[27] The Coptic names are derived from the ancient Egyptian names; thus “THOTH” is from 𓅝𓐰𓏏𓐱𓏭𓀭, whose festival was celebrated in that month. “Choiak” is from the name of the festival _Ḳaḥrȧka_ 𓂓𓐰𓏤𓁷𓐰𓏤𓂓𓐰𓏤𓎱𓐰𓇳𓐱𓏦, and so on. [28] We should naturally expect 𓈚𓐰𓈗 to represent the whole period of the Inundation, and not merely the first two or three weeks of it; and 𓆷𓏏𓐰𓇳 cannot originally have referred at all to the period of the Inundation. This subject, however, is one of difficulty. [29] A second =Tablet of Abydos=, made for Rameses II, is exhibited in the Northern Egyptian Gallery, Bay 6, No. 592. [30] To these may be added the fragment of a stele (now preserved at Palermo), from which the names of a few of the Predynastic kings of Lower Egypt have been recovered. [31] He says: “The Egyptians in the formation of their Great Year had no regard to the moon. In Greece the Egyptian Year is called ‘cynical’ (dog-like), and in Latin ‘canicular’ because it commences with the rising of the Canicular or Dog-star, to which is fixed the first day of the month which the Egyptians called Thoth. Their civil year had but 365 days without any intercalation. Thus with the Egyptians the space of four years is shorter by one day than the space of four natural years, and a complete synchronism is only established at the end of 1,461 years.” (Chapter XVIII.) “But of these [eras] the beginnings always take place on the first day of the month which is called Thoth among the Egyptians, a day which this present year corresponds to the VIIth day of the Kalends of July (June 25), whilst a hundred years ago ... this same day corresponded to the XIIth day of the Kalends of August (July 21), at which time the Dog-star is wont to rise in Egypt.” (Chapter XXI.) [32] The name of the king is not given, but Ȧmenemḥāt III must be referred to. [33] 𓇓𓏏𓐰𓈖𓂋𓐰𓐍𓐰𓏛 _suten rekh_, “royal kinsman.” The title of “royal kinsman” was often bestowed upon officials by kings as a reward for faithful services; Ȧmenemḥāt means that his title was not honorary. [34] The word _Shasu_ means primarily “robber,” and 𓆷𓇓𓅱𓈉 is the “land of the robber,” _i.e._, the nomad desert man, who plundered caravans at every opportunity. Later, _Shasu_ 𓆷𓄿𓇓𓅱𓀀𓁐𓏪, means merely “pastoral desert tribes.” [35] It was discovered at Ṣân (Tanis) by Mariette, who had the inscription copied; the stele was then carefully buried, and it has not since been seen. [36] Tell al-Amarna Tablet at Berlin, No. 24. [37] Full descriptions of all the tablets have been published by the Trustees of the British Museum, with summaries of the contents and the texts in =The Tell al-Amarna Tablets in the British Museum=, Autotype plates, 1892, 8vo. Price 28_s._; and see the =Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Collections=, Second Edition, 1908, pp. 177-192.