The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . pte, pp. 80, 81, 86, 90. It has been translated in full by Bkugsoh, Eeiseherichte aus 217-220, and afterwards in GescMclite /Egyptms, pp. 230-235; by Chabas, Les Fasteurs en jSgypte,pp. 19-22 ; by Lepage-Eenocf, in Recordsof the Past, 1st series, vol. vi. pp. 5-19; and lastly, by PadreCesaee di Cara, GU Hyksds o Re Pastori di Egitio, pp. 324-328. Of. Maspero, Dau-n of Cdmlhation, p. 74. ^ The vulture of Nekhabit is used to indicate the south, while the uraaus of Buto denotes thi-extreme north; the title Ea-Nekhnit, Chief o
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . pte, pp. 80, 81, 86, 90. It has been translated in full by Bkugsoh, Eeiseherichte aus 217-220, and afterwards in GescMclite /Egyptms, pp. 230-235; by Chabas, Les Fasteurs en jSgypte,pp. 19-22 ; by Lepage-Eenocf, in Recordsof the Past, 1st series, vol. vi. pp. 5-19; and lastly, by PadreCesaee di Cara, GU Hyksds o Re Pastori di Egitio, pp. 324-328. Of. Maspero, Dau-n of Cdmlhation, p. 74. ^ The vulture of Nekhabit is used to indicate the south, while the uraaus of Buto denotes thi-extreme north; the title Ea-Nekhnit, Chief of Nekhnit, which is, hypothetically, supposedto refer to a judicial function (Beugsch, Bictionnaire httroghjphlque. Supplement, pp. 391-398 ;Erman, Commentar zur hischri/t des Vna, in the Zeifschri/t, p. 5; and Mgypten und JEgyptlschesLeben, p. 134), is none the less associated with the expression, Nekhabit-Nekhnit, as an indicationof the south, and, therefore, cun be traced to the prehistoric epoch when Nekhabit was the primarydesignation of the THE PRINCIPALITY OF EL-KAH. 83 the level of the inundation, and consequently difficult to irrigate. These nomeswere cultivated, moreover, by a poor and sparse population. It needed a for-tuitous combination of circumstances to relieve them from their poverty-strickencondition — either a war,which would bring into pro-minence their strategic posi-tions; or the establishmentof markets, such as thoseof Syene and Elephantine,where the commerce of neigh-bouring regions would natu-rally centre; or the erection,as at Ombos or Edfu, of atemple which would periodi-cally attract a crowd of pil-grims. The principality ofthe Two Feathers comprised,besides Nekhabit,at least twosuch towns—Anit,- on itsnorthern boundary, andNekhnit almost facing Nek-habit OQ the left bank of theriver.^ These three townssometimes formed separateestates for as many independent lords: even when united they constituted afiefdom of but restricted area and of s
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