Ramesseum king list

The memorial temple of Ramesses II, also called simply Ramesseum contains a minor list of pharaohs of ancient Egypt. The scene with the list was first published by Champollion in 1845,[1] and by 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. 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 5 remain.

Left procession Right procession
# Pharaoh Inscription (throne name) # Pharaoh Inscription (throne name)
1 Tuthmosis I Aakheperkara 15 Horemheb Djoserkheperura setepenra
2 Amenhotep I Djoserkara 16 Amenhotep III Nebmaatra
3 Ahmose I Nebpehtyra 17 Tuthmosis IV Menkheperura
4 Mentuhotep II Nebhapetra 18 Amenhotep II Aakheperura
5 Menes Meni 19 Tuthmosis III Menkheperra
6 Ramesses II Usermaatra Setepenra
7 Seti I Menmaatra
8 Ramesses I Menpehtyra
9 Horemheb Djoserkheperura setepenra
10 Amenhotep III Nebmaatra
11 Tuthmosis IV Menkheperura
12 Amenhotep II Aakheperura
13 Tuthmosis III Menkheperra
14 Tuthmosis II Aakheperenra

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.

The scene is located on the wall behind the large statues

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

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