See Butler (p. 297, n. 2), who takes this word to be a compression of two distinct words, Tûkh (Mazîd) and (Mit) Damsîs, which lies about nine miles due east of Tûkh Mazîd in the Delta. 293. 1 The text is a transliteration of an Arabic word (Zotenberg). 294. 2 ' The souls of rulers'—so the manuscripts. 295. 3 Sixth Abyssinian month, beginning on Feb. 7 according to the Gregorian Calendar.
296. 3 The text reads 'Anastasius . . . Theodore', but I have in concurrence with Butler's suggestion (op, cit. 303 n.) transposed them. He points out that Anastasius was actually governor of Alexandria prior to the return of Cyrus (see p. 573), and that Theodore was with Cyrus at Rhodes on his way back to Egypt (see cxx. 6 sq.).
297. 1 Since Sa = Sais, which being as far north as Damanhûr was beyond the range of the Arabs at this time, Butler (op. cit. 285 n.) reads Saûnâ, which is given in the heading of the chapter.
298. 2 Ninth Abyssinian month, beginning on May 8 according to the Gregorian Calendar.
299. 1 There is a lacuna here.
300. 1 First Abyssinian month, beginning on Sept. 10 according to the Gregorian Calendar.
301. 1 I have transposed the clause 'which he had . . . from the general John' from the close of the preceding sentence, in accordance with Butler's (op. cit. 314 sq.) suggestion. That sentence refers to the discovery of the Holy Cross by Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great.
302. 2 Ps. cxviii. 24.
303. 1 The word [Ethiopic] (= 'to carry', the same word as is used in the preceding clause) can hardly be right. Zotenberg renders it by 'fournir', but it never has this meaning.
304. 1 Seventh Abyssinian month, beginning on Mar. 9 according to the Gregorian Calendar.
305. 1 MSS. to be followed here : text wrongly emended by Zotenberg.
306. 1 ' Mensis Abyssinorum undecimus qui xxv° Junii sec. Calend. Jul., vii° Jul. sec. Cal. Greg. incipit' (Dillmann, Lexicon, 71).
307. 2 This month begins on the 10th of Sept. according to the Calendar of Gregory.
308. 1 The Ethiopic is irregular.
309. 1 This month begins on the 10th of October according to the Gregorian Calendar.
310. 2 i. e. ' the small'.
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