Mar.4] PROCEEDINGS. [1890.
The elliptic formation is here the same as in the names Neb-f,
Neb-mes,Neb-nu-t,Neb-neter-u,etc.
The onlyobjection which couldbe made againstthe opinion
that Neb was the first son of Seti I would be, that I ^\ was
not only a designation of the son of a king, but also a title. This
use of the word in relation withcountryor town namesis very well
known. For example the sutensa en Kusch may be a prince, but the
title does not necessarily involvethis position. Alsootherpersons
mightbearthe title suten sa ; this was the case in the XHIth and
XXIInddynastiesand in the time of Ramses II (Wiedemann, Aeg.
Zeitschr.,1885,79), and the same use existed underSeti I, when the
son of the suten sa en Kusch Amen-em-apthad the title I ^^(Petrie,
"A Season in Egypt, 1887,"Inscr. No. no). But in our case it
cannotbe spoken of as a mere title. Thisis shown by the addition
of Q 1 to the 1 ^^fc, whichcan only be used properlyfor a real
son of the king ; the representation and mention of the prince side
by side with Seti I, to whose personalonethe suffix s~ in the
titles can refer, provesthis king to be his father.261