The phrase, “king of kings,” occurs in the above, and is the earliest instance of this grand expression—familiar to Christian ears from the fact that in the Bible it is applied to the High and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity. “Alleluia: for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth ... and on His vesture a name written, King of Kings and Lord of Lords.”
Fourth side.—Left hand.
“Horus, powerful bull, son of Truth, king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Ra-user-Ma-sotep-en-Ra, golden hawk, supplier of years, most powerful son of the sun, Rameses-meri-Amen, leading captive the Rutennu and Peti out of their countries to the house of his father; lord of the two countries, Ra-user-Ma-sotep-en-Ra, son of the sun, Rameses-meri-Amen, beloved of Shu, great god like the sun.”
The first half of the above is almost identical with the upper part of the lateral column on the second side, right hand. The Rutennu probably mean the Syrians, and the Peti either the Libyans or Nubians.
Shu was a solar deity, the son of Tum.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Recent Discovery of the Mummies of Thothmes III. and Rameses II. at Deir-el-Bahari.