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The Royal titulary

The full titulary was announced at the

coronation, when a pharaoh officially
Also known as: Zezer, Zozer, Djeser Dynasty III became king.

The Horus name Netjerykhet can with certainty be attached to Djoser as the names
Reign of Djoser
appears together on a statue of Senusret II of the twelfth dynasty, and also on the Famine AE Chronology 2592&2566
stela carved into the rock on Sehel Island. Stelae from the Djoser pyramid complex at von Beckerath 2665&2645
Saqqara mention the name of Djoser and his family, but always start with Khenti-ta-djeser- Shaw 2667&2648
nisut (blessed be the country of the sublime king). The "djeser-nisut" was probably Dodson 2584&2565 Horus name
Allen 2630&2611 The oldest form of a pharaoh's name,
misinterpreted as his birth name by later scribes.
Malek 2628&2609 often enclosed in a serekh, a sort of
Redford 2687&2668 "heraldic crest" representing a palace
Turin Canon 19y 1m facade.
Manetho eAfricanus) 29 years

Nebty name
The "Two Ladies", the heraldic

The Royal Titulary goddesses Nekhbet and Wadjet,

representing Upper and Lower Egypt
From the hieroglyphic records respectively.

Golden Horus name

Gold was strongly associated with
eternity, but the meaning of this title is
disputed.

Throne name
(prenomen) Announced at the
coronation, and written in a cartouche.

Personal name
HORUS NAME VARIANT
(nomen) The name given at birth, also
written in a cartouche.

Netjery khet*
nṯri-ẖt
Kinglists
nTr-t:r-X:t*F51B

Famine stela on Sehel Island, inscribed during the Ptolemaic dynasty.

Turin king list
Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 48j49, 2kH2
223 kings – Dynasty 19

Abydos Canon
76 kings – Dynasty 19

Saqqara Canon
58 kings – Dynasty 19

Karnak Canon
61 kings – Dynasty 18

Comparing the canons

Abydos, Saqqara and Karnak

Ramesseum Canon
Ramesses II Mortuary Temple
NEBTY NAME VARIANT
Medinet Habu Canon
Ramesses III Mortuary Temple

Netjery khet nebu

Ancient historians
nṯri-ẖt-nbw
nTr-r:X:nbw Herodotus
Garstang, Mahasna and Bet Khallaf, plate VIII e1m 450 BC & Histories

Manetho
250 BC & Aegyptiaca

Diodorus
50 BC & Bibliotheca Historica

Josephus
100 CE & Against Apion

Africanus
220 CE & Chronographai

Eusebius
325 CE & Chronicon

Jerome
380 CE & Chronicon

Syncellus
800 CE & Egloga Chronographai

Eratosthenes
Probably a forgery (date unknown)

Comparing the sources

Transmission of Manetho
by Africanus et. al.

THRONE NAME VARIANT

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Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999), 48j49, 2kE3

THRONE NAME VARIANT

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THRONE NAME VARIANT

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Famine stela on Sehel Island, inscribed during the Ptolemaic dynasty.

The sources of antiquity

From the writings of the historians and scholars of antiquity

Author Greek Transliteration Transcription Reign

Africanus iii, 2 Toσoρθρoς Tosorthros Tosorthros 29 years

Eusebius iii, 2 Σεσορθος Sesorthos Sesorthos

Bibliography

Beckerath, J. Handbuch der Ägyptischen Königsnamen, MÄS 49 e1999mk 48&49

Baker. D. D. The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I & Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300&1069 BC eLondon, 2008m, 96&100

Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 17 e1907mk 50&53

Leprohon, R. J. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary eAtlanta, 2013m, 32

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