Abydos King List (Ramesses II)
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The Abydos King List of Ramesses II, also known as the Fragmentary Abydos King List or the Fragmentary Abydos Table, is a list of Ancient Egyptian kings down to Ramesses' own time. Originally located in the temple of Ramesses II at Abydos in Egypt, it was built in the 13th century BC. The list is similar to the one inscribed in the temple built at the site by Ramesses' father, Seti I, but with the addition of Ramesses' own throne name and nomen.
Ramesses' list is in fragments, so that only some of the kings' names survive. The surviving fragments were removed in 1837 by the French consul in Egypt and sold to the British Museum.[1]
This list omits the names of many earlier pharaohs who were apparently considered illegitimate — those were Sobekneferu, pharaohs of the Ninth Dynasty, pharaohs of the Tenth Dynasty, the Hyksos, pharaohs of the Second Intermediate Period, Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, Neferneferuaten, Tutankhamen, and Ay.
Contents
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The names are listed in reverse chronological order from the upper right to the bottom left, as they were meant to be read.
Upper row | Middle row | ||||
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No. | Pharaoh | Name written in the list | No. | Pharaoh | Name written in the list |
1-8 | Names destroyed | Names destroyed | 27-34 | Names destroyed | Names destroyed |
9 | Name destroyed | Name destroyed | 35 | Amenemhat II | Nebukaure |
10 | Name destroyed | Name destroyed | 36 | Senusret II | Khakheperure |
11 | Name destroyed | Name destroyed | 37 | Senusret III | Khakaure |
12 | Name destroyed | Name destroyed | 38 | Amenemhat III | Nimaatre |
13 | Merenre Nemtyemsaf II | Merenre Saemsaf | 39 | Amenemhat IV | Maakherure |
14 | Netjerkare | Netjerkare | 40 | Ahmose I | Nebpehtyre |
15 | Menkare | Menkare | 41 | Amenhotep I | Djeserkare |
16 | Neferkare II | Neferkare | 42 | Thutmose I | Aakheperkare |
17 | Neferkare Neby | Neferkare Nebseneb | 43 | Thutmose II | Aakheperenre |
18 | Djedkare Shemai | Djedkare Shemai | 44 | Thutmose III | Menkheperre |
19 | Neferkare Khendu | Neferkare Khendu | 45 | Amenhotep II | Aakheperure |
20 | Merenhor | Merenhor | 46 | Thutmose IV | Menkheperure |
21 | Neferkamin | Sneferka | 47 | Amenhotep III | Nebmaatre |
22 | Nikare | Nikare | 48 | Horemheb | Djeserkheperure Setepenre |
23 | Neferkare Tereru | Neferkare Tereru | 49 | Ramesses I | Menpehtire |
24 | Neferkahor | Neferkahor | 50 | Seti I | Menmaatre |
25 | Neferkare Pepiseneb | Neferkare Pepiseneb | 51 | Ramesses II | Usermaatre Setepenre |
26 | Neferkamin Anu | Sneferka Anu | 52 | Ramesses II | Ramesses Meryamun |
Citations
[edit]- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 82.
Works cited
[edit]- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Abydos". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 81–82. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the