[141] Kenus—Nubia.
[142] Governors of Ethiopia bore this title, even though they did not themselves belong to the family of Pharaoh.
It is a curious fact that one of the governors of Ethiopia during the reign of Rameses II was called Mes, or Messou, signifying son, or child—which is in fact Moses. Now the Moses of the Bible was adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter, “became to her as a son,” was instructed in the wisdom of the Egyptians, and married a Kushite woman, black but comely. It would perhaps be too much to speculate on the possibility of his having held the office of Governor, or Royal Son of Kush.
[143] i. e. Ammon Ra, the sun god, in conjunction or identification with Har-em-a x u, of Horus-on-the-Horizon, another solar deity.
[144] The primæval god.
[145] Inner place, or sanctuary.
[146] Ethiopia.
[147] At about an equal distance to the north of the great temple, on the verge of the bank, is a shapeless block of brick ruin, which might possibly, if investigated, turn out to be the remains of a second pylon corresponding to this which we partially uncovered to the south.
[148] He may, however, be represented on the north wall, where it is covered by the sand-heap.
[149] Letter xiv, p. 235. “Nouvelle Ed.,” Paris, 1868.