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A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum

Name: A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities

British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities

Egypt -- Antiquities

Soon after the Arabs had conquered Egypt, they found it necessary to
keep a strong garrison at Syene, the modern Aswân. In order to relieve
the soldiers of the garrison from the duty of a pilgrimage to Mekkah,
an order was issued from Fosṭâṭ, the first Arab capital in Egypt, near
Old Cairo, that a pilgrimage to Aswân counted as a pilgrimage to Mekkah;
hence for some two or three hundred years Aswân was regarded as a holy
place, and pious Muslims were brought there from all parts to be buried.
A collection of =gravestones inscribed in Kûfî=, or Kufic, a form of
Arabic writing, from the old Muḥammadan cemetery at Aswân, is exhibited
in the Second Northern Gallery (Wall-cases 52-54). The oldest example is
that of Azhar, son of ʿAbd as-Salâm, who died in the year of the Hejira
252 = A.D. 866.

The Arab dynasties which ruled Egypt and the Sûdân between 656 and 1517
are as follows:—

  =ʿOmayyad= Khalîfas[43]   A.D. 661 -  750.
  =ʿAbbâsid= Khalîfas        ”   750 -  868.
  =Tûlûnid= Khalîfas         ”   868 -  913.
  =Fâṭimid= Khalîfas         ”   913 - 1193.
  =Ayyûbid= Khalîfas         ”  1193 - 1249.
  =Baḥrite= Mamlûks          ”  1249 - 1382.
  =Circassian Mamlûks=[44]   ”  1382 - 1517.

The Arab domination came to an end in 1517, when Selim, sultân of
Turkey, conquered the country, and =Egypt became a Turkish Province=, or
Pashalik.




A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL KINGS OF EGYPT.


PREDYNASTIC PERIOD.


Kings of Lower Egypt.

    1. .. .. u.
    2 Seka.
    3 Khaȧu.
    4 Tȧu.
    5 Thesh.
    6 Neheb.
    7 Uatch-nār, or Uatch-ȧnt.
    8 Mekha.
    9. .. .. a [10 ff. wanting].


DYNASTIC PERIOD.


First Dynasty.

B.C. 4400.

    Menȧ (Menes).
    Tetȧ.
    Ȧteth.
    Ȧta.
    Semti (Ṭen).
    Merpeba (Āt-ȧb).
    Ḥu (Smerkha).
    Sen (or, Qebḥ).


Second Dynasty.

B.C. 4133.

    Neterbaiu, or Betchau, or Besh.
    Ḥetep-Sekhemui.
    Kakauu.
    Baenneter.
    Uatchnes.
    Perȧbsen.
    Senṭ.
    Neferka-Rā.
    Neferka-Seker.
    Ḥetchefa.


Third Dynasty.

B.C. 3966.

    Sanekht.
    Bebi (Tchatchai).
    Nebka-Rā.
    Tcheser.
    Tetȧ (Ḥen-nekht).
    Setches.
    Neferka-Rā Ḥuni.


Fourth Dynasty.

B.C. 3733.

    Seneferu.
    Shaȧru.
    Khufu (Cheops).
    Ṭeṭf-Rā.
    Khāf-Rā (Chephren).
    Menkau-Rā (Mykerinos).
    Shepseskaf.
    Sebekka-Rā.
    I-em-ḥetep.


Fifth Dynasty.

B.C. 3566.

    Userkaf.
    Saḥu-Rā.
    Neferȧrika-Rā.
    Shepseska-Rā.
    Khānefer-Rā.
    Useren-Rā Ȧn.
    Menkau-Ḥeru.
    Ṭeṭka-Rā Ȧssȧ.
    Unȧs.


Sixth Dynasty.

B.C. 3330.

    Tetȧ.
    Userka-Rā Ȧti.
    Pepi I.
    Meren-Rā I.
    Pepi II.
    Meren-Rā II.


Eleventh Dynasty.

B.C. 2600.

    Ȧntef, the Erpā.
    Ȧntef Uaḥ ānkh.
    Ȧntef Nekht-neb-ṭep-nefer.
    Menthu-ḥetep I.
    Menthu-ḥetep II.
    Menthu-ḥetep III.
    Menthu-ḥetep IV.
    Menthu-ḥetep V.
    Menthu-ḥetep VI.
    Menthu-ḥetep VII.


Twelfth Dynasty.

B.C. 2466.

