Nebdjefara 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

Neb djefa Ra*

nb-ḏfꜢ-rꜤ

The possessor of Ra's bounty

ra-ra:nb-D:f-A-W-G41:G37

Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions , II, 838:11
Turin King List 9.7
Beckerath, “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2nd ed. MÄS 49 (1999). 108-109. 8:T
Gardiner, The Royal Canon of Turin (1959) VIII, 7

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