Ramesseum king list

The memorial temple of Ramesses II, also called simply the Ramesseum, contains a minor list of pharaohs of ancient Egypt. The scene with the list was first published by Jean-Francois Champollion in 1845,[1] and by Karl Richard Lepsius four years later.[2]

The upper register of the second western pylon, shows a processions where ancestors of Ramesses II are honored at ceremonies of the festival of Min. It contains 19 cartouches with the names of 14 pharaohs, listing less pharaohs than his kings list in Abydos. Notably, Hatshepsut and the Amarna pharaohs are omitted.

Drawing of the Ramesseum King list of Ramesses II

Kings names mentioned

The scene is divided in two parts, one with 14 statues of the ancestral kings being carried in a procession on the left side. The second part is a procession led by six kings, but only the name of five remain.

Top left procession
# Pharaoh Inscription (throne name) Hieroglyphs
1. Thutmose I Aakheperkare
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ra
aA		 xprkA
>mAa
T1
2. Amenhotep I Djeserkare
<
ra
Dsr		 kA
>mAa
T1
3. Ahmose I Nebpehtyre
<
ra
nb		 F9
t t
>
4. Mentuhotep II Nebhepetre
<
ra
nb		 xrw
>
5. Menes Meni
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mn
n		 i
>
Bottom left procession
# Pharaoh Inscription (throne name) Hieroglyphs
6. Ramesses II Usermaatre-setepenre
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rawsrmAatstp ra
n
>mAa
T1
7. Seti I Menmaatre
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ra
mn		 mAat
>mAa
T1
8. Ramesses I Menpehtyre
<
ra
mn		 F9
t t
>mAa
T1
9. Horemheb Djeserkheperure-setepenre
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ra
Dsr		 xprZ2
ra		 stp
n
>mAa
T1
10. Amenhotep III Nebmaatre
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ramAatnb
>mAa
T1
11. Thutmose IV Menkheperure
<
ra
mn		 xpr
Z2
>mAa
T1
12. Amenhotep II Aakheperure
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ra
aA		 xpr
Z2
>mAa
T1
13. Thutmose III Menkheperre
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ra
mn		 xpr
>mAa
T1
14. Thutmose II Aakheperenre
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ra
aA		 xpr
n
>mAa
T1
Right procession
# Pharaoh Inscription (throne name) Hieroglyphs
15. Horemheb Djeserkheperure-setepenre
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ra
Dsr		 xprZ2
ra		 stp
n
>mAa
T1
16. Amenhotep III Nebmaatre
<
ramAatnb
>mAa
T1
17. Thutmose IV Menkheperure
<
ra
mn		 xpr
Z2
>mAa
T1
18. Amenhotep II Aakheperure
<
ra
aA		 xpr
Z2
>mAa
T1
19. Thutmose III Menkheperre
<
ra
mn		 xpr
>mAa
T1

The scene remains in situ in the upper register of the second western pylon. The later Medinet Habu king list of Ramesses III is very similar in design, but only lists nine pharaohs.

See also

References

  1. ^ Jean-François Champollion (1845). Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie, Vol II, plates 149bis-150, Paris
  2. ^ Carl Richard Lepsius (1849). Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, III, plate 163, Leipzig

Bibliography

  • Jean François Champollion: Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie, II, plates 149bis-150 (Paris: 1845)
  • Carl Richard Lepsius: Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, III, plate 163, (Berlin: 1849)
  • The Epigraphic Survey: Medinet Habu: Volume IV, OIP 51, Plate 213 (Chicago: 1940)
  • Kenneth A. Kitchen: Ramesside Inscriptions, Vol V, pp. 205:9-11; 209:9-10 (Oxford: 1983)
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