Khakara in hieroglyphs

The Royal Titulary

From the hieroglyphic records

Throne name

Announced at the coronation and always written in a cartouche. The “official” name of the pharaoh. Also known as the Prenomen.

Throne name

Kha ka Ra

ḫꜤ-kꜢ-rꜤ

The (very) appearance of the ka of Ra

ra-xa:a-Y1-kA-1

Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions , II, 839:12
Turin King List 9.24
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 110-111. 25:T
Gardiner, The Royal Canon of Turin (1959) VIII, 24

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