The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . , in tlio Recdrds of the Past, 1st series, vol. xii. pp. 43-49; and byMallet, The Stele of Thothmes IV. of the XVIII Dynasty, iu the Secords of the Past, 2iid series, pp. 45-56. The importance of this text iu deternjining the position of Thutmosis IV. in the familyof Amenothes II. has not been generally recognised. The latest date of his reign at present known is that of the year VII., on the rocks of Konosso(Ch.^mpollion, Monuments, vol. i. p. 164 ; Lepsius, Dcnlim., iii. 69 a), and on a stele of Sarbiit el-Khadim (in the Surve
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . , in tlio Recdrds of the Past, 1st series, vol. xii. pp. 43-49; and byMallet, The Stele of Thothmes IV. of the XVIII Dynasty, iu the Secords of the Past, 2iid series, pp. 45-56. The importance of this text iu deternjining the position of Thutmosis IV. in the familyof Amenothes II. has not been generally recognised. The latest date of his reign at present known is that of the year VII., on the rocks of Konosso(Ch.^mpollion, Monuments, vol. i. p. 164 ; Lepsius, Dcnlim., iii. 69 a), and on a stele of Sarbiit el-Khadim (in the Survey of Sinai, Textjp. ISS). There is an allusion to his wars against the Ethiopiansiu an inscription of Amada (Lepsius, Denhm., iii. 69/), and to his campaigns against the peoples ofthe Nortli and South on the stele of Nofirhait(MAi!iETTE, Abydos, vol. ii. pi. 47, and Catalogue General,Xo. 1060, p. 384). The peoples of Naharaim and of Northern Syria are represented bringing him tribute, iu a tom b DREAM OF THUTMOSIS IV. UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE SPHINX. 295. THE STELE OP THESPHINX OP GIZEH. apparently, no re-Ijellion could dis-turb its peace. Oneof the two heiress-princesses, Ivhuit, thedaughter, sister, and wife of a king, had no living male offspring, but hercompanion Mutemuau had at least one son, mimed Ameuothes. lu his case,again, the noble birth of the mother atoned for the defects of the paternalorigin. Moreover, according to tradition, Amon-Ea himself had intervened torenew the blood of his descendants: he appeared in the person of ThutmosisIV., and under this guise became the father of the heir of the Queen Ahmasis in the bas-reliefs of Deir el-Bahari, Mutemuau is shownon those of Luxor in the arms of her divine lover, and subsequently .greeted by at Slieikh-Abd-el-Qurneh (, Manuments, vol. i. pp. 499, S3U, 840, and pi. clx. 1). The in-BCiiption published by Mawette, Kanialc, pi. 33, 1. 4, speaks of the first expedition of Thutmosis the lan
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