───────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────────┬─────────────── Egyptian month.│Tropical month.│ Ramesseum. │ Edfû. ───────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────────┼─────────────── │ │ │ 1. Thoth │ June-July │Teχi │Teχi 2. Phaophi │ July-Aug. │Ptah │ │ │ (Ptah-res-aneb-f)│Ptah Menχ 3. Athyr │ Aug.-Sep. │Hathor │ ? 4. Choiach │ Sep.-Oct. │Paχt │Kehek 5. Tybi │ Oct.-Nov. │Min │Set-but 6. Menchir │ Nov.-Dec. │Jackal (rekh-ur) │Hippopotamus │ │ │ (rekh-ur) 7. Phamenoth │ Dec.-Jan. │ " (rekh-netches) │Hippopotamus │ │ │ (rekh-netches) 8. Pharmuthi │ Jan.-Feb. │Rennuti │Renen 9. Pachons │ Feb.-Mar. │χensu │χensu 10. Payni │ Mar.-Ap. │Horus (χonti) │Horus │ │ │ (Hor-χent-χati) 11. Epiphi │ Ap.-May │Apet │Apet 12. Mesori │ May-June │Horus (Hor-m-χut) │Horus │ │ │ (Hor-ra-m-χut) ───────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────────┴─────────────── I am informed that Teχi, in the above month-list, has some relation to Thoth. In the early month-list the goddess is represented with the two feathers of Amen, and in this early stage I fancy we can recognise her as Amen-t; but in later copies of the table the symbol is changed to that of _Sirius_. This, then, looks like a change of cult depending upon the introduction of a new star--that is, a star indicating by its heliacal rising the Nile-rise after the one first used had become useless for such a purpose. [Illustration: THE MONTH-TABLE AT THE RAMESSEUM.] I have said that the Ramesseum month-list is probably the oldest one we have. It is considered by some to date only from Rameses II., and to indicate a fixed year; such, however, is not Krall's opinion.[79] He writes:-- "The latest investigations of Dümichen show that the calendar of Medînet-Habû is only a copy of the original composed under Ramses II. about 120 years before....