SETT, saW (Gk. E(tiwc, gethos, Egypt. Retoy). The name of two Egyptian kings of the Nine teenth Dynasty.—SETI 1., the second King of this dynasty, was the son and successor of Itame.es I. (q.v.), and reigned for some 11) years from about B.C. 350. In the first year of his reign lie made an effort to recover sonic of the Syrian pos sessions of Egypt which had been lost during the internal dissensions which marked the close of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Clearing the way by de feating the Bedouin tribes of the Sinaitie penin sula, he marched through the country as far as the northern border of Palestine, ravaging and plundering as lie went. Here, however, he came in contact with the llittite forces, and. though he claims a victory, his progress seems to have been effectually checked. On his return to Egypt he proceeded in triumph up the Nile, and later caused his exploits to lie represented in sculpture on the walls of the great temple of Karnak. lie also caused lists of the countries and cities which lie claimed to have conquered to be 'in scribed upon his buildings and monuments in Egypt and Nubia. Later in his reign Seti sue eessfully defended his western frontier against the Libyans. Among the many buildings erected by this monarch during his brief reign the most important are the Memnonium (q.v.) at Abydos,
the memorial temple at Kurnah (q.v.). and the great hypostyle ball at Karnak (q.v.), which was completed by his son Rameses IT. Seti's magnificent tomb in the Valley of the Kings, near Thebes, was discovered in 1817 by Belzoni, and is eommonly called 'Belzoni's tomb.' It is nearly 350 feet long and consists of a number of halls, corridors, and chambers hewn out of the solid rock. The mummy of the King was found in 188] at Deir-el-Bahri.—SETI II., the son of Me neptah (q.v.), was the fourth and last King of the Nineteenth Dynasty. He built a small temple at Karnak and caused his name to be inscribed upon the monuments of his predecessors in many parts of Egypt, but little is known of his reign. The celebrated Orbiney Papyrus, containing the well-known Tale of the Two Brothers (see EGYPT), has a note stating that the manuscript was a copy prepared for the use of this prince. His mummy was found in IS98 in the tomb of Amenophis IL Consult: Wiedemann, degyptische Geschichte (Gotha, 1S84-SS) ; Budge, .t History of Egypt (New York, 1902) ; DIihtcs, Die affect Aegyptcr als Krieger and Erobcrer in Asian (Leipzig, 1903).