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  • From: MarianneLuban AT aol.com
  • To: peterkirk AT qaya.org
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The Exodus' mention in Egyptian Annals ?
  • Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:38:13 EDT

In a message dated 8/29/2004 2:52:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
peterkirk AT qaya.org writes:


>>Rameses II 943-877
>>Merenptah 888(co-regent)-877 (forced to flee to Kush soon after his
>>father's death)
>>Amenmesse 877-873 (= Osarsiph, usurper backed by Asiatics)
>>Seti II ??-873 (co-regent with or rival of Amenmesse, died about the
>>same time as Amenmesse)
>>Siptah 873-868
>>Tausert 868-865 (regent from 873)
>>Setnakht 865-859
>>Rameses II 863-832 (initially as co-regent)
>>
>>In this version, Setnakht (son of Merenptah) does not die before the
>>reign of Tausert. In fact he returns from exile in Kush and overthrows
>>Tausert and her Asiatic backers.
>>
>>
>
>The problem with that is that Setnakht was the beginner of the 20th
>Dynasty--while Merneptah belonged to the 19th. There is no evidence
anywhere that
>Setnakht was the son of Merneptah. In fact there is evidence to the
contrary--and
>that Setnakht was a commoner. I have in front of me the Elephantine Stela
of
>Setnakht, on which it says "He was chosen, His Majesty as "the One in a
>Million", regardless of countless others being more significant than he".
One
>would scarcely think that Setnakht would have written this about himself had
he
>been a son of the former pharaoh, Merneptah and been in the direct line of
>succession. ...
>

>>I must say I had already wondered about that. Rohl's scenario would make
more sense if Setnakht were a commoner who had gone into exile with
Merenptah and took over as leader of the group of exiles. I think Rohl
gets the idea of him being a son from Manetho's "Sethos son of
Amenophis", but I guess Manetho could well have confused Seti II son of
Merenptah with the similarly named but unrelated Setnakht, or could
simply have meant "son" as "successor".>>

See this, then. I just put it up now, although it is part of my next book.
http://www.geocities.com/scribelist/Lepers.html


>... For further remarks on Setnakht in the Classic memory, see
>
>http://www.geocities.com/scribelist/setnakht.html
>
>

>>Interesting. In the same chapter Rohl dates the Trojan War 872-863 (so
agreeing with Diodorus Siculus that this was in the time of Setnakht),
and Menelaus visiting Setnakht (= Thouris = Polybus) soon afterwards. I
am sure Rohl's chronology could be adjusted sufficiently to have
Menelaus visiting Tausert instead with your identification, but wouldn't
the Greeks have realised that it was a woman he visited?>>

They did--and called her Polydamna. She was the one who introduced the
Greeks to a drug--nepenthe--which made people forget their woes. What the
Greeks
didn't realize that this Polydamna was the same as Thouris.

>>But your visit to Egypt by Helen would have to be earlier. Indeed, your
synchronisms of Helen visiting Setnakht before the Trojan War and Menelaus
visiting Tausert after the Trojan war both work only if Setnakht precedes
Tausert, and that is what Joe said is impossible.>>

But I didn't say anything about "before" or "after" the Trojan War. It is
only said that Proteios, which I equate with Setnakt, ruled around the time
of
the Trojan War.

>>I wonder if Rohl tried to bring both of these synchronisms into an earlier
version of his chronology but was forced to make adjustments by the evidence
from Tausert's tomb.>>

I wouldn't know anything about that. But I do know this: Tawosret was a
female regent for a young king named Siptah, a puppet of Bey, the
"kingmaker".
Bey was obviously allied with Tawosret. My conclusion is that, at some
point,
this Siptah became troublesome and Tawosret usurped his prerogative--in a
Hatshepsut-like maneuver. But it also looks like Siptah killed Bey. Siptah
was
the son of an unknown pharaoh but his mother had a foreign name, shortened to
Tiaa. Sorry, but the tomb of Tawosret, where she is at first shown with
Siptah, was usurped by Setnakht. The tomb of Tawosret appears to depict some
stages. As I said, at first she is shown with Siptah--as his regent. Then
she is
shown with her husband, Seti II, his names being written over those of
Siptah.
Then Setnakht takes over the tomb--his images replacing the earlier ones of
Tawosret. It is the sarcophagus of Setnakht that was found in the tomb--not
that of Tawosret. Hers was taken out in ancient times and later reused to
hold
the body of a Ramesside prince. So Tawosret was never buried in that tomb.










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