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.
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 | |
| 2. | Amenhotep I | Djeserkare | |
| 3. | Ahmose I | Nebpehtyre | |
| 4. | Mentuhotep II | Nebhepetre | |
| 5. | Menes | Meni | |
| Bottom left procession | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharaoh | Inscription (throne name) | Hieroglyphs | |
| 6. | Ramesses II | Usermaatre-setepenre | |
| 7. | Seti I | Menmaatre | |
| 8. | Ramesses I | Menpehtyre | |
| 9. | Horemheb | Djeserkheperure-setepenre | |
| 10. | Amenhotep III | Nebmaatre | |
| 11. | Thutmose IV | Menkheperure | |
| 12. | Amenhotep II | Aakheperure | |
| 13. | Thutmose III | Menkheperre | |
| 14. | Thutmose II | Aakheperenre | |
| Right procession | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharaoh | Inscription (throne name) | Hieroglyphs | |
| 15. | Horemheb | Djeserkheperure-setepenre | |
| 16. | Amenhotep III | Nebmaatre | |
| 17. | Thutmose IV | Menkheperure | |
| 18. | Amenhotep II | Aakheperure | |
| 19. | Thutmose III | Menkheperre | |
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
- Abydos King List (Seti I)
- Abydos King List (Ramesses II)
- Manetho King List
- Karnak King List
- Palermo Stone
- Saqqara Tablet
- Turin King List
- Medinet Habu king list
References
- ^ Jean-François Champollion (1845). Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie, Vol II, plates 149bis-150, Paris
- ^ 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)