay 13 (No. =574=), and the stele of =Rumā=, a scribe and priest in his temple at Abydos, is in Bay 11 (No. =573=). The beautifully illustrated =Papyrus of Hunefer= was written in this reign (No. 9901). [Illustration: Kneeling statue of Rameses II holding a tablet for offering. [Southern Egyptian Gallery, Bay 17, No. 584.]] =Ramessu=, or =Rameses II=, the =Sesostris= of the Greek writers, the son of Seti I, was associated with his father in the rule of the kingdom at an early age; he was probably between 20 and 30 years old when he became sole king of Egypt. He reigned 67 years, and died aged about 100 years. He married many wives, among them being some of his own near relatives, and was the father of about 111 sons and 51 daughters. During the first two or three years of his reign he made war on the tribes of the Sûdân, and his victories over them were commemorated by the rock-hewn temple at Bêt al-Walî, near Kalâbshah. Reproductions in plaster of the scenes of the paying of tribute to him are exhibited on the North and South walls of the Fourth Egyptian Room. In the fourth year of his reign Rameses was fighting in Syria, and so began the series of battles with the Kheta and their allies which lasted for fifteen or sixteen years. In the end neither side was victorious, and finally Rameses was obliged to make a treaty with the prince of the Kheta, in which it was agreed that Egypt was not to invade Kheta territory, and that the Kheta were not to invade Egypt. The Kheta admitted the sovereignty of Rameses over all territory south of the Nahr al-Kalb, or Dog River, near Bêrût, in Syria, and the region north of it was to be Kheta territory for ever. The most important among the long series of battles was the Egyptian attack on Kadesh, on the Orontes; it was temporarily successful, but it cost Rameses dear. During the struggle, Rameses had charged among the enemy far ahead of his troops, who had either been killed or had run away. When the king realized his position, he found that he was surrounded by the foe, and was in the greatest danger of being slain. Undaunted, however, he girded on his armour, and in the strength of the gods Menthu and Bāl (Baal, 𓃀𓂝𓐰𓂋𓐰𓏤𓡉) he turned on his foes, and cut his way through them, slaying large numbers as he escaped from their midst. “I was,” said the king, “by myself, for my soldiers and my horsemen had forsaken me, and not one of them was bold enough to come to my aid.” This episode was treated in a