Medinet Habu king list
The memorial temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu contains a minor list of pharaohs of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. The inscriptions closely resemble the Ramesseum king list, which is a similar scene of Ramesses II, which was used as a template for the scenes here.
The scene was first published by Champollion in 1845,[1] followed by Lepsius four years later.[2] Both contained minor omissions and errors, and it wasn't until almost one hundred years later that the Epigraphic Survey published the definitive rendering of the scene in 1940.[3]
The scene show Ramesses III participating in the ceremonies of the festival of Min. It contains 16 cartouches with the names of nine pharaohs.
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The kings mentioned in the list
The scene is divided in two parts, on the left side, 7 statues of ancestors are being carried in a procession. The right side is led by nine kings.
Left procession | Right procession | ||||
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# | Pharaoh | Inscription (throne name) | # | Pharaoh | Inscription (throne name) |
1 | Ramesses III | Usermaatra Meryamun | 8 | Ramesses III | Usermaatra Meryamun |
2 | Setnakhte | Userkhaura Meryamun | 9 | Setnakhte | Userkhaura Meryamun |
3 | Ramesses II | Usermaatra Setepenra | 10 | Seti II | Userkheperura Setepenra |
4 | Merenptah | Baenra Meriamun | 11 | Merenptah | Baenra Meriamun |
5 | Ramesses III | Usermaatra Meryamun | 12 | Ramesses II | Usermaatra Setepenra |
6 | Setnakhte | Userkhaura Meryamun | 13 | Seti I | Menmaatra |
7 | Seti II | Userkheperura Setepenra | 14 | Ramesses I | Menpehtyra |
15 | Horemheb | Djoserkheperura Setepenra | |||
16 | Amenhotep III | Nebmaatra |
It remains in situ on the eastern second pylon in the second court, in the upper register on the eastern wall.
References
- ↑ Jean François Champollion (1845). Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie, Vol II, plates 213-214, Paris
- ↑ Carl Richard Lepsius (1849). Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, III, plates 212-213, Leipzig
- ↑ The Epigrahic Survey (1940). Medinet Habu IV, Festival Scenes of Ramses III, plates 203-207, Oriental Institute Press, Chicago
Bibliography
- Jean François Champollion: Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie, Vol. III, plates 213-214 (Paris: 1845)
- Carl Richard Lepsius: Denkmaeler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, III, plates 212-213, (Berlin: 1849)
- The Epigraphic Survey: Medinet Habu: Volume IV, OIP 51, Plates 203-207 (Chicago: 1940)
- Kenneth A. Kitchen: Ramesside Inscriptions, Vol V, pp. 205:12-13; 209:11-12 (Oxford: 1983)