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.
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | 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)