MER ENPTAH barbarous fashion of the day. Some 9,376 prisoners were taken alive, and the conquerors seized 9,111 swords, 120,314 weapons of various kinds, and 120 horses. Whilst Mer-en-Ptah was engaged in crushing the Libyan revolt he had neither time nor attention to give to Sudan affairs, and the government of the country was left to the Prince of Kash, whose name, Mes, appears SETI II. MER-EN-PTAH MAKING OFFERINGS TO HORUS OF BEHEN IN THE TEMPLE AT WADI HALFA.

on a rock near Aswan. ' Lepsius found at Dakka some blocks of stone inscribed with Mer-en-Ptah's name, and it is therefore possible that he carried out some works of repair on the ancient temple, but it is unlikely that he built on a large scale anywhere ' See Lepsius, Denkmdler, Abth. iii , Bl. 200.

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