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ἑπτὰ ἔτεα καὶ πέντε μῆνας. Manetho seems to give Cambyses ten years (fr. 68), Ctesias eighteen (xii, p. 67). A Babylonian contract has been found (T.S.B.A. vi. 484) dating from the eleventh year of his reign, which shows that Cambyses was associated with Cyrus as king of Babylon (cf. C. C. i. 35; R. P.2 v. 168, and Meyer, Forsch. ii. 471). So far as the length of his sole rule is concerned H. is right, and is confirmed by the Apis Stelai (Wiedemann, Gesch. Aegyp. 1880, pp. 219-20), and by the Canon of Ptolemy, which gives Cambyses eight years (including, of course, the seven months of the usurper, 67. 2).

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