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A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British MuseumBritish Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities

History

A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum

British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities

Egypt -- Antiquities

Soon after the Arabs had conquered Egypt, they found it necessary to
keep a strong garrison at Syene, the modern Aswân. In order to relieve
the soldiers of the garrison from the duty of a pilgrimage to Mekkah,
an order was issued from Fosṭâṭ, the first Arab capital in Egypt, near
Old Cairo, that a pilgrimage to Aswân counted as a pilgrimage to Mekkah;
hence for some two or three hundred years Aswân was regarded as a holy
place, and pious Muslims were brought there from all parts to be buried.
A collection of =gravestones inscribed in Kûfî=, or Kufic, a form of
Arabic writing, from the old Muḥammadan cemetery at Aswân, is exhibited
in the Second Northern Gallery (Wall-cases 52-54). The oldest example is
that of Azhar, son of ʿAbd as-Salâm, who died in the year of the Hejira
252 = A.D. 866.

The Arab dynasties which ruled Egypt and the Sûdân between 656 and 1517
are as follows:—

  =ʿOmayyad= Khalîfas[43]   A.D. 661 -  750.
  =ʿAbbâsid= Khalîfas        ”   750 -  868.
  =Tûlûnid= Khalîfas         ”   868 -  913.
  =Fâṭimid= Khalîfas         ”   913 - 1193.
  =Ayyûbid= Khalîfas         ”  1193 - 1249.
  =Baḥrite= Mamlûks          ”  1249 - 1382.
  =Circassian Mamlûks=[44]   ”  1382 - 1517.

The Arab domination came to an end in 1517, when Selim, sultân of
Turkey, conquered the country, and =Egypt became a Turkish Province=, or
Pashalik.




A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL KINGS OF EGYPT.


PREDYNASTIC PERIOD.


Kings of Lower Egypt.

    1. .. .. u.
    2 Seka.
    3 Khaȧu.
    4 Tȧu.
    5 Thesh.
    6 Neheb.
    7 Uatch-nār, or Uatch-ȧnt.
    8 Mekha.
    9. .. .. a [10 ff. wanting].


DYNASTIC PERIOD.


First Dynasty.

B.C. 4400.

    Menȧ (Menes).
    Tetȧ.
    Ȧteth.
    Ȧta.
    Semti (Ṭen).
    Merpeba (Āt-ȧb).
    Ḥu (Smerkha).
    Sen (or, Qebḥ).


Second Dynasty.

B.C. 4133.

    Neterbaiu, or Betchau, or Besh.
    Ḥetep-Sekhemui.
    Kakauu.
    Baenneter.
    Uatchnes.
    Perȧbsen.
    Senṭ.
    Neferka-Rā.
    Neferka-Seker.
    Ḥetchefa.


Third Dynasty.

B.C. 3966.

    Sanekht.
    Bebi (Tchatchai).
    Nebka-Rā.
    Tcheser.
    Tetȧ (Ḥen-nekht).
    Setches.
    Neferka-Rā Ḥuni.


Fourth Dynasty.

B.C. 3733.

    Seneferu.
    Shaȧru.
    Khufu (Cheops).
    Ṭeṭf-Rā.
    Khāf-Rā (Chephren).
    Menkau-Rā (Mykerinos).
    Shepseskaf.
    Sebekka-Rā.
    I-em-ḥetep.


Fifth Dynasty.

B.C. 3566.

    Userkaf.
    Saḥu-Rā.
    Neferȧrika-Rā.
    Shepseska-Rā.
    Khānefer-Rā.
    Useren-Rā Ȧn.
    Menkau-Ḥeru.
    Ṭeṭka-Rā Ȧssȧ.
    Unȧs.


Sixth Dynasty.

B.C. 3330.

    Tetȧ.
    Userka-Rā Ȧti.
    Pepi I.
    Meren-Rā I.
    Pepi II.
    Meren-Rā II.


Eleventh Dynasty.

B.C. 2600.

    Ȧntef, the Erpā.
    Ȧntef Uaḥ ānkh.
    Ȧntef Nekht-neb-ṭep-nefer.
    Menthu-ḥetep I.
    Menthu-ḥetep II.
    Menthu-ḥetep III.
    Menthu-ḥetep IV.
    Menthu-ḥetep V.
    Menthu-ḥetep VI.
    Menthu-ḥetep VII.


Twelfth Dynasty.

B.C. 2466.

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A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum

A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum

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